The Honeymoon Killers July 21, 2011

Special Screening! True crime has often served the cinema as inspiration and subject, but rarely has a film so perfectly captured the sordid and melodramatic world of its protagonists as The Honeymoon Killers. Known as the Lonely Hearts Killers, Raymond Fernandez, a balding lothario, and Martha Beck, an obese nurse, met through the personal ads; posing as brother and sister, the lovers used the same ads to win the trust of lonely widows whom they robbed and sometimes murdered. The pair were electrocuted in Sing Sing in 1951 following a highly publicized trial and imprisonment during which Fernandez received thousands of letters from his female ‘fans’, including numerous marriage proposals.

Official Website: http://www.lacma.org/event/honeymoon-killer