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Eric Edgar Cooke, Serial Killer Perth
Manage episode 286706145 series 2824029
- Eric Edgar Cooke
- Born 25 February 1931
- Put to death: 26 October 1964,
- nicknames: the "Night Caller" and later the "Nedlands Monster",
- Active Serial Killer: From September 1958 to August 1963,
- Cooke terrorized the city of Perth, Western Australia,
- He committed at least twenty-two violent crimes and eight of which resulted in deaths.
- Cooke had a violent alcoholic father who beat him and his mother
- Cooke stared petty theft while in kindergarten
- He began undertaking arson, burglary and other criminal activity which grew as he did.
- Cooke was diagnosed with schizophrenia and was would commit his various crimes during sprees
- He had many differing M/O's and this made it hard for police to link his crimes.
- he used a range of different weapons including knifes, scissors, axes and varying rifles of differing calibers', as well as cars that he would steal and run women over in.
- Cooke's criminal preference had no linkages either, he was happy to kill any one, with no particular linkage or any reason.
- It was good policing that finally put a stop to this monsters rampage, the police found his gun leaning against a tree, and replaced it with a non working one, that Cooke later went to pick up from it's hiding place, he was arrested and later charged with many of the crimes he confessed to.
- Cooke was hanged on 26th Oct 1964
References:
https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/cooke-eric-edgar-9817
https://www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/true-crime-doco-revisits-perth-serial-killer-eric-edgar-cooke-20201117-p56fa7.html
https://www.mamamia.com.au/after-the-night-stan/
Photographs and additional reading.
https://murderpedia.org/male.C/c/cooke-eric-edgar.htm
Resources:
https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/mentalhealth/Pages/contact-service.aspx#24-hour
https://www.beyondblue.org.au
https://www.betterhelp.com
Thanks for listening : we are eager to hear your stories, so if you have any listener stories for the show, please email us at podcast@solvedunsolvedorspooky.com
Find us at:
Twitter: #Orsolved
Instagram: Solvedunsolvedorspooky
Facebook: Solvedunsolvedorspooky
Email us at: podcast@solvedunsolvedorspooky.com
Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/user?u=45582970)
56 episodi
Manage episode 286706145 series 2824029
- Eric Edgar Cooke
- Born 25 February 1931
- Put to death: 26 October 1964,
- nicknames: the "Night Caller" and later the "Nedlands Monster",
- Active Serial Killer: From September 1958 to August 1963,
- Cooke terrorized the city of Perth, Western Australia,
- He committed at least twenty-two violent crimes and eight of which resulted in deaths.
- Cooke had a violent alcoholic father who beat him and his mother
- Cooke stared petty theft while in kindergarten
- He began undertaking arson, burglary and other criminal activity which grew as he did.
- Cooke was diagnosed with schizophrenia and was would commit his various crimes during sprees
- He had many differing M/O's and this made it hard for police to link his crimes.
- he used a range of different weapons including knifes, scissors, axes and varying rifles of differing calibers', as well as cars that he would steal and run women over in.
- Cooke's criminal preference had no linkages either, he was happy to kill any one, with no particular linkage or any reason.
- It was good policing that finally put a stop to this monsters rampage, the police found his gun leaning against a tree, and replaced it with a non working one, that Cooke later went to pick up from it's hiding place, he was arrested and later charged with many of the crimes he confessed to.
- Cooke was hanged on 26th Oct 1964
References:
https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/cooke-eric-edgar-9817
https://www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/true-crime-doco-revisits-perth-serial-killer-eric-edgar-cooke-20201117-p56fa7.html
https://www.mamamia.com.au/after-the-night-stan/
Photographs and additional reading.
https://murderpedia.org/male.C/c/cooke-eric-edgar.htm
Resources:
https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/mentalhealth/Pages/contact-service.aspx#24-hour
https://www.beyondblue.org.au
https://www.betterhelp.com
Thanks for listening : we are eager to hear your stories, so if you have any listener stories for the show, please email us at podcast@solvedunsolvedorspooky.com
Find us at:
Twitter: #Orsolved
Instagram: Solvedunsolvedorspooky
Facebook: Solvedunsolvedorspooky
Email us at: podcast@solvedunsolvedorspooky.com
Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/user?u=45582970)
56 episodi
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