bought dogs for security, and locked back doors and garages that had never been secured before. Cooke, as "The Nedlands Monster", features in Tim Winton's 1991 novel Cloudstreet and the subsequent 2011 television adaptation. Cooke is also referenced in Craig Silvey's 2009 novel Jasper Jones. In March 2009, the second season of Crime Investigation Australia featured an episode about Eric Edgar Cooke. In September 2016, Felon True Crime Podcast also reviewed Cooke's crime spree in detail. In November 2020, Stan released an original four-part docuseries After the Night, covering the story of Cooke's murders. See also List of serial killers by country References Bibliography External links 1931 births 1958 murders in Australia 1959 murders in Australia 1960 murders in Australia 1961 murders in Australia 1962 murders in Australia 1963 murders in Australia 1964 deaths 1950s in Perth, Western Australia 1960s in Perth, Western Australia 20th-century executions by Australia Australian arsonists Australian people convicted of murder Burials at Fremantle Cemetery Crime in Perth, Western Australia Criminals from Western Australia Executed Australian people Executed Australian serial killers Male serial killers Murder in Perth, Western Australia Necrophiles People executed by Australia by hanging People executed by Western Australia People executed for murder People from Perth, Western Australia