Due to the graphic nature of this killer's crimes,

listener discretion is advised.

This episode includes discussions of murder, abuse, assault, and necrophilia

that some people may find offensive.

We advise extreme caution for children under 13.

In the early hours of January 27th, 1963, phones around Perth Western Australia began to ring.

The sun was barely up, but already word was spreading.

A gunman was on the loose.

Police called home to tell their loved ones to lock the doors and stay away from

windows. Doctors and nurses treating the victims did the same. As the news made its

way around the city, fear pulsed through the quiet streets.

There were about 500,000 people living in Perth,

so the chances you were somehow connected to the crazed gunman's victims

were small.

But still, no one yet knew who the killer was or where he would strike next.

For all anyone knew, they themselves could be next.

As phones rang in living rooms around the city,

it was the death knell of an innocence

that would never return to Western Australia. Hi, I'm Greg Paulson. This is Serial Killers, a parcast original.

Every episode, we dive into the minds and madness of serial killers. Today, we're concluding our two-part series on Australia's Eric Edgar Cook, sometimes known as The Night Coller or The Nedlence

Monster.

I'm here with my co-host Vanessa Richardson.

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