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{{short description|American serial killer couple}} |
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|birth_name = Raymond Martinez Fernandez |
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|mf=yes|1914|12|17}} |
| birth_date = {{Birth date|mf=yes|1914|12|17}} |
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| birth_place = [[Territory of Hawaii]] |
| birth_place = [[Territory of Hawaii]] |
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| death_date = {{Death date and age|mf=yes|1951|03|08|1914|12|17}} |
| death_date = {{Death date and age|mf=yes|1951|03|08|1914|12|17}} |
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| death_place = [[Sing Sing Prison]], New York, U.S. |
| death_place = [[Sing Sing Prison]], [[Ossining (village), New York|Ossining, New York]], U.S. |
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| conviction_penalty = [[Capital punishment|Death]] |
| conviction_penalty = [[Capital punishment in New York|Death]] |
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| conviction_status = Executed |
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| victims = 3–20 |
| victims = 3–20 |
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| beginyear = 1947 |
| beginyear = 1947 |
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| occupation = [[Confidence trickster]] |
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| children = 4 |
| children = 4 |
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| death_cause = [[Execution by electrocution]] |
| death_cause = [[Execution by electrocution]] |
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| conviction = [[First degree murder]] |
| conviction = [[Murder in New York law|First degree murder]] |
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| birth_place = [[Milton, Florida]], U.S. |
| birth_place = [[Milton, Florida]], U.S. |
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| death_date = {{Death date and age|mf=yes|1951|03|08|1920|05|06}} |
| death_date = {{Death date and age|mf=yes|1951|03|08|1920|05|06}} |
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| death_place = [[Sing Sing Prison]], New York, U.S. |
| death_place = [[Sing Sing Prison]], [[Ossining (village), New York|Ossining, New York]], U.S. |
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| conviction_penalty = [[Capital punishment|Death]] |
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| victims = 3–20 |
| victims = 3–20 |
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| occupation = [[Nurse]] |
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| children = 2 |
| children = 2 |
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| death_cause = [[Execution by electrocution]] |
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| conviction = [[First degree murder]] |
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'''Raymond Martinez Fernandez''' (December 17, 1914 – March 8, 1951) and '''Martha Jule Beck''' (May 6, 1920 – March 8, 1951) were an American [[serial killer]] couple. They were convicted of one murder, are known to have committed two more, and were suspected of having killed up to twenty victims during a spree between 1947 and 1949. |
'''Raymond Martinez Fernandez''' (December 17, 1914 – March 8, 1951) and '''Martha Jule Beck''' (May 6, 1920 – March 8, 1951) were an American [[serial killer]] couple. They were convicted of one murder, are known to have committed two more, and were suspected of having killed up to twenty victims during a spree between 1947 and 1949. |
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After their arrest and trial for serial murder in 1949, Fernandez and Beck became known as the '''Lonely Hearts Killers''' for meeting their unsuspecting victims through [[personal ad]]s, posted in newspaper lonely hearts columns. A number of films and television shows are based on this case. |
After their arrest and trial for serial murder in 1949, Fernandez and Beck became known as the '''Lonely Hearts Killers''' for meeting their unsuspecting victims through [[personal ad]]s, posted in newspaper lonely hearts columns. A number of films and television shows are based on this case. |
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==Before the murders== |
==Before the murders== |
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===Raymond Fernandez=== |
===Raymond Fernandez=== |
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Raymond Martinez Fernandez was born in the [[Territory of Hawaii]] to [[Spaniards|Spanish]] parents on December 17, 1914. Shortly thereafter, the family moved to [[Bridgeport, Connecticut]]. As a teenager, Fernandez went to work on his |
Raymond Martinez Fernandez was born in the [[Territory of Hawaii]] to [[Spaniards|Spanish]] parents on December 17, 1914. Shortly thereafter, the family moved to [[Bridgeport, Connecticut]]. As a teenager, Fernandez went to work on his uncle's farm in Spain, married a young local woman named Encarnación Robles and had four children, all of whom he abandoned later in life. |
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He served in the Spanish [[merchant navy]] and with [[British intelligence agencies|British intelligence services]] during [[World War II]].<ref name="Martha Beck & Raymond Hernandez, Lonely Hearts Killers -- The Crime Library (page 4)">{{cite book |url=http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/partners/fernandez/4.html |title=The Lonely Hearts Killers|publisher= Trutv.com|page= 4}}</ref> |
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Upon his release from a hospital, Fernandez stole some clothing and was subsequently imprisoned for a year, during which time his cellmate converted him to a belief in [[Haitian Vodou|voodoo]] and [[black magic]]. Fernandez later claimed black magic gave him irresistible power and charm over women.<ref name="Serial Killers Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez">{{cite web |url=http://www.francesfarmersrevenge.com/stuff/serialkillers/marthabeck.htm |title=Serial Killers Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez |publisher=Francesfarmersrevenge.com |date=March 8, 1951 |access-date=2010-09-28 |
Upon his release from a hospital, Fernandez stole some clothing and was subsequently imprisoned for a year, during which time his cellmate converted him to a belief in [[Haitian Vodou|voodoo]] and [[black magic]]. Fernandez later claimed black magic gave him irresistible power and charm over women.<ref name="Serial Killers Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez">{{cite web |url=http://www.francesfarmersrevenge.com/stuff/serialkillers/marthabeck.htm |title=Serial Killers Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez |publisher=Francesfarmersrevenge.com |date=March 8, 1951 |access-date=2010-09-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100917155031/http://www.francesfarmersrevenge.com/stuff/serialkillers/marthabeck.htm |archive-date=September 17, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/partners/fernandez/1.html|title=The Lonely Hearts Killers|publisher=Trutv.com|page=1}}</ref> |
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===Martha Beck=== |
===Martha Beck=== |
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Martha Beck was born '''Martha Jule Seabrook''' on May 6, 1920 in [[Milton, Florida]]. Allegedly due to a [[gland]]ular problem (then a common explanation for obesity), Beck was [[overweight]] and underwent [[premature puberty|puberty prematurely]]. At her trial, she claimed to have been [[Child sexual abuse|raped]] by her brother and subsequently beaten by her mother |
Martha Beck was born '''Martha Jule Seabrook''' on May 6, 1920, in [[Milton, Florida]]. Allegedly due to a [[gland]]ular problem (then a common explanation for obesity), Beck was [[overweight]] and underwent [[premature puberty|puberty prematurely]]. At her trial, she claimed to have been [[Child sexual abuse|raped]] by her brother and subsequently beaten by her mother.<ref name="Martha Beck & Raymond Hernandez, Lonely Hearts Killers -- The Crime Library (page 2)">{{cite book| url=http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/partners/fernandez/2.html|title= The Lonely Hearts Killers|publisher= Trutv.com|page =2}}</ref> As a young teenager, Beck ran away to the home of an uncle in another town, taking [[Truman Capote]] (then ten years old) with her; they were found and returned home after a day.{{refn|"When Truman Capote's Lies Caught up with Him", Sarah Weinman, ''The Atlantic'', January 2023 [https://www.theatlantic.com/books/archive/2023/01/truman-capote-true-crime-in-cold-blood/672747/]}} |
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After finishing school, Beck studied nursing but had trouble finding a job due to her weight. She initially became an [[undertaker]]'s assistant and prepared female bodies for burial. She soon quit that job and moved to [[California]], where she worked in a [[United States Army]] hospital as a nurse. While living in California she eventually became [[pregnant]], but the father of the baby refused to marry her. Single and pregnant, at a time when a social stigma existed concerning [[out of wedlock]] childbirth, Beck returned to Florida.<ref name="Martha Beck & Raymond Hernandez, Lonely Hearts Killers -- The Crime Library (page 2)"/> |
After finishing school, Beck studied nursing but had trouble finding a job due to her weight. She initially became an [[undertaker]]'s assistant and prepared female bodies for burial. She soon quit that job and moved to [[California]], where she worked in a [[United States Army]] hospital as a nurse. While living in California she eventually became [[pregnant]], but the father of the baby refused to marry her. Single and pregnant, at a time when a social stigma existed concerning [[out of wedlock]] childbirth, Beck returned to Florida.<ref name="Martha Beck & Raymond Hernandez, Lonely Hearts Killers -- The Crime Library (page 2)"/> |
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==Murders== |
==Murders== |
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Fernandez visited Beck and stayed for a short time; she told everyone they were to be married. He returned to [[New York City]] while she made preparations in Florida. When she was abruptly fired from her job, Beck packed her belongings and arrived on Fernandez' doorstep in New York. Fernandez enjoyed the way she catered to his every whim, and when he learned she had left her children for him, he thought it was a sign of an unconditional love. He confessed his criminal enterprises to Beck, who quickly sent her children to the [[Salvation Army]] in order to devote herself to Fernandez without any distractions. |
Fernandez visited Beck and stayed for a short time; she told everyone they were to be married. He returned to [[New York City]] while she made preparations in Florida. When she was abruptly fired from her job, Beck packed her belongings and arrived on Fernandez' doorstep in New York. Fernandez enjoyed the way she catered to his every whim, and when he learned she had left her children for him, he thought it was a sign of an unconditional love. He confessed his criminal enterprises to Beck, who quickly sent her children to the [[Salvation Army]] in order to devote herself to Fernandez without any distractions. |
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Beck posed as Fernandez's sister, giving him an air of respectability. Their victims, feeling more secure knowing there was another woman in the house, often agreed to stay with the pair. Beck also convinced some victims that she lived alone and that her "brother" was only a guest. She was extremely jealous and went to great lengths to make sure Fernandez and his "intended" never consummated their relationship. When he did have sex with a woman, Beck subjected both to her violent temper. |
Beck posed as Fernandez's sister, giving him an air of respectability. Their victims, feeling more secure knowing there was another woman in the house, often agreed to stay with the pair. Beck also convinced some victims that she lived alone and that her "brother" was only a guest. She was extremely jealous and went to great lengths to make sure Fernandez and his "intended" never consummated their relationship. When he did have sex with a woman, Beck subjected both to her violent temper. |
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In 1949, the pair committed the three murders for which they later were convicted. Janet Fay, 66, became engaged to Fernandez and went to stay at his [[Long Island]] apartment. When Beck caught her in bed with Fernandez, she brutally struck Fay's head with a hammer in a murderous rage. Fernandez then [[strangulation|strangled]] Fay. Her family became suspicious when she disappeared, and Fernandez and Beck fled. |
In 1949, the pair committed the three murders for which they later were convicted. Janet Fay, 66, became engaged to Fernandez and went to stay at his [[Long Island]] apartment. When Beck caught her in bed with Fernandez, she brutally struck Fay's head with a hammer in a murderous rage. Fernandez then [[strangulation|strangled]] Fay. Her family became suspicious when she disappeared, and Fernandez and Beck fled. |
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Beck and Fernandez traveled to Byron Center Road in [[Wyoming, Michigan|Wyoming Township]], [[Michigan]], a suburb of [[Grand Rapids, Michigan|Grand Rapids]], where they met and stayed with Delphine Downing, a 28-year-old widow with a two-year-old daughter. On February 28, Downing became agitated and Fernandez gave her sleeping pills to calm her. The daughter witnessed Downing's resulting stupor and began to cry, which enraged Beck. Panicked, Beck |
Beck and Fernandez traveled to Byron Center Road in [[Wyoming, Michigan|Wyoming Township]], [[Michigan]], a suburb of [[Grand Rapids, Michigan|Grand Rapids]], where they met and stayed with Delphine Downing, a 28-year-old widow with a two-year-old daughter. On February 28, Downing became agitated and Fernandez gave her sleeping pills to calm her. The daughter witnessed Downing's resulting stupor and began to cry, which enraged Beck. Panicked, Beck strangled the child but didn't kill her. Fernandez thought Downing would become suspicious if she saw her bruised daughter, so he shot the unconscious woman. The couple then stayed for several days in Downing's house. Again enraged by the daughter's crying, Beck drowned her in a basin of water. They buried the bodies in the basement, but suspicious neighbors reported the Downings' disappearances, leading the police to arrive at the door on March 1, 1949, and arrest Beck and Fernandez.<ref name="Gado">{{cite book |last=Gado|first=Mark|title=Death Row Women: Murder, Justice, and the New York Press|year=2007|publisher=Praeger|isbn=978-0-275-99361-0|page=157}}</ref> |
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==Trial and executions== |
==Trial and executions== |
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*''[[Lonely Hearts (2006 film)|Lonely Hearts]]'', 2006 American film about the same events |
*''[[Lonely Hearts (2006 film)|Lonely Hearts]]'', 2006 American film about the same events |
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*''[[Alleluia (film)|Alleluia]]'', 2014 Belgian-French film inspired by the same events |
*''[[Alleluia (film)|Alleluia]]'', 2014 Belgian-French film inspired by the same events |
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* A 2006 episode of the |
* A 2006 episode of the TV series ''[[Cold Case]]'' was called "Lonely Hearts", featuring a pair of killers named Martha Puck and Ramon Delgado. |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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*{{Cite web |date=2015-02-09 |title=Martha Beck & Raymond Fernandez, Lonely Hearts Killers -- the Crime Library — The Lonely Hearts Killers — Crime Library|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150209235409/http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_killers/partners/fernandez/1.html | |
*{{Cite web |date=2015-02-09 |title=Martha Beck & Raymond Fernandez, Lonely Hearts Killers -- the Crime Library — The Lonely Hearts Killers — Crime Library|url=http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_killers/partners/fernandez/1.html |access-date=2023-03-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150209235409/http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_killers/partners/fernandez/1.html |archive-date=2015-02-09 }} |
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20121028120808/http://www.francesfarmersrevenge.com/stuff/serialkillers/marthabeck.htm Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez] at Frances Farmers Revenge |
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20121028120808/http://www.francesfarmersrevenge.com/stuff/serialkillers/marthabeck.htm Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez] at Frances Farmers Revenge |
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Raymond Fernandez | |
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Born | Raymond Martinez Fernandez December 17, 1914 |
Died | March 8, 1951 | (aged 36)
Cause of death | Execution by electrocution |
Occupation | Confidence trickster |
Criminal status | Executed |
Children | 4 |
Conviction(s) | First degree murder |
Criminal penalty | Death |
Details | |
Victims | 3–20 |
Span of crimes | 1947–1949 |
Country | United States |
State(s) | Michigan and New York |
Martha Beck | |
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Born | Martha Jule Seabrook May 6, 1920 Milton, Florida, U.S. |
Died | March 8, 1951 | (aged 30)
Cause of death | Execution by electrocution |
Occupation | Nurse |
Criminal status | Executed |
Children | 2 |
Conviction(s) | First degree murder |
Criminal penalty | Death |
Details | |
Victims | 3–20 |
Span of crimes | 1947–1949 |
Country | United States |
State(s) | New York and Michigan |
Raymond Martinez Fernandez (December 17, 1914 – March 8, 1951) and Martha Jule Beck (May 6, 1920 – March 8, 1951) were an American serial killer couple. They were convicted of one murder, are known to have committed two more, and were suspected of having killed up to twenty victims during a spree between 1947 and 1949.
After their arrest and trial for serial murder in 1949, Fernandez and Beck became known as the Lonely Hearts Killers for meeting their unsuspecting victims through personal ads, posted in newspaper lonely hearts columns. A number of films and television shows are based on this case.
Before the murders
[edit]Raymond Fernandez
[edit]Raymond Martinez Fernandez was born in the Territory of Hawaii to Spanish parents on December 17, 1914. Shortly thereafter, the family moved to Bridgeport, Connecticut. As a teenager, Fernandez went to work on his uncle's farm in Spain, married a young local woman named Encarnación Robles and had four children, all of whom he abandoned later in life.
He served in the Spanish merchant navy and with British intelligence services during World War II.[1]
Upon his release from a hospital, Fernandez stole some clothing and was subsequently imprisoned for a year, during which time his cellmate converted him to a belief in voodoo and black magic. Fernandez later claimed black magic gave him irresistible power and charm over women.[2][3]
Martha Beck
[edit]Martha Beck was born Martha Jule Seabrook on May 6, 1920, in Milton, Florida. Allegedly due to a glandular problem (then a common explanation for obesity), Beck was overweight and underwent puberty prematurely. At her trial, she claimed to have been raped by her brother and subsequently beaten by her mother.[4] As a young teenager, Beck ran away to the home of an uncle in another town, taking Truman Capote (then ten years old) with her; they were found and returned home after a day.[5]
After finishing school, Beck studied nursing but had trouble finding a job due to her weight. She initially became an undertaker's assistant and prepared female bodies for burial. She soon quit that job and moved to California, where she worked in a United States Army hospital as a nurse. While living in California she eventually became pregnant, but the father of the baby refused to marry her. Single and pregnant, at a time when a social stigma existed concerning out of wedlock childbirth, Beck returned to Florida.[4]
Beck claimed that her child's father had been killed in the Pacific Campaign. The town mourned her loss and the story was published in the local newspaper.[4] Shortly after her daughter was born, she became pregnant again by a Pensacola bus driver named Alfred Beck. They married quickly and divorced six months thereafter. She gave birth to a son.[6]
Unemployed and the single mother of two young children, Beck escaped into a fantasy world, buying romance magazines and novels, and watching romantic movies. In 1946, she found employment at the Pensacola Hospital for Children. She placed a lonely hearts ad in 1947, which Raymond Fernandez answered.[6]
Murders
[edit]Fernandez visited Beck and stayed for a short time; she told everyone they were to be married. He returned to New York City while she made preparations in Florida. When she was abruptly fired from her job, Beck packed her belongings and arrived on Fernandez' doorstep in New York. Fernandez enjoyed the way she catered to his every whim, and when he learned she had left her children for him, he thought it was a sign of an unconditional love. He confessed his criminal enterprises to Beck, who quickly sent her children to the Salvation Army in order to devote herself to Fernandez without any distractions.
Beck posed as Fernandez's sister, giving him an air of respectability. Their victims, feeling more secure knowing there was another woman in the house, often agreed to stay with the pair. Beck also convinced some victims that she lived alone and that her "brother" was only a guest. She was extremely jealous and went to great lengths to make sure Fernandez and his "intended" never consummated their relationship. When he did have sex with a woman, Beck subjected both to her violent temper.
In 1949, the pair committed the three murders for which they later were convicted. Janet Fay, 66, became engaged to Fernandez and went to stay at his Long Island apartment. When Beck caught her in bed with Fernandez, she brutally struck Fay's head with a hammer in a murderous rage. Fernandez then strangled Fay. Her family became suspicious when she disappeared, and Fernandez and Beck fled.
Beck and Fernandez traveled to Byron Center Road in Wyoming Township, Michigan, a suburb of Grand Rapids, where they met and stayed with Delphine Downing, a 28-year-old widow with a two-year-old daughter. On February 28, Downing became agitated and Fernandez gave her sleeping pills to calm her. The daughter witnessed Downing's resulting stupor and began to cry, which enraged Beck. Panicked, Beck strangled the child but didn't kill her. Fernandez thought Downing would become suspicious if she saw her bruised daughter, so he shot the unconscious woman. The couple then stayed for several days in Downing's house. Again enraged by the daughter's crying, Beck drowned her in a basin of water. They buried the bodies in the basement, but suspicious neighbors reported the Downings' disappearances, leading the police to arrive at the door on March 1, 1949, and arrest Beck and Fernandez.[7]
Trial and executions
[edit]Fernandez quickly confessed. The pair vehemently denied committing seventeen murders that were attributed to them, and Fernandez tried to retract his confession, saying he made it only to protect Beck. They were extradited to New York, which still instituted the death penalty. Fay's murder was the only one for which the couple were tried, and they were both sentenced to death. They were executed at Sing Sing prison on March 8, 1951.[8]
In media
[edit]- "Lonely Hearts Killers", a 1960 episode of the American TV show Deadline, released on DVD in 2019
- The Honeymoon Killers, 1970 American cult classic about the same events
- Deep Crimson, 1996 Mexican film about the same events
- Lonely Hearts, 2006 American film about the same events
- Alleluia, 2014 Belgian-French film inspired by the same events
- A 2006 episode of the TV series Cold Case was called "Lonely Hearts", featuring a pair of killers named Martha Puck and Ramon Delgado.
See also
[edit]- Lonely hearts scam
- List of homicides in Michigan
- List of serial killers in the United States
- List of serial killers by number of victims
References
[edit]- ^ The Lonely Hearts Killers. Trutv.com. p. 4.
- ^ "Serial Killers Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez". Francesfarmersrevenge.com. March 8, 1951. Archived from the original on September 17, 2010. Retrieved 2010-09-28.
- ^ "The Lonely Hearts Killers". Trutv.com. p. 1.
- ^ a b c The Lonely Hearts Killers. Trutv.com. p. 2.
- ^ "When Truman Capote's Lies Caught up with Him", Sarah Weinman, The Atlantic, January 2023 [1]
- ^ a b The Lonely Hearts Killers. Trutv.com. p. 3.
- ^ Gado, Mark (2007). Death Row Women: Murder, Justice, and the New York Press. Praeger. p. 157. ISBN 978-0-275-99361-0.
- ^ "2 'LONELY HEARTS' PAY DEATH PENALTY; Fernandez, Mrs. Beck Go to Chair in Sing Sing 2 Others Also Die for Murder". The New York Times. 1951-03-09. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-06-25.
Sources
[edit]- Lane, Brian and Gregg, Wilfred [1992]. The Encyclopedia Of Serial Killers. Berkley Books.
- Fuchs, Christian [1996] (2002). Bad Blood. Creation Books.
External links
[edit]- "Martha Beck & Raymond Fernandez, Lonely Hearts Killers -- the Crime Library — The Lonely Hearts Killers — Crime Library". 2015-02-09. Archived from the original on 2015-02-09. Retrieved 2023-03-25.
- Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez at Frances Farmers Revenge
- 1947 murders in the United States
- 1948 murders in the United States
- 1949 murders in the United States
- 1951 deaths
- 20th-century executions by New York (state)
- 20th-century executions of American people
- American murderers of children
- Criminal couples
- Serial killers from New York City
- Executed American serial killers
- Executed people from New York (state)
- Inmates of Sing Sing
- People convicted of murder by New York (state)
- People executed by New York (state) by electric chair
- Serial killer duos
- Serial killers from Michigan
- Serial killers from New York (state)
- Violence against women in the United States