The shocking story of Helmuth Schmidt

Michigan's original lonely-hearts killer

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Tobin T. Buhk: The shocking story of Helmuth Schmidt (2013, The History Press)

190 pages

English language

Published Aug. 6, 2013 by The History Press.

ISBN:
978-1-62619-017-7
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"In the fall of 1916, New York housemaid AugustaSteinbach fell in love with a man she met through a matrimonial advertisementin her local newspaper. She traveled to Detroit to marry her correspondent, butin March 1917, she mysteriously disappeared. What began as a routine search fora missing person turned into a baffling case of deception, bigamy and murder.Follow detectives as they unravel the tangled web spun by Michigan's original lonely hearts killer--a criminal mastermind the Detroit News dubbed 'one of America's master outlaws.'"--

"An account of the murders of Helmuth Schmidt"--

2 editions

Subjects

  • Serial murderers
  • Murder
  • TRUE CRIME / Murder / Serial Killers

Places

  • Michigan