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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…

Chicago May

by May Churchill Sharpe Read by Jim Locke 5
This is a cold-blooded recital of fact, a plain, unvarnished statement from a client to a lawyer. It is the history of the life of a notorio…

The Chronicles of Newgate

by Arthur Griffiths Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
Good against evil; right versus wrong; the judicial system against the criminal world. The struggle is as old as mankind. Sometimes the line…

Joaquin, the Claude Duval of California

by Henry L. Williams Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Joaquin Murrieta was a famous Californio bandit, known as the "Robin Hood of El Dorado".Joaquin Murrieta was the son of worthy par…

A Book of Scoundrels

by Charles Whibley Read by Greg Lewin 3.7
An ironic history of British criminals, mostly pre-Victorian pickpockets, highwaymen and thieves. Here we meet Moll Cutpurse the Queen of th…

The Powers That Prey

by Josiah Flynt Read by Chris Pyle 4.6
True stories of criminals (the powers that prey) and the system (the powers that rule) by journalists who went among the criminal classes to…

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…

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…

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 …

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…

American State Trials

by John D. Lawson Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
"A collection of the important and interesting criminal trials which have taken place in the United States from the beginning of our go…

The Border Bandits

by J.W. Buel and J. W. Buel Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.5
''An authentic and thrilling history of the noted outlaws Jesse and Frank James and their bands of highwaymen.compiled from reliable sources…

Dragnet

4.5
In this gripping episode of Dragnet, titled 'The Big Thank You', you are placed in the shoes of a detective sergeant assigned to homicide de…

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 …

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…

The Scarface Mob

by Eliot Ness and Oscar Fraley 4.5
The Scarface Mob aired on April 20, 1959, featuring Robert Stack as Eliot Ness and Neville Brand as Scarface. This gripping story is based o…

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…

The Man in the Iron Mask

by Alexandre Dumas Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.8
Dumas, with the assistance of several friends, compiled Celebrated Crimes, an eight-volume collection of essays on famous criminals and crim…

The Marquise de Ganges

by Alexandre Dumas Read by John Van Stan 4.4
The assassination of Diane de Joannis de Chateaublanc (the Marquise de Ganges) is a fitting tale to conclude Dumas’ celebrated crimes series…

Crime: The Autobiography of a Crook

by Eddie Guerin Read by Jim Locke 3.5
This is not what one could call in any shape or form a pretty story. It is the plain unvarnished tale of a man who has been a notorious crim…

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