March 8, 1951: Lonely Hearts Slayers Executed

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🗓️ 8 March 2021

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck were executed by way of electrocution for the slaying of 55-year-old Janet Fay. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:38.3	On this day in 1951, Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck, known as the Lonely Hearts Slayers, were executed.
0:53.3	Welcome to Today in True Crime, a Spotify original from Parcast.
0:58.2	Due to the graphic nature of these killers' crimes, listener discretion is advised.
1:03.5	This episode includes discussions of violence and murder that some people may find offensive.
1:08.8	We advise extreme caution for children under 13.
1:12.4	Today we're covering the execution of the Lonely Heart Slayers.
1:16.7	Let's go back to Sing Sing Correctional Facility on March 8, 1951, around 11 p.m.
1:38.4	35-year-old Raymond Fernandez and 30-year-old Martha Beck filed into the execution chamber.
1:46.6	The couple were the third and fourth electrocutions taking place that day, and the prison intended to stay on schedule.
1:53.6	Fernandez and Beck waited their turn. They watched as Sing Sing executed two men convicted of murdering a man from Queens, New York. The crime paled in comparison to the couple's
2:00.1	misdeeds. Fernandez and Beck were convicted of
2:03.1	slaying 55-year-old Janet Fay, though they may have slaughtered as many as 20 people. The way they
2:11.0	met their victims gave them the moniker, The Lonely Hearts Slayers. Before online dating, people looked for love through the classified
2:21.6	section in the newspaper. These were known as Lonely Hearts ads. In 1946, 30-year-old
2:29.0	Fernandez began scanning the section for vulnerable women. He'd gained their trust, then con and rob them.
2:37.3	Once in a while, he'd tried to marry them first. In one instance, he dated a woman to gain
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