True Crime

Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy

by William James McGlothlin Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
A collection of true stories of the high seas, from the nineteenth century. Shipwrecks, mutiny, life and death decision-making -- all far fr…

Thirty Years a Detective

by Allan Pinkerton Read by Mark Harrington 4.3
Detective Allan Pinkerton, creator of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency, shares in this book the methods that criminals use to exploit…

Kentucky's Famous Feuds and Tragedies

by Charles G. Mutzenberg Read by Roger Melin 4
As this book will show, there have been a variety of clashes and feuds which have taken place in and near Kentucky over the years, primarily…

Lives Of The Most Remarkable Criminals

by Arthur L. Hayward Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
"If there be a haunted spot in London it must surely be a few squareyards that lie a little west of the Marble Arch, for in the long co…

Great Detective Stories

by Allan Pinkerton Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Allan Pinkerton, founder of the Pinkerton Detective Agency, wrote a number of "great detective stories", which he claimed were &qu…

Celebrated Crimes

by Alexandre Dumas Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
Dumas's 'Celebrated Crimes' was not written for children. The novelist has spared no language--has minced no words--to describe the violent …

Poison Romance And Poison Mysteries

by Charles John Samuel Thompson Read by David Wales 4.2
A writer and physician, Charles John Samuel Thompson wrote several works on poisons which are still consulted today. He is especially infor…

I Worked for Lucky Luciano

by Anonymous Read by Michele Fry 4.3
A few years after the fall of Chicago’s Al Capone in 1931, Italian born gangster Charles “Lucky” Luciano took the throne as the American Maf…

A General History of the Pyrates

by Captain Charles Johnson Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the most notorious Pyrates is a 1724 book published in Britain containing biographies of c…

You Can't Win

by Jack Black Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
'You Can't Win' is an autobiography that was serialized in the San Francisco Call and Post (1925). It became so popular that it was publishe…

Dramas of the Dock

by Guy B. H. Logan Read by Verla Viera 4.7
Guy Logan is a lesser known but prolific British true crime writer of the early 20th century. In this 1928 compilation, he relates the stori…

Celebrated Crimes

by Alexandre Dumas Read by John Van Stan 4.5
This story chronicles the crimes of Antoine-Francois Desrues (also called "Derues") from his childhood to his execution. Desrues c…

The Mysterious Stranger

by Walter Bates Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
Sometime in the month of July, 1812, nearly a hundred years ago now, a well dressed, smooth spoken man, less than thirty years of age, made …

Black Museum

4.8
Join Orson Welles as he takes you on a captivating journey through the intriguing tales of the Black Museum. This series delves into the dar…

Chronicles of crime and criminals

by Unknown Read by KirksVoice 4.2
Chronicles of Crime and Criminals delves into the dark and chilling world of true crime, offering a detailed exploration of notorious cases …

The Massacres of the South

by Alexandre Dumas Read by John Van Stan 4.3
The Massacres of the South is a stark exploration of violence and crime in the tumultuous history of the southern regions of France. In this…

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…

The Eventful History of the Mutiny and Piratical Seizure of H.M.S. Bounty

by Sir John Barrow Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
The mutiny on the Bounty occurred aboard a British Royal Navy ship on 28 April 1789. The mutiny was led by Fletcher Christian against the co…

The Pirates Own Book

by Charles Ellms Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
The Pirates Own Book by Charles Ellms offers a fascinating glimpse into the lives of some of history's most notorious sea robbers. This coll…

Practical Instruction for Detectives

by Emmerson W. Manning Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
Having been connected for many years with two of the largest and most successful private detective agencies in this country, both as an oper…

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