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Warning, this episode contains graphic details of murder and is not suitable for young listeners.

Welcome back to Program Army, I am your host Margo and this is Military Murder, a show where I focus on crimes committed by military members and veterans.

But don't worry, you don't have to know anything about the military to listen, I promise.

You just have to be a program enthusiast and if that's you, welcome home.

A few years back, I did a serial killer series and some of you loved it but some of you hated it.

So this summer, instead of a full-blown serial killer back-to-back series, I decided to sprinkle in the serial killer stories.

If you didn't catch last month's Patreon slash Premium episode, you may want to go back and listen because I covered a serial killer by the name of Bobby Jolong, a man who terrorized Tampa in the early 80s.

Well, today I'm bringing you a unique case.

First, it's the oldest case I've ever covered and it's a death penalty case where their death penalty was actually executed.

Also, it's the only case of a serial killer where I've heard he lights up a room when he enters it.

Yup, this is a doozy of a case.

Join me today as I tell you this story of a little heard serial killer by the name of Eddie Linnoski or as he was known by the media, the Brown Outstringler.

Now, let's dig in.

My main source for today's episode is a book by Ian W. Shaw titled Murder at Dusk.

Content warning, this episode does include the discussion of rape, listen to our discretion is advised.

Our case today is set in Melbourne, Australia during World War II.

It's late 1941 and the Australian government has asked the United States for help in fending off Japanese forces.

The US was led by President Franklin Roosevelt and the military was led by General Douglas MacArthur.

Now, today's episode is not a history lesson for all you history buffs out there, so please don't come out me for my generalizations today, okay?

During this period of the war, Australia had put Brown Outstring to place into all coastal capital cities in Australia.

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