This week on H.H, we're talking about the crazy Lonely Hearts Killers. Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck would answer dating ads in the paper, steal the victim's money, and then kill them! They traveled from NY to Grand Rapids, MI with a plan to murder and steal throughout the country. How far did they make it and how did they execute their plan? Listen and find out!

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https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-lonely-hearts-killers-are-executed#:~:text=The%20Lonely%20Hearts%20Killers%2C%20aka,placed%20personal%20ads%20in%20newspapers.

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https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/infamous-the-lonely-hearts-killers/

Being buried alive is the stuff of nightmares. Unfortunately it has happened a lot. In fact, it still happens! These are tales of some of the lucky ones. These people were buried alive and got to rejoin the land of the living! Well, most of these people.

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Sources:
Mentalfloss.com, Wikipedia.org, Allthatsinteresting.com, Listverse.com, Ireland-Calling.com

We got another missing persons case for you this week on H.H! On December 18, 2011, 23-year-old Phoenix Coldon left her home in a 1998 Black Chevy Blazer and hasn't returned since. We discuss the theories that surround Phoenix's disappearance and the secrets she was hiding from her family. What do you think happened to Phoenix Coldon?

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Sources:

https://www.oxygen.com/the-disappearance-of-phoenix-coldon/season-1/who-is-she?autoPlay=1

https://disappearedblog.com/phoenix-coldon/

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/phoenix-coldon-missing_n_1432683

https://www.oxygen.com/the-disappearance-of-phoenix-coldon/crime-time/friend-of-missing-phoenix-coldon-says-she-saw-her-on

In 1978 a serial killer made his TV debut as a contestant on The Dating Game and WON. Rodney Alcala had already killed numerous women before he made his national TV debut. How did a serial killer get on The Dating Game? How was this killer hiding in plain sight? Check out the unbelievable story of killer Rodney Alcala on this week's Horrific Heartland.

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Sources: Wikipedia.org, CNN.com, Allthatsiteresting.com, Dateline NBC

We're back from our summer break and man did we miss you guys! This week on H.H., we cover the haunted Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee, WI. Charles F. Pfister financed to build this luxury hotel in 1889. The hotel opened to the public in May of 1893 and still holds up to this day....and so do the ghosts that roam the hotel. They haunt a very specific type of person and the activity is very specific as well....

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Sources:

https://onmilwaukee.com/articles/brewers-sign-ji-man-choi-haunted-pfister

https://ftw.usatoday.com/2013/06/ghosts-continue-torturing-mlb-players-at-milwaukee-hotel

Buckle up kids, this week's episode is a heavy one! We're going to Indiana to discuss the horrific crimes of serial killer, Larry Eyler aka The Interstate Killer aka The Highway Killer. He murdered up to 24 teenage boys and young men in the early 80's. Stay until the end, a popular name we all know thanks to a Netflix docuseries is attached to this case as well as an update dated from April of this year (2021)!

We're taking a summer break and will be back August 10 with more murder and weird shit!

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Sources:

https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/1983-indiana-remains-idd-as-chicago-victim-of-serial-killer-larry-eyler/2494827/

https://murderpedia.org/male.E/e/eyler-larry.htm

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1994-04-29-9404290188-story.html

In 2019 a man in Florida murdered his entire family in cold blood. Why? Because they threatened his relationship with a Bulgarian cam girl. 29 year old Grant Amato became obsessed with a cam girl named Silvie. He would do whatever he could to send her money, including steal from his family. Grant's family paid the ultimate price for his obsession.

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Sources:

https://www.oxygen.com/crime-time/florida-man-grant-amato-gets-life-for-killing-family-over-web-cam-girl

https://metro.co.uk/2019/08/13/killer-murdered-family-making-end-relationship-bulgarian-cam-girl-10563994/

We have a special guest on this week, Aly's friend, Amy! A lot of people want to know what happened when we went on our ghost tour. Well, buckle up, it's pretty crazy! We toured the Chateau Laroche aka the Loveland Castle near Cincinnati, Ohio and America's must haunted bar, Bobby Mackey's Music Room in Wilder, Kentucky. We experienced some friendly ghosts and not so friendly....

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Horrific Heartland is celebrating one year of creeping you out! Your tour guides to the macabre Aimee and Aly are answering your questions in this special one year bonus episode! Find out how we met and what we have in store for you for year 2!

This week marks our one year anniversary with Horrific Heartland, what better way to celebrate with a doozy of an episode this week! We're talking about David Berkowitz who murdered 6 people from 1975 to 1977 in Brooklyn, New York. It wouldn't be an H.H. episode without going down a few rabbit holes like the satanic panic, scientology, and cults!

SPOILER ALERT! We will be discussing the Sons Of Sam docuseries on Netflix. If you have not watch it yet, go watch it, come back, and then listen to the episode..we'll be waiting for you!

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Sources:

Sons of Sam docuseries on Netflix

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/son-of-sam-arrested

https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/david-berkowitz

https://www.britannica.com/biography/David-Berkowitz