In the 1940’s, back before Tinder, or even Craigslist, there was The Lonely Hearts Club: a way for bachelors and bachelorettes to go from pen pal to spouse. However, it only takes one (or two) to ruin it all. Meet Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck: a couple who will take advantage of lonely women to reap rewards. But how far will they go?
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Sources:
- The Lonely Hearts Club Killers: The Bloody Passions of Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez by Tobin T. Buhk
- https://youtu.be/7k8XfZphDd0
- https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-lonely-hearts-killers-are-executed
- https://allthatsinteresting.com/lonely-hearts-killers
- https://www.crimelibrary.org/serial_killers/partners/fernandez/10.html
- https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/articles/201407/partners-in-crime
- https://www.newspapers.com/image/261401108/?terms=martha%20beck&match=1
- https://www.express.co.uk/expressyourself/301806/History-of-the-lonely-hearts
- Press and Sun-Bulletin – 11 Feb 1951, Sun · Page 55
- https://www.newspapers.com/image/261401108
- Press and Sun-Bulletin – 18 Feb 1951, Sun · Page 28
- https://www.newspapers.com/image/260552463
- Newsday (Suffolk Edition)-09 Mar 1951, Fri · Page 3
- https://www.newspapers.com/image/710880531/
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