A barman finds Ivy McLeod strangled in an alcove, her clothes torn and blood staining her face.
As heard by us
Wartime Melbourne gives a murder case its slow, uneasy pull.
This episode handles the wartime Melbourne setting with a steady hand. It moves from blackout streets and rain to packed trams and boarding houses, then tightens around Pauline's Friday night, Eddie Leonski's arrival, and the turn from ordinary conversation to danger.
Why you'd press play
Rainy wartime Melbourne, one drink too many, and a stranger at the table.
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