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The Pirates Own Book
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, Karl-Ludwig Sand
This is the fourth volume of Alexandre Dumas' studies of celebrated crimes and their perpetrators. This volume is concerned with the story o…
Celebrated Crimes
Martin Guerre was a French peasant that, during a long absence, was famously impersonated in the 16th century. Although the real Martin Guer…
Nisida
This story details the many crimes (attempted rape, assault, filicide, etc.) surrounding a significant historical confrontation between a fi…
Stratagems and Conspiracies to Defraud Life Insurance Companies
A thorough treatise on different ways people have tried to defraud life insurance companies, with many entertaining examples. The present . …
The Story of the Outlaw
With historical narratives of famous outlaws; the stories of noted border wars; vigilante movements and armed conflicts on the frontier.
The Chronicles of Newgate
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
Joaquin Murrieta was a famous Californio bandit, known as the "Robin Hood of El Dorado".Joaquin Murrieta was the son of worthy par…
Extracts from 'The New and Complete Newgate Calendar'
Volume One of the New and Complete Newgate Calendar, covering the years 1700 through 1723, relates stories of British trials, the persons ac…
The History of Burke and Hare
From the preface: ".....of all the criminal events that have occurred in Scotland, few have excited so deep, widespread, and lasting an…
Celebrated Crimes
Dumas, with the assistance of several friends, compiled Celebrated Crimes, an eight-volume collection of essays on famous criminals and crim…
The True Stories of Celebrated Crimes
Excerpt: "Raw truth often possesses greater human interest than the most polished fiction. Crime, in itself, is painful and sometimes r…
Against The Tide
Corrupt business owners, unscrupulous local politicians, impossible odds and a highly unconventional student body are just a few of the obst…
Tragedy in Dedham
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
"A collection of the important and interesting criminal trials which have taken place in the United States from the beginning of our go…
American State Trials
"A collection of the important and interesting criminal trials which have taken place in the United States from the beginning of our go…
The Autobiography of Jesse H. Pomeroy
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…
The Marquise de Ganges
The assassination of Diane de Joannis de Chateaublanc (the Marquise de Ganges) is a fitting tale to conclude Dumas’ celebrated crimes series…
Chicago May
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…
A Book of Scoundrels
An ironic history of British criminals, mostly pre-Victorian pickpockets, highwaymen and thieves. Here we meet Moll Cutpurse the Queen of th…