The Lonely Hearts Killers

Author : Tobin T. Buhk
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2020-06-08
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781476679112

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The Lonely Hearts Killers by Tobin T. Buhk Pdf

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. Despite the sensationalization of the killer couple's exploits, the story of the Michigan crime that ended their spree has until now remained largely untold. Drawing on rare archival material, this book presents, for the first time anywhere, a detailed account of this lost chapter in the saga of the "Lonely Hearts Killers." Both biography and analysis, this book also attempts to deconstruct the myths and misconceptions and to provide answers to a few unanswered questions about the case.

Author : ANONYMOUS
Publisher : THE PUBLISHER
Page : 51 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2024-02-27
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Lonely Hearts Killers: Raymond Fernandez And Martha Beck's Web Of Deception by ANONYMOUS Pdf

"The Lonely Hearts Killers: Raymond Fernandez And Martha Beck's Web Of Deception" is a gripping true crime story that delves into the twisted world of Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck, notorious criminals known as the Lonely Hearts Killers. Set in the 1940s, the book explores the couple's murderous plot as they prey on unsuspecting victims through a web of lies and seduction. As the investigation unfolds, the shocking revelations and the unraveling of the mystery leave readers on the edge of their seats. The book also delves into the psyches of the killers, showcasing the dark underbelly of criminal psychology. With captivating storytelling and a mix of unsolved mysteries, theories, and speculations, this book leaves readers questioning the line between myth and reality. In exploring the legacy of fear and the impact on society, "The Lonely Hearts Killers" is a chilling exploration of deception, manipulation, and the haunting crimes that continue to captivate the public.

Author : Richard Tomlinson
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2018-10-30
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781526715319

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Landru's Secret by Richard Tomlinson Pdf

On 12 April 1919, the Paris police arrested a bald, short, 50-year-old swindler at his apartment near the Gare du Nord, acting on a lead from a humble housemaid. A century later, Henri Désiré Landru remains the most notorious and enigmatic serial killer in French criminal history, a riddle at the heart of an unsolved murder puzzle. The official version of Landrus lethal rampage was so shocking that it almost defied belief. According to the authorities, Landru had made “romantic contact” with 283 women during the First World War, luring ten of them to his country houses outside Paris where he killed them for their money. Yet no bodies were ever found, while Landru obdurately protested his innocence. “It is for you to prove the deeds of which I am accused,” he sneered at the investigating magistrate. The true story of laffaire Landru, buried in the Paris police archives for the past century, was altogether more disturbing. In Landrus Secret, Richard Tomlinson draws on more than 5,000 pages of original case documents, including witness statements, police reports and private correspondence, to reveal for the first time that: Landru killed more women than the 10 victims on the charge sheet. The police failed to trace at least 72 of the women he contacted. The authorities ignored the key victim who explained why the killings began. Landru did not kill for money, but to revel in his power over what he called the “feeble sex”. Lavishly illustrated with previous unpublished photographs, Landrus Secret is a story for our times: a female revengers tragedy starring the mothers and sisters of the missing fiancées, a lethal misogynist and Frances greatest defense lawyer, intent on saving his repulsive client from the guillotine.

Author : Tomoyuki Hoshino
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2010-10-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781458785084

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Lonely Hearts Killer by Tomoyuki Hoshino Pdf

Taking on a subject that is still largely avoided in Japan, this powerful thriller explores the threat posed by an emperor, even in a ceremonial role, to a democratic government. Set in a fictional island country, the novel is told from the perspective of a group of young adults who are embroiled in their private problems of friendship, work, an...

Author : Robert D. Keppel,William J. Birnes
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9780671001308

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Signature Killers by Robert D. Keppel,William J. Birnes Pdf

Robert Keppel explores in unflinching detail the monstrous patterns, sadistic compulsions, and depraved motives of serial killers. From the Lonely Hearts Killer who hunted the most desperate of women in 1950s America to such infamous symbols of evil as Jeffrey Dahmer, Ted Bundy, and John Gacy, these are the cases--horrifying, graphic and unforgettable--that Keppel ingeniously taps to shed light on the darkest corners of the pathological mind. Foreword by Ann Rule.

Author : Tobin T. Buhk
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2020-06-05
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781476639642

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The Lonely Hearts Killers by Tobin T. Buhk Pdf

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. Despite the sensationalization of the killer couple's exploits, the story of the Michigan crime that ended their spree has until now remained largely untold. Drawing on rare archival material, this book presents, for the first time anywhere, a detailed account of this lost chapter in the saga of the "Lonely Hearts Killers." Both biography and analysis, this book also attempts to deconstruct the myths and misconceptions and to provide answers to a few unanswered questions about the case.

Author : Jt Hunter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2020-05-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798646112720

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Tortured With Love by Jt Hunter Pdf

What is the price of passion? Who knows the limits of love? Meet Martha Beck, a young nurse dedicated to healing others, until her own hurting heart lured her down a darker path. Loneliness led her to Raymond Fernandez, but love led her all the way to the electric chair. This is the tragic story of the Lonely Heart Killers.

Author : Ann Rule
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1983-09-01
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781101667460

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The Want-Ad Killer by Ann Rule Pdf

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Stranger Beside Me comes a true crime story of a serial killer who was sentenced to die—yet lived to murder again....and again.... After committing his first grisly crime, Harvey Louis Carignan beat a death sentence and continued to manipulate, rape, and bludgeon women to death, using want ads to lure his young female victims. And time after time, justice was thwarted by a killer whose twisted legal genius was matched only by his sick savagery. Complete with the testimony of the officers who put him behind bars and the women who barely escaped with their lives, The Want-Ad Killer is one of the most shattering and thought-provoking true-crime stories of our time.

Author : R. Barri Flowers
Publisher : R. Barri Flowers
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-06
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Killers of the Lonely Hearts by R. Barri Flowers Pdf

From R. Barri Flowers, award winning criminologist and international bestselling author of The Sex Slave Murders and The Sex Slave Murders 2, comes a gripping new true crime short, Killers of the Lonely Hearts: The Tale of Serial Killers Raymond Fernandez & Martha Beck. In this gripping tale of sex, jealousy, con artists, and murder, the author gets to the root of the violent crimes perpetrated by 1940s serial killers Fernandez and Beck, who preyed on lonely women through personal ads, stealing from them, and murdering them before the ultimate justice was served on the killer lovers. As a bonus, included is a complete true crime short, The Sinful Killers, about serial killers James Gregory Marlow and Cynthia Coffman, who murdered at least five people over three states in 1986, including four women, who were targeted for abduction, sexual assault, and robbery. An added bonus is excerpts from R. Barri Flowers bestselling true crime shorts, Mass Murder in the Sky, in which an airliner is brought down over Denver by dynamite and Murder at the Pencil Factory, chronicling the century old murder of Mary Phagan and the lynching of her purported killer Leo Frank. Also included are excerpts from the author's bestselling novel, Dark Streets of Whitechapel, a Jack the Ripper historical thriller.

Author : Mark Gado
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2007-11-30
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781573567305

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Death Row Women by Mark Gado Pdf

During the 20th century, only six women were legally executed by the State of New York at Sing Sing Prison. In each case, the condemned faced a process of demonization and public humiliation that was orchestrated by a powerful and unforgiving media. When compared to the media treatment of men who went to the electric chair for similar offenses, the press coverage of female killers was ferocious and unrelenting. Granite woman, black-eyed Borgia, roadhouse tramp, sex-mad, and lousy prostitute are just some of the terms used by newspapers to describe these women. Unlike their male counterparts, females endured a campaign of expulsion and disgrace before they were put to death. Not since the 1950s has New York put another woman to death. Gado chronicles the crimes, the times, and the media attention surrounding these cases. The tales of these death row women shed light on the death penalty as it applies to women and the role of the media in both the trials and executions of these convicts. In these cases, the press affected the prosecutions, the judgements, and the decisions of authorities along the way. Contemporary headlines of the era are revealing in their blatant bias and leave little doubt of their purpose. Using family letters, prison correspondence, photographs, court transcripts, and last- minute pleas for mercy, Gado paints a fuller picture of these cases and the times.

Author : Jt Hunter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2020-05-19
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 0578720280

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Tortured With Love by Jt Hunter Pdf

What is the price of passion? Who knows the power of love? Meet Martha Beck, a young nurse dedicated to healing others until her own hurting heart lured her down a darker parth. Loneliness led her to Raymond Fernandez, but love led her all the way to the electric chair. This is the tragic true story of the Lonely Hearts Killers.

Author : Wenzel Brown
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1952
Category : Detective and mystery stories
ISBN : LCCN:52006109

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The Lonely Hearts Murders by Wenzel Brown Pdf

Author : Nathanael West
Publisher : Dramatists Play Service Inc
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1959-10
Category : Advice columnists
ISBN : 082220763X

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Miss Lonelyhearts by Nathanael West Pdf

THE STORY: As described by Atkinson in the NY Times: A scornful feature editor of a newspaper picks an ambitious young reporter to conduct the advice of the lovelorn column. Ambitious, opportunistic, 'Miss Lonelyhearts,' as the conductor of the co

Author : Harold Schechter
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2009-11-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781439187852

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Deranged by Harold Schechter Pdf

LURED FROM THE SAFETY OF HOME -- INTO THE JAWS OF HELL "America's principal chronicler of its greatest psychopathic killers" (The Boston Book Review), Harold Schechter shatters the myth that violent crime is a modern phenomenon -- with this seamless true account of unvarnished horror from the early twentieth century. Journey inside the demented mind of Albert Fish -- pedophile, sadist, and cannibal killer -- and discover that bloodlust knows no time or place.... On a warm spring day in 1928, a kindly, white-haired man appeared at the Budd family home in New York City, and soon persuaded Mr. and Mrs. Budd to let him take their adorable little girl, Grace, on an outing. The Budds never guessed that they had entrusted their child to a monster. After a relentless six-year search and nationwide press coverage, the mystery of Grace Budd's disappearance was solved -- and a crime of unparalleled gore and revulsion was revealed to a stunned American public. What Albert Fish did to Grace Budd, and perhaps fifteen other young children, caused experts to pronounce him the most deranged human being they had ever seen.

Author : Brian Lane,Wilfred Gregg
Publisher : Berkley
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : IND:30000050837560

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The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers by Brian Lane,Wilfred Gregg Pdf

A comprehensive reference to serial killings offers case studies of notorious murderers and articles discussing the psychology of serial murder, law enforcement techniques used to catch serial killers, and famous unsolved cases.