Tea Time Crimes

The Lonely Hearts Killers: Martha Beck

Episode Summary

In the 1940’s, back before Tinder, or even Craigslist, there was The Lonely Hearts Club: a way for bachelors and bachelorettes to go from pen pal to spouse. However, it only takes one (or two) to ruin it all. Meet Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck: a couple who will take advantage of lonely women to reap rewards. But how far will they go?

Episode Notes

In the 1940’s, back before Tinder, or even Craigslist, there was The Lonely Hearts Club: a way for bachelors and bachelorettes to go from pen pal to spouse. However, it only takes one (or two) to ruin it all. Meet Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck: a couple who will take advantage of lonely women to reap rewards. But how far will they go?

Tea of the Day: Green Milk Tea with Boba

Theme Music by Brad Frank

Sources:

• The Lonely Hearts Club Killers: The Bloody Passions of Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez by Tobin T. Buhk
• https://youtu.be/7k8XfZphDd0
• https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-lonely-hearts-killers-are-executed
• https://allthatsinteresting.com/lonely-hearts-killers
• https://www.crimelibrary.org/serial_killers/partners/fernandez/10.html
• https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/articles/201407/partners-in-crime
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/261401108/?terms=martha%20beck&match=1
• https://www.express.co.uk/expressyourself/301806/History-of-the-lonely-hearts
• Press and Sun-Bulletin - 11 Feb 1951, Sun · Page 55
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/261401108
• Press and Sun-Bulletin - 18 Feb 1951, Sun · Page 28
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/260552463
• Newsday (Suffolk Edition)-09 Mar 1951, Fri · Page 3
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/710880531/