The shocking series of crimes committed by lovers Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez dominated the front pages in 1949.
Caught for the double homicide of a widow and her young daughter in Michigan, the first couple of crime became the focus of an intense debate over the death penalty and extradition.
Their story climaxed in a sensational trial in New York City and concluded two years later inside Sing Sing's notorious Death House.
Pulp fiction era reporters, who followed every step taken by the.