Hans Schmidt was many things, a Catholic priest, a mystic and scholar, a forger and counterfeiter, a necrophiliac and sexual deviant, a convicted murderer and suspected serial killer. He was also the only priest in history to be executed in the United States, having been electrocuted in Sing Sing prison on February 18, 1916.

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Killer Priest: The Crimes, Trial and Execution of Father Hans Schmidt by Mark Gado. Prager, March 30, 2006. ISBN-13 : ‎ 978-0275985530

New York Times September 23, 1913 "Schmidt Purposed to Kill For Money – Approached a Physician with His Plan to Get Insurance, Faurot Discovers – State to Use Alienists – Agrees to Examination at Counsel's Request – Boyhood Friend Finds Him Greatly Changed"

The Evening World February 5, 1914 "Hans Schmidt, Slayer of Anna Aumueller, Faces Death Chair"

The Sun December 13, 1914 "Schmidt Tells Tale of Shielding Muret; Confessed Murder of Anna Aumuller, He Says, to Save Dentist"

All That’s Interesting April 22, 2016 by Nickolaus Hines Hans Schmidt: The Story Of The Only Catholic Priest Executed In The U.S.

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