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Leonski: The brownout strangler by Ivan Chapman

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May 1984, no. 60

Leonski: The brownout strangler by Ivan Chapman

Hale & Iremonger, 253 pp, $24.95 hb, $11.95 pb

Leonski: The brownout strangler by Ivan Chapman

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May 1984, no. 60

Eddie Leonski was a private in the United States Army who was tried and executed for strangling three women in wartime Melbourne. Barely three weeks elapsed between the first murder and Leonski’s arrest. He was executed six months later, in November 1942. There seems no doubt that Leonski committed the crimes; whether he had a fair trial is another matter.

Vida Horn reviews 'Leonski: The brownout strangler' by Ivan Chapman

Leonski: The brownout strangler

by Ivan Chapman

Hale & Iremonger, 253 pp, $24.95 hb, $11.95 pb

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