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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…

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…

The Most Extraordinary Trial of William Palmer

by William James McGlothlin Read by Lynne T 4.3
John Parsons Cook was a 28 year old bachelor, from a good family but not in robust health. He studied to become a lawyer, but instead of fol…

The Life, Crime, and Capture of John Wilkes Booth

by George Alfred Townsend Read by Delmar H Dolbier 4.4
A series of articles by the New York World newspaper's special correspondent covering the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, its background a…

Criminal Manchester

by William James McGlothlin Read by Phil Benson 4.8
Follow the Manchester Evening News 'special correspondent' and his guide - recently back from a 'seven stretch' - as they take you on a tour…

Red Rubber

by Edmund Dene Morel Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
Morel explains the history and formation of the Congo Free State, owned by King Leopold II. However, Morel, a humanitarian, focuses on the a…

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…

Interessante Kriminal-Prozesse

by Hugo Friedländer Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Nach vierzigjähriger Tätigkeit als Gerichtsreporter veröffentlichte Hugo Friedländer zwischen 1910 und 1921 seine zw&oum…

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…

The Judicial Murder of Mary E. Surratt

by David Miller DeWitt Read by Delmar H Dolbier 4.2
April, 1865 -- The war ended and throughout the Northern States joy and relief reigned. Then, less than a week later, a thunderbolt: the p…

Criminal Investigation

by Hans Gross Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
Reputedly inspired by the Sherlock Holmes stories, Austrian criminal jurist and examining magistrate Hans Gross wrote the first handbook on …

The Smoke Eaters

by Harvey Jerrold O'Higgins Read by Lee Smalley 4.7
This book vividly brings to life the unimaginable risks of fire-fighting and the bravery and personal interactions of Captain Meaghan and th…

History of the Johnstown Flood

by Willis Fletcher Johnson Read by Tatiana Chichilla 4.5
An account of the Johnstown Flood, the most devastating loss of civilian life in the United States prior to the terrorist attacks of Septemb…

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…

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…

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 …

Extracts from 'The New and Complete Newgate Calendar'

by William Jackson Read by Roy Schreiber 4.6
Volume One of the New and Complete Newgate Calendar, covering the years 1700 through 1723, relates stories of British trials, the persons ac…

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 …

Lives Of The Most Remarkable Criminals

by Arthur L. Hayward Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.9
This is the third volume in this collection of reports and newspaper stories regarding notorious criminals and their punishment, assembled b…

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…

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