Sep 29, 2021
9 min read
The Smiling, Singing Strangler of WW2
An American soldier used the browned-out city of Melbourne as a hunting ground for murder.
It was during May 1942 that Melbourne, Australia witnessed its bloodiest killing spree. Three women murdered: Ivy McLeod, Pauline Thompson, and Gladys Hosking, all middle-aged, strangled to death with their clothes ripped off. Authorities suspected…
