December 12, 1899 - Arnold Sodeman

Sodeman operated in Victoria during the 1930s, targeting young girls in attacks that caused widespread public fear around the safety of children. His crimes were notable both for the vulnerability of his victims and for the psychiatric examination that followed his arrest, which found evidence of a neurological condition that factored into legal proceedings at the time. He was hanged at Pentridge Prison in 1936 after confessing to four murders.

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Arnold Karl Sodeman ((1899-12-12)12 December 1899 – (1936-06-01)1 June 1936), also known as the School-girl Strangler, was an Australian serial killer who targeted children. He confessed to four killings, and was executed at Pentridge Prison in 1936. Sodeman was the second of eleven people to be hanged at Pentridge Prison after the closure of Melbourne Gaol in 1924.

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