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Beck, Martha Jule Seabrook -1951 Drama Beck, Martha Jule Seabrook d. 1951 Drama Capital punishment United States Drama Criminal psychology United States Drama Fernandez, Raymond Martinez 1914-1951 Drama Homicide Investigation United States Drama Pleas (Criminal procedure) United States Drama Serial killers United States Drama Serial murderers United States Drama Trials (Homicide) United States DramaFilter By Subjects
Beck, Martha Jule Seabrook -1951 Drama Beck, Martha Jule Seabrook d. 1951 Drama Capital punishment United States Drama Criminal psychology United States Drama Fernandez, Raymond Martinez 1914-1951 Drama Homicide Investigation United States Drama Pleas (Criminal procedure) United States Drama Serial killers United States Drama Serial murderers United States Drama Trials (Homicide) United States DramaSummary: Filmmaker Werner Herzog explores a triple homicide case in Conroe, Texas and "probes the human psyche to explore why people kill--and why a state kills". Through intimate conversations with those involved, including 28-year-old death row inmate Michael Perry (scheduled to die within eights days of appearing on-screen), Herzog achieves what he describes as 'a gaze into the abyss of the human...
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Publisher / Publication Date: IFC Films 2012
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC INTSummary: Based on a true story. In the late 1940's, Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez became known as the notorious "Lonely Hearts Killers". They would swindle and then viciously murder war widows who would answer their personal ads. Ray would describe himself as a sexy Latin Lover. Martha was Ray's initial mark. But when they met, it was love at first sight. With Martha posing as Ray's sister, they...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2007