Harvey Murray Glatman
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| Birth name: | Harvey Murray Glatman |
| Alias(es): | The Lonely-Hearts Killer |
| Born: | October 1927 Bronx, New York |
| Died: | September 18, 1959 |
| Cause of death: | Gas chamber |
| Penalty: | Death |
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| Number of victims: | 3 |
| Span of killings: | 1957 through 1958 |
| Country: | USA |
| State(s): | California |
| Date apprehended: | 1958 |
Harvey Murray Glatman (October 10, 1927 – September 18, 1959) was an American serial killer active during the late 1950s.
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[edit] Early life
Born in the Bronx and raised in Colorado, Glatman exhibited antisocial behavior and sadomasochistic sexual tendencies from an early age. He was an amateur burglar and sex offender as a teenager, breaking into women's apartments so he could tie them up, molest them and take pictures as souvenirs. He was caught in one such act in 1945 and charged with attempted burglary. Less than a month later, while still out on bail awaiting trial, he kidnapped another woman and molested her before letting her go. She went to the police, and Glatman went to prison for eight months.
Once out of prison, Glatman moved to Albany, New York, where he was eventually arrested in 1947 for a series of muggings. He was given a 5–10 year prison sentence in Sing Sing Correctional Facility, where prison psychiatrists diagnosed him as a psychopath. He was nevertheless a model prisoner and was granted an early release in 1956.
[edit] Murders
Glatman moved to Los Angeles, California in 1957 and started trolling around modeling agencies looking for women to satisfy his violent sexual urges. He would contact them with offers of work for pulp fiction magazines, take them back to his apartment, tie them up and violently rape them, taking pictures all the while. He would then strangle them and bury them in a nearby desert plot.
[edit] Arrest and death
He was arrested in 1958, caught in the act of kidnapping what would have been his fourth victim, and confessed to the other three murders. He was found guilty of first degree murder and executed in the gas chamber of San Quentin State Prison on September 18, 1959.
