Free Download Tobin T. Buhk, "The Lonely Hearts Killers: The Bloody Passions of Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez"
English | ISBN: 1476679118 | 2020 | 294 pages | EPUB | 9 MB
The shocking series of crimes committed by lovers Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez dominated the front pages in 1949. Caught for the double homicide of a widow and her young daughter in Michigan, the first couple of crime became the focus of an intense debate over the death penalty and extradition. Their story climaxed in a sensational trial in New York City and concluded two years later inside Sing Sing’s notorious "Death House." Pulp fiction era reporters, who followed every step taken by the accused slayers, christened Beck and Fernandez the "Lonely Hearts Killers"-a nickname that stuck and has since been used to describe an entire category of criminal behavior.
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