July 8, 1942 - Charles Schmid
Schmid's case became as notable for its social dimensions as for the crimes themselves — a charismatic figure who cultivated a following among Tucson teenagers in the mid-1960s, with knowledge of his actions spreading through that circle before authorities were ever involved. The Life magazine profile that followed his arrest turned him into a subject of national examination, raising uncomfortable questions about youth culture, complicity, and the distance between a community's surface and what moves beneath it.
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Charles Howard Schmid Jr. (July 8, 1942 – March 30, 1975), also known as the Pied Piper of Tucson, was an American serial killer whose crimes were detailed by journalist Don Moser in an article featured in the March 4, 1966, issue of Life magazine. Schmid's criminal career later formed the basis for "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?", a short story by Joyce Carol Oates. In 2008, The Library of America selected Moser's article for inclusion in its two-century retrospective of American true crime literature.
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