Eric Edgar Cooke nicknamed The Night Caller (25 February 1931 – 26 October 1964) was an Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

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Serial killer

A serial killer, as typically defined, is an individual who has murdered three or more people over a period of more than a month, with down time between the murders, and whose motivation for killing is usually based on psychological gratification...

. From 1959 to 1963, he terrorised the city of Perth, Western Australia

Perth, Western Australia

Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....

, by committing 22 violent crimes, eight of which resulted in deaths.
Eric Cooke was born on 25 February 1931 in Victoria Park

Victoria Park, Western Australia

The Town of Victoria Park is a Local Government Area of Western Australia.  It covers an area of 17.62 km² in metropolitan Perth, the capital of Western Australia.  The Town of Victoria Park maintains 154.55 km of roads, a little over 1 km² of parks and gardens and has a...

, a suburb of Perth

Perth, Western Australia

Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....

 and was the eldest of three children.

Cooke's father was forced into marriage, when Cooke's mother discovered she was pregnant with Cooke.