Episode Summary
In the late 1940’s, women who thought they’d found true love were being conned out of their life savings by a man and his sister who would go to brutal lengths to keep their scheme going.
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Episode Info
Janet Fay
Delphine Downing
Rainelle
Raymond Martinez Fernandez
Martha Beck
Lonley Hearts Club ad
Myrtle
Raymond Martinez Fernandez & Martha Beck
Episode Source Material
- 3rd Lonely Hearts Victim’s Body Found; Pair Confesses
- “Lonely Hearts” Partners Admit Slaying Of Three
- Check For More Victims of ‘Lonely Hearts Killers’
- Niles Woman Was Listed As Lonely Hearts Victim
- Mail Order Romeo Target of Law in Ghastly Murder of 3 Persons
- Three Murders Laid To Mail-Order Romeo And Fat Girl Friend
- Charge ‘Lonely Hearts’ Killers with 3 Slayings
- ‘Lonely Heart’ Killers’ Trial Opened Today in N.Y. City
- ‘Lonely Heart’ Admits Killing
- Heart Trial Puts Brakes On Women
- People v. Fernandez – Court of Appeals of the State of New York
- The Trail of Lonely Hearts
- Til Death Did Them Part
- The Lonely Hearts Killers
- Crime Library – The Lonely Hearts Killers
- Partners in Crime: The Lonely Hearts Killers
- Serial Killer Couples: Understanding The Wife
- Murderpedia – Martha Beck
- Court of Appeals of the State of New York – Brief on Behalf of Appellant Raymond Martinez Fernandez
- 12 Morbidly Fascinating Details About the Lonely Hearts Killers
- Mr. And Mrs. Bluebeard