Annerley

But I thought Australia was at its finest as we responded to humanity at its worst 25 years ago today.

Rick's at Annerley.

Rick, you've got some vivid memories, mate.

Oh, Gary, how are you today? Good.

The public record does not explain exactly what police compared in 1966, so the thread is best treated as association evidence.

For New Farm, Annerley and Kangaroo Point, the behavioural links are strong.

All involve women attacked in or immediately around their homes.

Surprise or rear approaches appear repeatedly.

Not just Coorparoo, several.

But it never tells us where those other prints were found, and that is potentially enormous.

If Philip's fingerprints were recovered at New Farm, Annerley or Kangaroo Point, then the six-attack case becomes much more concrete.

multiple independent scenes would physically connect back to the same man.

You'll get a phone call, you'll get a phone call on Monday without a doubt, whether there's a little letter in the mail with a fine, I'm not quite sure.

Who rings? Does Annerley ring? Who rings Flanno in these moments?

Well, they don't ring-

Where does the phone call come from?

It is Thursday, the 23rd of June, 1966.

Around five kilometres south of central Brisbane, in Annerley, a 24-year-old woman is outside her unit, hanging clothes in the backyard.

She is at the clothesline when somebody grabs her from behind.

A cloth is pressed across her mouth.

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The five days between Annerley and Kangaroo Point changed the scale of the problem confronting Brisbane.

By now, fear of the Aether Man is producing visible changes across the city.