Lonely hearts killer
The phrase lonely hearts killer, sometimes also want-ad killer, or matrimonial bureau murderer, is a journalistic term of art that refers to a person who commits murder by contacting a victim who has either posted advertisements to or answered advertisements via newspaper classified ads and personal or lonely hearts club ads.
Varied motives
The actual motivations of these criminals are varied. By definition, a killing will have taken place in order for the suspected, accused, or convicted perpetrator to be dubbed a want-ad or lonely hearts club killer. However, the crime may have involved a simple robbery gone wrong, an elaborate insurance fraud scheme, sexual violence, or any of several other ritualized pathological impulses (e.g. necrophilia, mutilation, cannibalism, etc.). Sometimes murder is not the (original) intent, but becomes a by-product of rape or other struggle; in some cases, murder is committed simply to cover up the original crime. Some, on the other hand, are serial killers who utilize this method of targeting victims, either exclusively, or when it suits them.
Lonely Hearts
Lonely Hearts may refer to:
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In television
Lonely Hearts (1970 film)
Lonely Hearts (Italian: Cuori solitari) is a 1970 Italian romantic drama film directed by Franco Giraldi.
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Lonely Hearts (1991 film)
Lonely Hearts is a 1991 American thriller film written and directed by Andrew Lane and starring Eric Roberts and Beverly D'Angelo.
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A lonely woman who becomes obsessed with a con man. She even poses as his sister to help him trick other women.
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War Brides
War brides, we should have took time to find our way
Peace time starts with bullets and ends in a parade
Friday night, the old man said, ?We've gone too far?
By midnight, he forgot his troubles at the bar
And we feel just like we've never lived
The TV says we did
Is this what we think freedom is all about?
Sorrow, all dressed up in a uniform
Tomorrow your child ain't coming back to where he's from
Back home the old man said, ?It's for the best?
Because narrow is the path to righteousness, I know
And we feel just like we've never lived
The TV says we did
Is this what we think freedom is all about?
And we feel just like we've never lived
The paper says we did
Is this what we think freedom is all about?
And we feel just like we've never lived
The TV says we did
And is that what we think freedom is all about?
And we feel just like we've never lived
The paper says we did