The Shocking Story of Helmuth Schmidt: Michigan's Original Lonely Hearts Killer

By Tobin T. Buhk

Book Overview

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."

• Format: MP3 CD
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FC6PJR4N
• ISBN13: 9798228602038
• Release Date: June 2025
• Publisher: Tantor Audio