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- 1 2 "Lonely Hearts Murderer'". New York Daily News . April 5, 2009. Archived from the original on April 9, 2009. Retrieved April 22, 2009.
Long before there was a craigslist or dot-com dating, there were places where men and women who were too shy or busy to meet face to face could find romance. Calling themselves "matrimonial bureaus," these organizations were known mostly as the "lonely hearts clubs," and they flourished through the middle of the 20th century. [...] (The article is a side-bar to a story about Philip Markoff, a "Craigslist killer" and it describes the murders committed in 1931 by Harry F. Powers, the so-called "Matromonial Bureau Murderer," also known as "The West Virginia Bluebeard" and "The Butcher of Clarksburg.")
- ↑ 'The A to Z Encyclopedia of Serial Killers' by Harold Schechter.
- ↑ "The Want Ad Killer" by Ann Rule, 1983 ISBN 0-451-16688-4. (This book is about the serial killer Harvey Carignan.)
- ↑ Brown, Robin (2007-08-31). "Backstory extras: The Lonely Hearts murder case". The News Journal. Wilmington, Delaware (published 2007-07-17). Archived from the original on 2007-08-31.(This article deals with Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck of Delaware)
- ↑ Shields, Pierrette J.; Mott, Jill P. "Boulder Jane Doe". Longmont Times-Call. Archived from the original on 2009-05-05. Retrieved 2009-04-23. Boulder Jane Doe (This article covers a possible Colorado victim of Harvey Glatman, California’s “Lonely Hearts Killer.”)