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The Minds of Madness - True Crime Stories

Episode 222 - Looney Lenny - The Rockhampton Rapist

The Minds of Madness - True Crime Stories

themindsofmadness

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.46.5K Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Join us, as we examine the shocking crimes of The Rockhampton Rapist, Leonard John Fraser, an Australian serial killer and one of the most bizarre cases we’ve ever covered.

You’ll hear the story of a violent predator who terrorized the East Coast of Australia for over thirty years and how a shocking twist shell-shocked an entire country.

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Research & Writing:
Ryan Deininger

Editing:
Aiden Wolf

Sources:
Timeline
Crime Library
R v Fraser
Crime Investigation Australia
Courier Mail #1
Courier Mail #2
Courier Mail #3
10 News Australia #1
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The Advertiser
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Things A Killer Would Know
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The opinions expressed in the following episode do not necessarily reflect those of the

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Minds of Madness Podcast. Listener discretion is advised. Oh, The What would you do if you were fortunate enough to live right next to a beach in a tropical location?

1:12.0

For one resident in North Queensland, Australia, location. car perfect white sandy beaches just beyond her doorstep.

1:24.5

By 8 a.m. each day, the 21-year-old was out enjoying the early sunshine, leaving imprints of her

1:31.0

footsteps on the soft sand as she strolled along the shoreline collecting

1:35.9

seashells.

1:37.7

It was the kind of place that allowed a person to truly relax, enjoy the present moment and let all the cares wash away into the gentle

1:47.2

rhythm of the waves.

1:49.6

But in the winter of 1985, the woman had no way of knowing there would be a second set of

1:56.1

footprints in the sand. For several days, a complete stranger where the

2:01.7

horrifically violent past had been keeping an eye on her,

2:06.0

watching her through a pair of binoculars as he studied her daily routine.

2:12.3

Until one day he decided to follow her footprints, getting closer and closer.

2:19.0

Join me now as we examine the shocking crimes of the Rockhampton rapist Leonard John

2:25.8

Frazier an Australian serial killer and one of the most bizarre cases we've ever

2:31.7

covered you'll hear the story of a violent predator who terrorized

2:36.9

the East Coast of Australia for over 30 years and how a shocking twist, shell-shocked an entire country.

2:47.0

The city of Rockhampton on Australia's Capricorn Coast in Central Queensland is essentially a working-class town located in the middle of a tropical paradise.

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