The Lonely Hearts Killers
They answered ads for love—but instead, found death. In this true crime episode, we unravel the disturbing story of a strange and manipulative couple who used personal ads in newspapers to lure unsuspecting women into a calculated trap of seduction, robbery, and cold-blooded murder. This is a chilling tale of deception, betrayal, and a killing spree masked as romance.
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0:00 Start your free seven-day trial and unlock this episode plus hundreds more all ad-free when you become a Mysterian on Patreon. The Lonely Hearts Killers. The Lonely Hearts Killers, Martha Beck and Raymond Martinez Fernandez, are executed in the electric chair at Sing Sing Prison in New York. The strange couple had schemed to seduce, rob, and murder women who placed personal ads in newspapers. Beck and Fernandez boasted to killing as many as 17 women in this manner, but evidence suggests that there may have been only four victims.
0:44 Martha Beck was an extremely overweight and, by all reports, unattractive woman when she joined a Lonely Hearts Club advertised in a romance magazine. Her first letter came from Ray Fernandez in Brooklyn. Unlock this episode right now by clicking on the link for your free seven-day trial in the show notes or by visiting MysteriousRadio.com.
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