The Resume

Martha Beck (May 6, 1920-March 8, 1951), born in Milton, Florida
Beck's birth name was Martha Seabrook
Raymond Fernandez (December 17, 1914-March 8, 1951), born in Hawaii
Known as the Lonely Hearts Killers
May have murdered up to 20 women
Convicted of three murders
Executed in the electric chair at Sing-Sing Prison

Why they might be annoying:

After getting pregnant out of wedlock, Beck went through an elaborate charade of claiming the father was a soldier she had married, later announcing he had died overseas.
Her shotgun marriage to Alfred Beck broke up in six months.
Fernandez robbed over a hundred women who he met through 'Lonely Hearts' ads.
After they met, Beck became Fernandez's accomplice, posing as his sister.
Beck abandoned her two children at the Salvation Army while travelling with Beck.
They went from robbing women to killing them, due to Beck's jealousy whenever Fernandez slept with a mark.
Beck drowned the two-year-old daughter of one of their victims after becoming enraged by her crying.
After the murder, they went to the movies and munched on popcorn.
During their murder trial, Beck giggled on the stand while describing Fernandez deceiving their victims.

Why they might not be annoying:

Beck claimed to have been sexually assaulted by her brother, then beaten by her mother who blamed her for the attack.
Beck graduated first in her class from nursing school.
Fernandez served with British intelligence during World War II.
Fernandez suffered a skull fracture when he was hit by a hatch cover during a ship voyage (1945).
When they were arrested in Michigan, Fernandez confessed with the understanding that they would not be extradited to New York (Michigan had no death penalty, New York did), only to be extradited anyway.
During their trial, the New York press constantly ridiculed Beck's weight (200+ pounds).
They inspired the cult film 'The Honeymoon Killers' (1970).

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• 2015 - 100 Most Annoying (Ranked: 94)
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 20]
• Couples Who Kill
• Criminals
• Dual Profiles
• Executed by the State
• I Died in 1951 (Ranked: 30)
• I Died in 1951 (Ranked: 36)
• I Died in My 30s (Ranked: 30)
• I Died in My 30s (Ranked: 36)
• I Married for Less than Two Years
• I Mothered Children Out of Wedlock
• Imprisoned at Sing Sing
• Our Marriage Didn't Make It To Our First Anniversary
• Profiles 25751-26000 (Ranked: 25812)
• Served in World War II
• Shotgun Brides [Knocked Up at the Altar]
• Sploshers [Overweight Women]
• Valedictorians

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 5 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 6 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 17 Votes: 94.12% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 13 Votes: 76.92% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 20 Votes: 35.00% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 16 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 44 Votes: 52.27% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 25 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 150 Votes: 90.67% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 40 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 16 Votes: 56.25% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 10 Votes: 70.0% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 20 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 140 Votes: 67.14% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 102 Votes: 73.53% Annoying