The Shocking Story of Helmuth Schmidt
Michigan's Original Lonely Hearts Killer
Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States, Biography & Memoir
| Author: | Tobin T. Buhk | ISBN: | 9781625840950 |
| Publisher: | Arcadia Publishing | Publication: | July 2, 2013 |
| Imprint: | The History Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Tobin T. Buhk |
| ISBN: | 9781625840950 |
| Publisher: | Arcadia Publishing |
| Publication: | July 2, 2013 |
| Imprint: | The History Press |
| Language: | English |
The author of True Crime: Michigan “tells the tale of an alleged World War I German spy and love-ad bandit from Royal Oak who killed to cover up his work” (C&G News).
In the fall of 1916, New York housemaid Augusta Steinbach fell in love with a man she met through a matrimonial advertisement in her local newspaper. She traveled to Detroit to marry her correspondent, but in March 1917, she mysteriously disappeared. What began as a routine search for a 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.”
Includes photos
The author of True Crime: Michigan “tells the tale of an alleged World War I German spy and love-ad bandit from Royal Oak who killed to cover up his work” (C&G News).
In the fall of 1916, New York housemaid Augusta Steinbach fell in love with a man she met through a matrimonial advertisement in her local newspaper. She traveled to Detroit to marry her correspondent, but in March 1917, she mysteriously disappeared. What began as a routine search for a 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.”
Includes photos
