
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or


It took one determined journalist to uncover the shocking truth behind this Australian serial killer. In the 1960s, Perth was gripped by fear as a string of random murders and attacks left police and the public baffled - until the arrest of Eric Edgar Cooke, a seemingly ordinary family man hiding a violent double life. But even after Cooke’s capture, two innocent men remained behind bars for his crimes.
In this episode, we’re joined by Walkley Award-winning journalist and author Estelle Blackburn, whose relentless investigation exposed the injustice and changed Australian criminal history forever.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
By Xanthe Mallett and Tim Watson-Munro5
1111 ratings
It took one determined journalist to uncover the shocking truth behind this Australian serial killer. In the 1960s, Perth was gripped by fear as a string of random murders and attacks left police and the public baffled - until the arrest of Eric Edgar Cooke, a seemingly ordinary family man hiding a violent double life. But even after Cooke’s capture, two innocent men remained behind bars for his crimes.
In this episode, we’re joined by Walkley Award-winning journalist and author Estelle Blackburn, whose relentless investigation exposed the injustice and changed Australian criminal history forever.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

93 Listeners

1,369 Listeners

483 Listeners

777 Listeners

538 Listeners

60 Listeners

200 Listeners

605 Listeners

58 Listeners

10 Listeners

140 Listeners

102 Listeners

26 Listeners

14 Listeners

11 Listeners

234 Listeners

7 Listeners

18 Listeners

8 Listeners

1 Listeners

352 Listeners

4 Listeners

0 Listeners

0 Listeners

0 Listeners

0 Listeners

0 Listeners

0 Listeners

0 Listeners

1 Listeners

102 Listeners

71 Listeners

24 Listeners

28 Listeners