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Lonely Hearts is a 2006 American neo-noir crime thriller film directed and written by Todd Robinson.It is a neo-noir based on the true story of the notorious "Lonely Hearts Killers" spree killing of the 1940s, Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez. [2]
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.
Although the film is inspired by true events and uses the real names of "The Lonely Hearts Killers" and of those they murdered, as well as the true locations of the crimes, the film takes substantial liberties with the facts, contrary to the opening titles. Although the actual events unfolded in the late 1940s, the film is seemingly set during ...
Sometime in the 1940s, Raymond Fernandez met his match in Martha Beck. While behind bars for petty crimes, Fernandez had convinced himself he could use voodoo to gain power over women.
The Honeymoon Killers (1970) – crime drama film inspired by the true story of Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck, the notorious "lonely hearts killers" of the 1940s [20] Julius Caesar (1970) – historical war drama film about Julius Caesar, based on the play of the same name by William Shakespeare [21]
Harvey Murray Glatman (December 10, 1927 – September 18, 1959) was an American serial killer and rapist during the late 1950s known as the Lonely Hearts Killer or the Glamour Girl Slayer. He would use several pseudonyms , posing as a professional photographer to lure his victims with the promise of a modeling career.
The "mystery" murderer is dubbed the "Lonely Hearts Killer." Charlie Barnes (Henry O'Neill), an alcoholic former star reporter and Pulitzer Prize winner, stumbles upon the dead woman's suitcase, in which he finds wedding photographs showing Chapman (then Grant) and his wife. He realizes that Chapman must be the killer.
The serial-killer movie that began a 40-year franchise, "Halloween" is centered around Michael Myers, a psycho killer who escapes from a mental hospital on Halloween and returns to his hometown on ...