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

Name: The Shocking Story of Helmuth Schmidt: Michigan's Original Lonely Hearts Killer
Author: Tobin Buhk
ISBN: 9781540221520

Tobin Buhk . Unknown Year . English

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."

Categories: Literary Fiction

About the Author

Tobin T. Buhk, an aficionado of dark history with a twist, specializes in historic true crime. To research his first book, he spent a year volunteering in a real-life morgue. Find his speaking schedule at www.tobinbuhk.com, or take a walk on the dark side of history at his blog, www.darkcornersofhistory.com.

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