Foul Play: A Historical True Crime Podcast · Shane L. Waters, Wendy Cee, Gemma Hoskins
Hungary: Béla Kiss and the Lonely Hearts
December 30, 2025·16 min·1 clip
Harry Powers wrote to the victim's young daughter, Greta, saying 'I would be very glad to have you as my own girl' and asking for her school schedule.
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A lonely-hearts promise leads to a missing hotel record, a garage search, and an arrest warrant.
A lonely-hearts case turns into a clear study of how letters can make hope feel personal, and how that feeling can become access. The episode starts with a widow and her three children in Park Ridge, Illinois, then moves into newspaper personal ads and matrimonial services,…
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