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Eric Edgar Cooke

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Eric Edgar Cooke (25 February 1931 – 26 October 1964), nicknamed the "Night Caller", was an Australian serial killer. [1]

64 relations: Albert Wolff (judge), Alcoholism, Arson, Australia, Australia Day, Australian Army, Ballistics, Bible, Bird hide, Broken Lives, Capital punishment, Chamelaucium uncinatum, Chief Justice of Western Australia, Cleft lip and cleft palate, Cloudstreet, Cloudstreet (miniseries), Craig Silvey, Crash test, Crash test dummy, Crime Investigation Australia, Darryl Beamish, Estelle Blackburn, Ex gratia, Foster care, Fremantle, Fremantle Cemetery, Fremantle Prison, Hanging, Harwich, Hearing loss, History of psychiatric institutions, Holden EJ, Insanity defense, Jasper Jones, John Button (campaigner), Lance corporal, Legal aid, Manslaughter, Martha Rendell, Methodism, Mount Pleasant, Western Australia, Necrophilia, Orphanage, Panel beater, Perth, Post Newspapers, Presumed Guilty: When Cops Get It Wrong and Courts Seal the Deal, Randolph Stow, Robert Drewe, Schizophrenia, ..., Serial killer, Speech disorder, Suicide, Sun visor, Supreme Court of Western Australia, Suzanne Falkiner, Tim Winton, Vandalism, Victoria Park, Western Australia, Voyeurism, Walkley Awards, Western Australia, Winch, .22 Long Rifle. Expand index (14 more) »

Albert Wolff (judge)

Sir Albert Asher Wolff Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (30 April 1899 – 27 October 1977) was a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Western Australia, which is the highest ranking court in the Australian State of Western Australia.

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Alcoholism

Alcoholism, also known as alcohol use disorder (AUD), is a broad term for any drinking of alcohol that results in mental or physical health problems.

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Arson

Arson is a crime of intentionally, deliberately and maliciously setting fire to buildings, wildland areas, abandoned homes, vehicles or other property with the intent to cause damage or enjoy the act.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.

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Australia Day

Australia Day is the official national day of Australia.

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Australian Army

The Australian Army is Australia's military land force.

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Ballistics

Ballistics is the field of mechanics that deals with the launching, flight, behavior, and effects of projectiles, especially bullets, unguided bombs, rockets, or the like; the science or art of designing and accelerating projectiles so as to achieve a desired performance.

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Bible

The Bible (from Koine Greek τὰ βιβλία, tà biblía, "the books") is a collection of sacred texts or scriptures that Jews and Christians consider to be a product of divine inspiration and a record of the relationship between God and humans.

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Bird hide

A bird hide (or hide, British usage; known as a blind or bird blind in North America) is a shelter, often camouflaged, that is used to observe wildlife, especially birds, at close quarters.

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Broken Lives

Broken Lives was written by Estelle Blackburn between 1992 and 1998.

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Capital punishment

Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, is a government-sanctioned practice whereby a person is put to death by the state as a punishment for a crime.

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Chamelaucium uncinatum

Chamaelaucium uncinatum, the Geraldton wax, is a flowering plant endemic to Western Australia.

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Chief Justice of Western Australia

The Chief Justice of Western Australia is the most senior judge of the Supreme Court of Western Australia and the highest ranking judicial officer in the Australian state of Western Australia.

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Cleft lip and cleft palate

Cleft lip and cleft palate, also known as orofacial cleft, is a group of conditions that includes cleft lip (CL), cleft palate (CP), and both together (CLP).

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Cloudstreet

Cloudstreet is a 1991 novel by multi-award winning Australian writer Tim Winton.

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Cloudstreet (miniseries)

Cloudstreet is an Australian television drama miniseries for the Showcase subscription television channel, which first screened from 22 May 2011, in three parts.

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Craig Silvey

Craig Silvey (born January 1, 1982) is an Australian novelist and musician.

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Crash test

A crash test is a form of destructive testing usually performed in order to ensure safe design standards in crashworthiness and crash compatibility for various modes of transportation or related systems and components.

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Crash test dummy

A crash test dummy is a full-scale anthropomorphic test device (ATD) that simulates the dimensions, weight proportions and articulation of the human body, and is usually instrumented to record data about the dynamic behavior of the ATD in simulated vehicle impacts.

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Crime Investigation Australia

Crime Investigation Australia is an Australian true-crime series that first premiered on Foxtel's Crime & Investigation Network in August 2005.

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Darryl Beamish

Darryl Beamish (born 1941) is a Western Australian man who was wrongfully convicted of wilful murder in 1961 and sentenced to death by hanging.

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Estelle Blackburn

Estelle Blackburn (born 1 March 1950) is an Australian journalist who has played a crucial role in the review of some controversial criminal cases in Western Australia.

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Ex gratia

Ex gratia (also spelled ex-gratia) is Latin for "by favour", and is most often used in a legal context.

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Foster care

Foster care is a system in which a minor has been placed into a ward, group home (residential child care community, treatment center,...), or private home of a state-certified caregiver, referred to as a "foster parent" or with a family member approved by the state.

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Fremantle

Fremantle is a major Australian port city in Western Australia, located at the mouth of the Swan River.

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Fremantle Cemetery

Fremantle Cemetery is a cemetery located in the eastern part (Palmyra) of Fremantle, Western Australia.

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Fremantle Prison

Fremantle Prison, sometimes referred to as Fremantle Gaol or Fremantle Jail, is a former Australian prison and World Heritage Site in Fremantle, Western Australia.

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Hanging

Hanging is the suspension of a person by a noose or ligature around the neck.

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Harwich

Harwich is a town in Essex, England and one of the Haven ports, located on the coast with the North Sea to the east.

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Hearing loss

Hearing loss, also known as hearing impairment, is a partial or total inability to hear.

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History of psychiatric institutions

The rise of the lunatic asylum and its gradual transformation into, and eventual replacement by, the modern psychiatric hospital, explains the rise of organised, institutional psychiatry.

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Holden EJ

The Holden EJ is a motor vehicle which was produced by General Motors-Holden's in Australia from 1962 to 1963.

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Insanity defense

The insanity defense, also known as the mental disorder defense, is a defense by excuse in a criminal case, arguing that the defendant is not responsible for his or her actions due to an episodic or persistent psychiatric disease at the time of the criminal act.

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Jasper Jones

Jasper Jones, a 2009 novel by Fremantle-based writer Craig Silvey, has won and been shortlisted for several major awards.

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John Button (campaigner)

John Button (born 9 February 1944 in Liverpool, England) is a Western Australian man who was the victim of a significant miscarriage of justice.

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Lance corporal

Lance corporal is a military rank, used by many armed forces worldwide, and also by some police forces and other uniformed organisations.

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Legal aid

Legal aid is the provision of assistance to people otherwise unable to afford legal representation and access to the court system.

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Manslaughter

Manslaughter is a common law legal term for homicide considered by law as less culpable than murder.

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Martha Rendell

Martha Rendell (10 August 1871 – 6 October 1909) was the last woman to be hanged in Western Australia.

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Methodism

Methodism or the Methodist movement is a group of historically related denominations of Protestant Christianity which derive their inspiration from the life and teachings of John Wesley, an Anglican minister in England.

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Mount Pleasant, Western Australia

Mount Pleasant is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Melville on the Canning River.

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Necrophilia

Necrophilia, also known as necrophilism, necrolagnia, necrocoitus, necrochlesis, and thanatophilia, is a sexual attraction or sexual act involving corpses.

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Orphanage

An orphanage is a residential institution devoted to the care of orphans—children whose biological parents are deceased or otherwise unable or unwilling to take care of them.

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Panel beater

A panel beater is a term used in some Commonwealth countries to describe a person who repairs vehicle bodies back to their factory state after having been damaged (e.g., after being involved in a collision).

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Perth

Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia.

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Post Newspapers

Post Newspapers comprises the four editions of a community newspaper covering a group of western suburbs in Perth, Western Australia.

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Presumed Guilty: When Cops Get It Wrong and Courts Seal the Deal

Presumed Guilty: When Cops get it Wrong and Courts Seal the Deal is a non-fiction book by Bret Christian, a veteran newspaper reporter and publisher based in Perth, Western Australia.

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Randolph Stow

Julian Randolph Stow (28 November 1935 – 29 May 2010) was an Australian-born writer, novelist and poet.

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Robert Drewe

Robert Duncan Drewe (born 9 January 1943) is an Australian novelist, non-fiction and short story writer.

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Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia is a mental disorder characterized by abnormal social behavior and failure to understand reality.

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Serial killer

A serial killer is typically a person who murders three or more people,A serial killer is most commonly defined as a person who kills three or more people for psychological gratification; reliable sources over the years agree.

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Speech disorder

Speech disorders or speech impediments are a type of communication disorder where 'normal' speech is disrupted.

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Suicide

Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death.

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Sun visor

A sun visor is a component of an automobile located on the interior just above the windshield (also known as the windscreen).

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Supreme Court of Western Australia

The Supreme Court of Western Australia is the highest state court in the Australian State of Western Australia.

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Suzanne Falkiner

Suzanne Falkiner (born 1952) is an Australian writer.

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Tim Winton

Tim (Timothy John) Winton (born 4 August 1960) is an Australian writer of novels, children's books, non-fiction books, and short stories.

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Vandalism

Vandalism is an "action involving deliberate destruction of or damage to public or private property".

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Victoria Park, Western Australia

Victoria Park is an inner south eastern suburb of Perth, Western Australia.

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Voyeurism

Voyeurism is the sexual interest in or practice of spying on people engaged in intimate behaviors, such as undressing, sexual activity, or other actions usually considered to be of a private nature.

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Walkley Awards

The annual Walkley Awards, under the administration of the Walkley Foundation for Journalism, are presented in Australia to recognise and reward excellence in journalism.

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Western Australia

Western Australia (abbreviated as WA) is a state occupying the entire western third of Australia.

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Winch

A winch is a mechanical device that is used to pull in (wind up) or let out (wind out) or otherwise adjust the "tension" of a rope or wire rope (also called "cable" or "wire cable").

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.22 Long Rifle

The.22 Long Rifle (metric designation: 5.6×15mmR) cartridge is a long-established variety of.22 caliber rimfire ammunition, and in terms of units sold is still by far the most common ammunition in the world today.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Edgar_Cooke

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