Lonely Hearts
Release Date: 2006
Distributor: Millenium Films
Director: Todd Robinson
Producer: Holly Wiersma & Boaz Davidson
Screenwriter: Todd Robinson
Cast: John Travolta, James Gandolfini, Jared
Leto, Salma Hayek, Scott Caan, Laura Dern
Synopsis:
In the late 1940's, Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez were America's
notorious "Lonely Hearts Killers". Their lethal scam
was simple; they would swindle and then viciously murder lovelorn
war widows who would answer their personal ads in which Ray would
describe himself as a sexy Latin Lover. Ironically, Ray's initial
introduction to Martha was as a prospective mark. But when they
met, it was love at first sight, perhaps as a result of their
penchant for kinky sex and their mutual love for duplicity and
easy money. With Martha posing as Ray's sister, they bilked elderly
spinsters and widows of their savings and then viciously murdered
them in a bloodbath of sexual frenzy. When they were arrested,
Martha and Ray confessed to 12 killings, although it is believed
the actual number is closer to 20. At their sensational trial,
Martha and Ray cooed, held hands and seemed as though they could
not get enough of each other. Their plea of not guilty by reason
of insanity was rejected, and on August 22, 1949, the homicidal
lovers were sentenced to death. After numerous appeals, they were
electrocuted on March 8, 1951, side-by-side in Sing Sing prison.
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