The Curious Case of the Brownout Strangler and Battle of Brisbane: Australia, Americans and the War

Although Australia and the United States formally were Allied during the Second World War, there were some fundamental differences between their servicemen stationed on the island.

This led to the infamous Battle of Brisbane between American and Australian service troops. But aside from this battle, an even weirder event led to… well I’d say horrible PR for the Americans. Among their troops stationed in Australia was a serial killer. In contrast to his fellow soldiers preparing an attack on the Japanese Empire, this soldier waged attacks on Australian women. Dubbed the ‘Singing Strangler’, Eddie Leonski was an American serial killer, stationed in Australia during the Second World War.