When Diane Schmid married Charles Schmid as a teenager in the mid-1960s, she believed she had found her Prince Charming. She had no idea she was stepping into one of the most notorious murder cases in American history.
On October 9, Diane will join author Marshall Terrill at Bullion Plaza Museum to share her extraordinary story—and talk about the marriage, the murders, and the truth she was forced to confront when the man she loved was revealed as the “Pied Piper of Tucson.”
Read the full story and event details from Copper Area News: Bullion Plaza’s October program is a truly scary story
Read Diane’s Story in Smitty
In Smitty: My Marriage to Serial Killer Charles Schmid, the Pied Piper of Tucson, Diane Schmid tells the story from inside the nightmare—how a teenage romance became a marriage to a killer, and what happened when the truth finally came crashing through.
Written with Marshall Terrill, Smitty offers a deeply personal perspective on a notorious true crime case, told by the woman who lived beside the man at its center.
Get your copy from Genius Books → Smitty
