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The Shocking Story of Helmuth Schmidt

Michigan's Original Lonely Hearts Killer

Tobin T. Buhk
1.5
(4)
Pages
193
Year
2019
Language
English

About

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. Includes photos.

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"…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
"…one of America's master outlaws."
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