makes for a fascinating read.' Canberra Times on Ian W. Shaw brings World War II Melbourne to life, and takes us into the mind of the Brownout Strangler, and a very different kind of terror. A calculating psychopath, he had a twisted fascination with female voices, especially when they were singing. Not long after a third woman was murdered, American soldier Eddie Leonski was arrested. The dramatic and heart-warming story of the last-minute evacuation of hundreds of orphaned babies from South Vietnam in the dying days of the Vietnam War and of the brave Australian nurses who made it happen. Shaw is the author of six books: The Bloodbath, On Radji Beach, Glenrowan, The Ghosts of Roebuck Bay, The Rag Tag Fleet and Murder at Dusk. A murderer was stalking the streets.Īs women were warned not to travel alone, an intense manhunt ensued. 2018, Murder at Dusk : How US soldier and smiling psychopath Eddie Leonski terrorised wartime Melbourne / Ian W.

Six days later another woman was found dead and her body told the same horrific story. Not long after their arrival, the city would be gripped by panic when the body of a woman was found strangled, partially naked and brutally beaten. But those US forces didn't guarantee safety. May 1942: Melbourne was torn between fearing Japanese invasion and revelling in the carnival atmosphere brought by the influx of 15,000 cashed-up American servicemen. Called Murder at Dusk, it grew out of his family experiences. Far away from any World War II battlefront, the citizens of Melbourne lived in fear of a serial killer - the Brownout Strangler. The localss relationship with the visiting soldiers would become strained when it became known one of their members was a killer (inset). The story which is unknown to many Australians is the subject of a new book by Ian W Shaw.

Murder at Dusk by Ian W. Shaw