The Lonely Hearts Killers: The Bloody Passions of Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez

ISBN-13: 9781476679112 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 294 str.

Tobin T. Buhk

Spis treści

• Table of Contents
• Who's Who—1
• Timeline—3
• Preface—9
• Introduction: The Busiest Post Office Box in Detroit—15
• Part I. Michigan
   1. Love Letters in the Dark—26
•  2. The Twisted Fairy Tale Honeymoon—30
•  3. The Lady Vanishes—36
•  4. Secrets in Cement—39
•  5. "Here's the Deal, Sweetheart"—46
•  6. The Golden Handcuff and the Hot Seat—66
•  7. More Secrets in Cement—74
•  8. Press Darlings—77
•  9. Only the Lonely Can Play—93
• 10. ­Tug-of-War—101
• 11. Love Letters Behind Bars—110
• 12. Surprise—116
• Part II. New York
  13. Double Jeopardy—126
• 14. The Serial Husband: Fernandez on the Stand—143
• 15. People's Exhibit No. 99—152
• 16. A Good Offense Is the Best Defense—155
• 17. Beck Speaks, Again—161
• 18. Verdict—179
• 19. Prisoners #108594 and #108595—185
• 20. Folie a Deux—187
• 21. "Your favorite criminal" … Letters from the Death House—193
• 22. The Death House Secrets of Raymond Fernandez—202
• 23. The Last Mile—205
• 24. The Fates of the Major Figures in the Case—211
• Part III. Secrets and Sins; Myths and Misconceptions
• 25. Trial Secrets: The Stories Behind the Stories—216
• 26. Myths, Misconceptions and Unanswered Questions—240
• 27. Born Again: Helmuth Schmidt and Raymond Fernandez—249
• Appendix A: Excerpts from People's Exhibit 55—255
• Appendix B: Excerpts from People's Exhibit 57—259
• Chapter Notes—263
• Bibliography—281
• Index—283