Known victims:
Jane Lucilla Thompson [11/7/1947] (Spain)
Myrtle Young [8/18/1948 Chicago, IL]
Esther Henne, [2/28/1948 Fairfax, VA] escaped
Janet Fay, 66 [1/4/1949 Long Island, NY]
Delphine Downing, 41 [2/27/1949 Grand Rapids, MI]
Rainelle, 2 [3/1/1949 Grand Rapids, MI]
The Lonely Hearts Killers are executed
‘Lonely Heart’ Slayers Face N.Y. Prosecution
Albany Woman Victim Of Love-Murder Plot
Martha Beck And Lover Convicted Of Murder
Death Sentence Is Mandatory
“Lonely Hearts” Slayers Denied Hearing on Appeal
Lonely Hearts Killers Die In Sing Sing (part 1)
Lonely Hearts Killer Die (part 2)
Martha Beck Follows Lover to Death Chair
The Lonely Heart Killers
Murderpedia: Raymond Martinez Fernandez
Murderpedia: Martha Beck
The Lonely Heart Killers
Martha Beck & Raymond Fernandez
Lonely Hearts Killers/Honeymoon Killers
CrimeLife
Screen: Kastle’s ‘Honeymoon Killers’:Theme Recalls Lonely Hearts Murders
Serial Killer Database: Lonely Hearts Killers
The Honeymoon Killers
Wikipedia: Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck
Find-A-Grave: Martha Jule Beck
Find-A-Grave: Raymond Martinez Fernandez
Podcasts
Crime Junkie: INFAMOUS: The “Lonely Hearts” Killers
Books
Introduction to murder: The unpublished facts behind the notorious Lonely Hearts killers, Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez
Encyclopedia of Murder and Violent Crime
The Lonely Hearts Killers: The Bloody Passions of Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez
Tortured With Love: The True Crime Romance of the Lonely Hearts Killers
Movies/Documentaries
Honeymoon Killers
Lonely Hearts (very loosely based on their story)
Deadly Doctors: Painkillers
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