True Crime

Holmes' Own Story

by Herman W. Mudgett Read by Anautumnous 4.3
An account written by the infamous serial murderer H. H. Holmes in an attempt to exonerate himself while being tried for numerous crimes in …

Stratagems and Conspiracies to Defraud Life Insurance Companies

by John B. Lewis Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
A thorough treatise on different ways people have tried to defraud life insurance companies, with many entertaining examples. The present . …

An Enquiry Into The Causes Of The Late Increase Of Robbers

by Henry Fielding Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
Early eighteenth century England saw the criminal element bargaining with magistrates and lawyers to be released or receive lenient sentence…

Celebrated Crimes

by Alexandre Dumas Read by John Van Stan 4.5
Martin Guerre was a French peasant that, during a long absence, was famously impersonated in the 16th century. Although the real Martin Guer…

Against The Tide

by Debbie Hagan Read by Debbie Hagan 4.9
Corrupt business owners, unscrupulous local politicians, impossible odds and a highly unconventional student body are just a few of the obst…

Tragedy in Dedham

by Francis Russell Read by Ciufi Galeazzi 3
The Sacco and Vanzetti trial was one of the most divisive events of 1920's America. As Russell writes, " If one was middle class and Re…

La Constantin

by Alexandre Dumas Read by John Van Stan 3.9
Dumas chronicles the court intrigues that led to the execution of Marie La Roux Constantin. La dame Constantin was known by French nobility …

American State Trials

by John D. Lawson Read by LibriVox Volunteers
"A collection of the important and interesting criminal trials which have taken place in the United States from the beginning of our go…

Celebrated Crimes

by Alexandre Dumas Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
This is the fourth volume of Alexandre Dumas' studies of celebrated crimes and their perpetrators. This volume is concerned with the story o…

Interessante Kriminal-Prozesse

by Hugo Friedländer and Erich Sello Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
Nach vierzigjähriger Tätigkeit als Gerichtsreporter veröffentlichte Hugo Friedländer zwischen 1910 und 1921 seine zw&oum…

The Autobiography of Jesse H. Pomeroy

by Jesse Pomeroy Read by Roger Melin 4.4
Jesse Harding Pomeroy was only 12 years old when he was arrested for the assault of 7 boys near his home in the South Boston area of Massach…

American State Trials

by John D. Lawson Read by LibriVox Volunteers
"A collection of the important and interesting criminal trials which have taken place in the United States from the beginning of our go…

Criminal Investigation

by Hans Gross Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.9
Reputedly inspired by the Sherlock Holmes stories, Austrian criminal jurist and examining magistrate Hans Gross wrote the first handbook on …

Haarmann. Die Geschichte eines Werwolfs

by Theodor Lessing Read by Claus Misfeldt 5
"Warte, warte nur ein Weilchen, bald kommt Haarmann auch zu Dir. Mit dem kleinen Hackebeilchen macht er Schabefleisch aus Dir." So…

American State Trials

by John D. Lawson Read by LibriVox Volunteers
"A collection of the important and interesting criminal trials which have taken place in the United States from the beginning of our go…

Nisida

by Alexandre Dumas Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.9
Dumas, with the assistance of several friends, compiled Celebrated Crimes, an eight-volume collection of essays on famous criminals and crim…

Kriminalistisches Reisebuch

by Egon Erwin Kisch Read by Claus Misfeldt 4.6
"Kriminalistisches Reisebuch" ist der erste Teil der Reihe "Berichte aus der Wirklichkeit" im Verlag "Die Schmiede&…

Criminal man

by Gina Lombroso Read by Leon Harvey
This book is an English summary and paraphrase of the multi-volume Italian work of the same name compiled by Cesare Lombroso, the father of …

The Beggars of Paris

by Louis Paulian Read by Leon Harvey 2.3
Here, as in France, begging is made a profession. And it is very important that the public should realize the fact, that ' thoughtless almsg…

On the Witness Stand

by Hugo Münsterberg Read by LibriVox Volunteers 2.8
Eight sketches by one of the pioneers of applied psychology, which highlight the mind of the witness on the witness stand, and how one can b…

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