True Crime

Celebrated Crimes, Karl-Ludwig Sand

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

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…

The Story of the Outlaw

by Emerson Hough Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.8
With historical narratives of famous outlaws; the stories of noted border wars; vigilante movements and armed conflicts on the frontier.

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…

Nisida

by Alexandre Dumas Read by John Van Stan 4.5
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

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 . …

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 History of Burke and Hare

by George Macgregor and George Mac Gregor Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
From the preface: ".....of all the criminal events that have occurred in Scotland, few have excited so deep, widespread, and lasting an…

Celebrated Crimes

by Alexandre Dumas Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
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

by George Barton Read by LibriVox Volunteers 2.7
Excerpt: "Raw truth often possesses greater human interest than the most polished fiction. Crime, in itself, is painful and sometimes r…

The Marquise de Brinvilliers

by Alexandre Dumas Read by John Van Stan 4.5
The crimes of the Marquise of Brinvilliers, a French aristocrat during the reign of Louis XIV, included some of the most famous murders, sca…

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…

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
"A collection of the important and interesting criminal trials which have taken place in the United States from the beginning of our go…

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…

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…

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…

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