Stranger Than Fiction, Vol. IV: Couples Edition

In case you haven’t noticed already, we tend to seek out the kind
of stories that make your brain hurt. The kind of stuff you
wouldn’t believe was real if you didn’t have our solemn word for
it. This will be our fourth volume so far of “Stranger than
Fiction” stories, cases that are probably gonna wreck your head for
the rest of the week, and for this one we’ve chosen a theme:
Romance. Love is kind of a big deal for us humans. You can’t turn
on the TV for more than five minutes without a love story poppin’
up. Poetry and literature are lousy with the stuff. And
music—forget about it. Name me ten songs that aren’t about love or
sex or romantic obsession. You’ll do it, but it’s gonna take you a
while. So today we’re diving into the wild world of obsessive
love—and the bananapants things it can make people do.

Case One: The Lonely Hearts Killers, Raymond Fernandez and Martha
Beck
Case Two: Nightmare Walkabout, Carolynne Watson and Julian
Buchwald

Sources:
Court papers: https://jade.io/article/259257
Australian press:
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/nailed-bailed-jailed-then-derailed-the-bush-plot-that-cost-a-man-his-country-20160427-gofuxd.html

https://www.smh.com.au/national/judge-dismisses-kidnap-appeal-as-implausible-20111220-1ugpd.html

All That's Interesting:
https://allthatsinteresting.com/lonely-hearts-killers
Various articles, Murderpedia:
https://murderpedia.org/female.B/b/beck-martha.htm

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