Due to the graphic nature of this killers crimes listener discretion is advised. This episode includes discussions of murder, abuse of salt and necrophilia that some people may find offensive. We advise extreme caution for children under thirteen a purely hours of January. Twenty seventh nineteen sixty three bones around per the western Australia began to ring the sun was barely up, but already word was spreading. A gunman was on the loose police called home to tell loved ones, to lock the doors and stay away from windows, doctors, and is treating the victims did the same as the new made its way around the city fear pulsed. Through the quiet streets there were about five hundred thousand people living in Perth, so the chances you were somehow connected to the crazed. Gunmen victims were small, but still no one yet HU, the killer was or where he would strike.

Next for all anyone new day themselves could be next as vote He rang in living rooms around the city. It was the death now of an innocence that would never return to Western Australia, hi, I'm Gregg pulsing. This is serial killers, cast original every episode we dive into the minds and madness of serial killers today were concluding our. Who part series on Australia's Eric, EDGAR Cook, sometime known ass, the night collar or the deadlines monster of Europe by CO host Vanessa Richardson high everyone. Confined episodes of serial killers and all other Parkhurst originals for free on Spotify or wherever he listened. Pod casts to stream serial killers for free on Spotify, just open the app and

serial killers in the search bar last time we delved into air cooks, troubled up his fascination with cap burglary and how we squandered several chances that reform and ninety Fifty nine after flirting with violence for years he committed his first brutal murder today will follow look on his years. Long crime spree that left at least seven dad to me. Wrongfully, imprisoned and changed the city of Perth forever we ve got all that coming up, stay with us,

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I'll cook blamed his son for his injuries. The true culprit was thirty: three year old, Polina Bergmann when Cook attacked banana and her parliament. On January, twenty ninth: she fought back her long manicured nails gouged his face ass. She tried desperately to repel him. In the end, it was a fight, pennino couldn't win. She died under living room floor after cook ran from the flat the city of Perth, Western Australia was rocked by the shocking murder and leads quickly dried up cook no prince and dna technology was too rudimentary to conclusively tidy one to the blood underpinning snails. Resin since in the Wembley area, reported seeing a prowler in the neighborhood on nights leading up to the attack, but no one could get police a clear description of the man So as long as he kept, his head down cook was in the clear and that's just what he did for the next six months. Cook was relatively inactive, but by

guessed. He couldn't controllers urges any longer on the eighth. He left his wife's Sally at home with their children and set off into the shadows. He ended up. In the affluent area of Midlands, the suburb was popular with students of the nearby university making it a prime target for Cook who love the peak in windows at potential targets. One such student was seventeen year old Alex Duncan, who was spending the night at her sisters apartment as Alex left twenty nine year old look made his way around the building until he found an open window. It was too small and high to be an obvious entry point, which is. Probably why anyone neglected to close it, but Cook wasn't deterred Once he managed to scramble through the window, he rifled through Alex's purse, taking What little money the nursing student had, but even

experienced and quiet as cook was the teen woke up panicking cook seized something heavy, perhaps of fire poker and hid her over the head. Knocking her out, not wanting to wait for the girl to wake up cook left. The way he came in Alex was to loan until the next morning, when France around and rushed to the hospital in it. Into a nasty gash above her eye, Alex suffered a fractured skull and was left with a severe form of epilepsy that derailed her career aspirations and would affect her for the rest of her life not that Eric Cook had any cares about the woman whose life he just ruined by the time Alex finally left Hospital in September HEAT ready, moved on to a fresh suburb full of new.

The houses and clueless victims for the prolific cat burglar. A few months later, his new favorite haunt was the wealthy neighbourhood of Brook what flats on an early visit to one apartment building he stole the key from the ground floor apartment of Betty Johnston, then return burgle the place a few times Betty's next door. Neighbor was her twenty two year old, daughter, Gillian Brewer, an interior Zeiner Julian caught cooks eye on one of his visits, and he took pleasure why king through the window, is the young woman had sex with her fiance, but watching evidently wasn't enough Vanessa is going to take over the psychology here and throughout the episode. Please note that that is not a licence psychologist colleges psychiatrist, but she has done a lot of research for the show. Thanks Greg later assessment of his psychological development. Doktor arrogance,

Mule Ellis stated that cook was sexually naive and afraid of women who might conceivably test his sexual adequacy. It's possible that this misguided fear or hatred of a sexually confident unmarried woman caused cooks, thoughts to turn to violence. This theory aligns with cooks, first murder victim, pnina workmen, who had no qualms but having sex outside of wedlock and even had the gall to sleep naked vinegar. Cooks attack on banana Bergmann seemed by chance. He just happen to find a knife on his prowls that night, but when set out for Julian's home on December nineteenth. He already has murder in mind as he crept through the quiet streets, he stopped at a garage he visited on an earlier date. He was back for something he knew would come in handy, a hatchet hatchet in gloved hand. He headed for

Jillian's back door and forced his way in within moments. He was at her bedside ready to strike. He raised the blade and brought it down into her sleeping form. He hacked at her body hitting her with such force that he split the handle of his weapon, not yet satisfied with the sickening violence, he left the bedroom defined a pair of sis. In the kitchen. He returned stab Gillian a few more times and was at last done his frenzy over he paused her lifeless body to look like she was sleeping peacefully. Then he clean the scissors, return them to the kitchen and left the flat on his way out. He tossed the hatchet over the back fence and headed for home empty handed for once, but likely feeling accomplished, none the less when Julian's body was discovered. The next day there were few leads for detectives, John Button, a local tee,

who made the long, was questioned but ultimately ruled out as a suspect across town cooked demanded, his wife, an alibi for the night of the murder. Julian's death was big news and Cook told Sally that is, record, would make him an automatic suspect. She agreed to say he was home with her that night, certainly never had to lie to the police for her husband in April of nineteen sixty nineteen year old Darrell Beamish was questioned over the murder. Beamish was the death mute, awaiting trial for the sexual assault of two young girls aged four and five and like cook, he had a history of breaking and entering Beamish confessed to the crime once through an interpreter and then again in a written note, likely. The false concession was co worse through intimidating police questioning tactics as well beam issues, own confusion. According to Estelle, Blackburn's book broken lives, Beamish.

I understand why you was sent to prison shortly after or why he couldn't see his family after the confession. He was charged with Julian's murder and After a six day, trial was sentenced to hang luckily budgeting, a miscarriage was lessened a few months later, when his death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment with hard labor. But the fact that another man paper crime did nothing to slow Eric Cook gown. Just days later, but twenty nine year old was on the prowl once more. On April, ninth nineteen sixty he stole a holding Dan and drove it around Perth, enjoying the quiet Saturday night when he saw a twenty year old, Gleneesh Peak, something about her dark and his mood Young woman was walking home alone after a night out, making her an easy target for the now experienced killer. Cooks, one the car around and sped up hitting glanced from behind, but he didn't strike her head on

Maybe his aim was all afore he swerved to avoid crashing the car. So, although he was seriously injured. She was able to drag self, the a nearby lumberyard and into her parents home, be woman was lucky to escape with her life, but it seemed Cook was determined to keep trying his hit and run attacks. Until someone died. A month later, on Friday, the thirteenth cook decided to try his look in a stolen Morris minor. He roamed the streets of Belmont until they spotted eighteen year old, Jill, Conall walking alone at the door The tall eighteen year old was heading home from the bus. After her shift at a popular cafe in Perth Cook oh Jill, a short way frightening her when he sped passed her missing her by inches, not content with just a scare. He doubled

back as Jill trying to get out of the way he veered right for her at speed. He hit the teen, throwing her body up to crash into the windscreen and land on the dirt beside the road when he tried to reverse the car likely to finish Jill off it bogged in the soft earth. Cook fled on foot leaving his latest victim unconscious, leading from the head and with a bone sticking out of her leg. Eventually, neighbours hurt her moans through the still night. Air and Jill was Rush to the hospital, even is Jill, recovered cook was ready for his next attack. The following Friday may twentieth here: Chase down three young girls making a half mile journey home from the train station in the pouring rain he collided with eighteen year old Georgina men and sixteen year old, Maureen Rogers. Both girls survived the attack banks to Maureen,

Twelve year old cousin tourists who ran for help in the aftermath, local press, spotted the recent pattern and stirred up fears of a quote hit and run mania it was the first time any of cooks. Crimes had really been connected and its possible. The added scrutiny convinced him too lay low once more. So low that he gave up his creeping ways for good. He stopped running down women in stolen cars for now and returned to prowling and burglary. But in March of nineteen, sixty two thirty one year old was ready for something more than as usual, be unease something new on March. Third, he crept into the apartment of twenty three year old, an Melvin who had left her back door open finding an in her bed. He strangled her with a piece of fabric until she lost consciousness with the young woman helpless. He pulled down her pajama paths and tied her wrist to the bed frame, but before he could sexually assaulted,

and woke up and screamed. Startled cook ran from the apartment and into the night and freed herself and gave chase for a few moments before Neighbors came to her aid, it was another close call for cook and he once again Look an unusually long break from his attacks, but in January of nineteen sixty three an opportunity presented itself that was too good to pass up and it would change the city of Perth forever coming up. Cook, takes his horrific killing spree to a new level by its Greg, cast, has a brand new SIRI sure to become your next podcast obsession. It's called medical murders and it exposes a dark and sterling diagnosis that not every doktor wants to stand your life every Wednesday Medical murders introduces you to the worst of the medical community has to offer men and women who took an oath

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day January, twenty sixth, while the city wound down from a day of celebrations cook slipped into stealth mode and began his evenings exploration in one of the first homes he hit in the suburbs of Como Cook, founded twenty two caliber right. Possibly thinking back to his success with firearms in basic training. Cook swiped, the rifle, along with a box of ammunition. Now armed like never before the city was at his mercy. He stole a yellow, holding Effie and drove to the beach side suburb of caught a slow once there he set out on foot looking for targets, He didn't have to search from long, not far from worry parked. He sombre Weena, reeds and her married boyfriend Nick August drinking at a parked car cook was never wonder, resist the urge to play peeping Tom. So he stopped to watch the couple when notice. They had an audience. He yelled at cook, throwing an empty beer bottle at the creep. In response cook raised the right

full, aiming right at Nick Rowena, spotted the gun first and pulled Nick down just in time, her hand was still on its neck when the bullet flew through the car. It grazed, Nick and lodged in Romania's rest shattering a bone, not waiting to get a good look at their attacker. Nick started the car and sped away, leaving cook behind frustrated, but still armed, not yet satisfied. Cook prowled the streets of caught a slow eventually coming upon an open apartment door. Just inside the flat he spotted thirty one year old, brine, we're sleeping in his bed, Brian and Abbot athlete and purchase and in the local surf club, was due to be married that coming April era cook new. None of that He shot brine in the head at point. Blank range, as Brian bled out cook, took stock of the situation and decided he wasn't done when he was sure the coast was clear. Cook left

Ryan's apartment ahead west to the nearby suburb of Netherlands there on Vincent Street. He approached a large brick house. It was owned by Conny Alan, a widow with Grow children. She took in young borders from the local university to fill her empty home Connie's hospice reality was so popular that one student nineteen year old, Johns Turkey set up a makeshift bedroom on the back verandah. So cook didn't even need to find an open door to claim as next victim. He got close to John, aimed the rifle at his head and the trigger leaving the scene of the crime he walked through the back fence into an adjoining property coming out onto Louise. Eat. By now it was around four a m on January, twenty seventh, so the Obviously, family was startled awake by their ringing doorbell. As fifty four year old George Walmsley opened the door to see who could possibly be calling at this hour cook took careful aim for Mary

laid down the garden path as soon as he had Georgina's sites. He showed off his excellent aim: shooting the man through the forehead, while George his wife and daughter, ran to his aid cook turned on his you and headed for home on the way he stopped to throw rifle into a section of scrub land where he was sure no one would find it, and with that cook, shootings pre was all the sun rose over Perth and, as Cook said, then for a morning nap is victims were discovered and rushed to the hospital, John Turkey and George Walmsley both died shortly after arrival, but doctors were able to save brine we're. However, the bullet in his brain paused, irreparable damage and the remaining three years of his life were marked by profound disability. As word of the shooting spread. Fear rippled across Perth, with a population of less than five hundred thousand. The senseless violence was earth

going where once people slept with doors, unlocked locked door ajar many now locked themselves in resolving to stay away from windows until the shooter was caught, responding to the palpable fear the government resolved to flood the city with light years the street lamps turned off around one a m each morning, but following cooks latest spree they were main down until sunrise each day, hoping to and even more light on, the situation, police assembled a task force to work around the clock. Ballistics experts confirmed that the what's in each shooting mashed confirming the press of a single gunman in response Sixty end of Western Australia's. Seventy five thousand registered rifles were tested in an effort to find the murder weapon, but the search came up empty, the desperate

to capture the killer, was so great that to local newspapers offered rewards for information leading to an arrest. Still, despite the wave of tips, flooding in error cook remained off investigator, radar. So on February, ninth, one thousand nine hundred and sixty three cook was once again up to his old tricks. Roaming. The streets of Perth in a stolen car It was late in the evening when he saw a seventeen year old, Rosemary Anderson, walking alone as improved many times before woman walking by herself was irresistible to cook, so he doubled back to come around behind the teenager. Rosemary was miserable. She just fought with her boyfriend nineteen year old John Button and stormed out to walk home he'd, followed in his car begging for forgiveness and offering her a ride. Home stubborn rosemary, refused, so John, backed off wanting to

for some space he parked the car resolving to try again in a few minutes. It was in those few minutes. They cook spotted rosemary and decided to follow her just me whence after she caught his eye cook, sped up behind rosemary and hid her with his stolen car. He collided with her with such force that her body was thrown over the car and landed in the sand. Alongside the road satisfied with his work cook rushed off meanwhile John. Odin, caught up to rosemary, finding her crumpled body in the sand. The frantic team To get is barely alive. Girlfriend into the car, then race to Adele Tourists house near by Rosemary, was badly injured, so the doktor called for an ambulance and the police while his girlfriend was rushed to the hospital police detained John for questioning. It wasn't Johns first time, speaking to police three years earlier, they'd questioned him over the

the Julian brewer, because he Mobile launched at her building, but now he was held for hours while detectives went over historic with him trying to poke holes in his version of events and suggesting that he was lying later. The next day after over twenty four hours in police custody, John was informed that rosemary was dead. She was cooks, fifth murder victim, but no one realise she'd been claimed by us. Serial killer. Instead, all eyes were on the devastated boy friend in a state of shock, can killed. John falsely confessed you're running down rosemary heading back to police, the version of events they suggested. Unfortunately, false confessions are not an anomaly more. A quarter of the people exonerated through efforts by the. U S, based innocence, project made confessions before their conviction accord to solve Cason a psychologist and the expert in interrogation, young people are particularly vulnerable to make

false confessions, if their stressed or tired, the risk increases. Nineteen year old, John Button, having been awake for over twenty four hours and just in full his girlfriend was dead, would have been in an intense state of sleep deprivation, grief and, yes, stress, so, because of Johns coerced confession. Police didn't investigate rosemary death, with no fear of being caught quickly back on the streets. In less than a week. On the night of February fifteenth, he entered Lucy Modules flat via her back door, which he left prompt open for her. As Lucy stirred at the noise he was making cook hitter over the head, then strangled her until she passed out with his victim longer able to fight back thirty two year old cook strangled her to death with the cord from a lamp. It was his first bloodless murder

and now Lucy's lifeless form lay before him on the bed. So with nothing to stop him, he had sex with her still warm body it's possible his decision to defile Lucy related to cooks, sexual inadequacy. If he raped when she was still alive. He risked her fighting back rejecting him, but Now she was unable to reject him nor offer an unwanted perspective on his sexual prowess. When he was done, he dragged Lucy's corpse through the back door and across them perhaps sensing that her mistress needed avenging Lucy's cat mud guts emerged from the dark and attacked cook scratching, inviting him as he went its unclear. What cook Ultimate goal was in moving Lucy's body, whether intended to dump her swear or not. He didn't make it far. He left her sprawled. And neighbours lawn his night now complete. He left us

four Lucy's neighbours to discover, at dawn with cooks, latest murder of fresh wave of titillated gossip and rumour set off across the city. Much like the banana Bergmann, inquest, police and now that Lucy's death was unrelated to the January shootings. It was a conclusion that likely split the focus of police efforts, officials remained entirely unaware that for all of the unsolved crimes. They were looking for just one killer Man was still very much on the loose and he wasn't done. Killing coming up. The noose finally closes around era cook Casper Labour Day sale is here, get ten percent off your entire order now, through September, fourteenth with code comfort, offer expires September, Fourteenth twenty twenty. I think. Fifty nine p M Pacific time excludes the elegant,

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you're, not caring. If people were home, it's what led to some of his seemingly spontaneous murders. On June fifteen, he entered the flag of three young women, taking advantage of a small, window once he was inside. The noise awoke twenty year old, Carlo Reed, moving quickly cooks, used an umbrella and began beating carnal, but when she screamed They fought back. He ran from the apartment, it's unclear. What made could choose to kill only sometimes and other times to leave as victims alive, but it's possible. It had to do the readiness of a murder weapon in Carlos bedroom. The only thing he could find was an umbrella which made for a poor cudgel, but the next weapon he found was decidedly more deadly. On August tenth Cook snug into a home in cotton, oh, we found another twenty two rifle. Instead of cash, he accepted the offering and left brave

the rain for a night in the shadows. It was time to find his next target his Drinks brought him to the suburb of doubt, Keith, where he saw an open garage door. It was too tempting to resist and he slunk towards the house inside, he found. Eighteen year old, Shirley, Macleod, studying on the couch, her back to him, ten year old Shirley was baby sitting for Coral and Wendy Dowds young son, but the baby was asleep and she was August on her studies, all cook saw and oblivious victim without disturbing, Surely he raised his stolen rifle, took aim and fired single shot through her head. Then he left the doubts home the way he and

heard, leaving surely upright body still purged over her notes, were the young couple found her just hours later on his way home cooked stop to hide the rifle. In February he had grown as weapon away, not caring where it landed, but now perhaps wanting to retrieve it the next time he felt murderous. He started careful, under a bush near his neighborhood. It had been months since births last unsolved murder and surely death of a new wave of panic across the city like after his fellow Shooting spree locals, lock them selves indoors, refusing to leave people stop going to parties and visiting friends which worked out well because babysitters were to stricken do accept any jobs. It was a nightmare from which many feared they'd, never wake. It seemed everyone knew someone affected by the senseless attacks, but no one had any clue who to blame, and yet officials were determined to capture

the killer, terrorizing, the city with renewed vigour. Tactics were organised into teams working in twelve hour shift. It was a twenty four hour were operation. Some fifty detectives went door to door through the city interviewing around eight thousand. People, hoping some one knew something, even if they didn't know it and finally, births police force caught a brake on August sixteenth, almost a week after surely, murder a couple out for a stroll came across cooks, hidden rifle, they left it under the bush, but reported it. To police detective seized upon the best lead. They had so far the rifle was left in its hiding place and police set up a out of their own in a back yard, overlooked the shrubbery. They waited in a camouflaged tent trading off shit.

So tat. The rifle was under constant surveillance for two weeks officers watch the undisturbed Bush, hoping their killer would return for his weapon and on August thirty, first, their patience was rewarded. Thirty two year old, Eric Cook parked his car right. Next to the Bush, got out and reached for the rifle police were on him in a flash they tackled into the ground. Then spirited him away to answer questions on the drive to the station cook, freely offered confess in about all of the homes, he'd burgled recently, perhaps hoping to emphasise his status as burglar, not murderer. He made story about seeing the rifle earlier in the month. He'd come back to take it to sell, he told police he flatly denied having anything to do with. Surely the clouds murder, but though Cook lied, Bs

and did not a shell casing found in the back of his car matched the rifle they killed the eighteen year old and when police arrived cooks home with a search warrant, Sally confirm that her husband arrived home late, the night have surely murder cooks. Long suffering, wife was loyal to her marriage, but honest above all when presented with the facts Cook finally confessed. He owned up to Shirley Murder, but insisted he was blacked out at the time he remember thing and had no explanation for why he did it when news cooks arrest broke the next morning, relieve spread across Perth ever When was sure the nightmare was at last over several days later could confess to the January twenty sixth shooting spree as well again pressing him for a reason, the only explanation could offer was. I just wanted to hurt somebody broad support.

Bird. The charges against cook piled up displaying an extraordinary memory. He recounted. Many of his burglaries, recalling exact lots of money stolen at each place as well as many assaults on sleeping women and with these confessions he also. Finally, fitted to the murders that sent other men to jail Darrell Beam she was still serving life with hard labor for Jill, in brewers, death and John Button was serving a decade behind bars for the hay killer, murder of his girls, and Rosemary Anderson, but detectives were disinclined to believe cooks confessions after all, both Darrell, an John, had also confessed. Even after cook. Walk detectives through rose marries death at the scene of the crime. They didn't believe him just like John Button. They thought Cook was a liar and they told him so they repeated it so much. He withdrew both confessions

still cook was charged with the nineteen fifty nine murder of Banana Burke men, as well as the more recent slaying of Lucy Module when cooks, mothers spoke to police The offer them insight into his troubled upbringing. Christian cook seemed haunted by your husband's open dislike of their sung and despair that the police never help to. Stop the beans abuse displaying the kind of insight research has backed up. She suggested that cooks, violent childhood, caused his murderous adulthood. He was a good boy, she believed and never wanted to hurt anyone, but the court's weren't content to take Christians word for it in the lead up to his trial cook met with Doktor Aaron Samuel LS to determine mental capacity in his report, Doktor Eldest declared that cook seemed totally deficient in emotion. He had no remorse for his actions and he had a complete inability to put himself in the place of others or to imagine that

they have any rights or feelings he had been imprisoned many times, but was obviously not capable of learning from the experience assessment, though offering something of an explanation for cooks actions did nothing to excuse them. Boss, Doktor Ellis confirmed that cook was mentally fit to stand trial Knowing this cook was assessed by other psychological professionals who were curious about his violent nature. Psychologist Leon, Blank visited cook in prison and after conducting a series of tests reported. That cook was a person of bright normal intelligence who had a psychopathic character disorder in his assessment doktor. Blank noted that himself seemed curious about his own actions, just like the doctors, Being him. He wanted to know why he turned to murder, so he was cooperative and indeed the aspect during his conversations, doktor blanks, diagnosis,

carried a lot of weight at cooks trial where psychopathy was not a legally recognised mental disease. However, cooks defence team offered their own like expert doctor in James who diagnosed cook with schizophrenia skates for any doktor. James testified was easily mistaken for psychopathy But, unlike the latter, schizophrenia was a recognised mental disease and might have mitigated the charges against cook, but the jurors once by Doktor James is testimony perhaps still reeling from the state of fear. Cooks, killing spree induced the jury took just over an hour to find him guilty following their verdict. The judge sentence cook to hang for his crimes after

Ex trial John Button, launched an appeal of his conviction for murdering Rosemary Anderson, despite cooks own testimony at the trial. Johns appeal was rejected, though both men confessed to the crime John confessed. First and the early bird gets the jail time, October. Twenty six nineteen sixty four a little under a year after he was sentenced. Thirty three year old Eric Cook was marched to the gallows at free mantle prison. Before the hood was placed over his head, he sworn a bible that he killed Gillian, brewer and Rosemary Anderson. He was desperate for Darlin John, not to pay for his crimes just moments later at the executioner pulled the lever sending cook to his death. It

over in less than a minute, but the fight to clear the names of Darrell, Beamish and John Button took considerably longer if you're looking for small mercies take solace and the fact that John spent five years behind bars instead of his full ten year sentence, he was purled in December of nineteen sixty seven ever Darrell Beamish served as full fifteen years for the murder of Julian brewer, and it was released in nineteen. Seventy seven in nineteen. Ninety eight west, australian journalist, Estelle Blackburn published her book broken lives detailing Eric cooks crimes and the two wrongful convictions following publication. John Buttons case was formally reopened in February to thousand to thirty nine years after his conviction, John was at last exonerated three years later in April, of two thousand five dare

be meshes. Conviction was also overturned. It had been forty one years since Erika Good Cook drew his last breath and only then to the lasting effects of his crimes finally begin to fade, but John and Darrell weren't. Looks only surviving victims, some of the women he attacked suffered from lifelong injuries and disabilities. Airy cooks, actions echoed through the decade. After starting life as a boy who hated when people looked at his hair lip who made him self smaller. To avoid drawing his father's ire Cook became a man with untold in once from the shadows. He changed the lives of his victims, their families and the city of Perth forever thanks again for turning into serial killers, we'll be back soon new episode for more info nation on Eric EDGAR Cook among

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