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Fifty Years a Detective: 35 Real Detective Stories

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Hitherto unpublished facts connected with some of Mr. Furlong's greatest cases—Other interesting incidents of his long and strenuous career which really began on September 14, 1862, when he was detailed from his company, (Co. G., 1st Pennsylvania Rifles, better known as the Pennsylvania Bucktails) for special service. - Summary from the Preface (11 hr 25 min)

Chapters

Preface

3:27

Read by Lynne T

Side-Lights on the Business

6:48

Read by Lynne T

The Preller Murder Case Part 1

31:07

Read by Gillian Hendrie

The Preller Murder Case Part 2

27:48

Read by Gillian Hendrie

The Big Cotton Swindle

52:26

Read by 5Tommy00

A Remarkable Case

21:29

Read by Maria de Fátima da Silva

Tracing Train Wreckers

28:06

Read by KevinS

Moonshining in the Oil Regions

11:50

Read by JenMcKeown

The Capture of Wess Watts

45:52

Read by Chuck Bartges

Solving a Trunk Mystery

14:35

Read by Maria de Fátima da Silva

The Glencoe Train Robbery

13:28

Read by Brandon Alan Chavez

Running Down the Revolutionists

22:23

Read by Jennifer Stearns

A Dallas Murder Avenged

25:13

Read by JenMcKeown

The Toughest of Tough Towns

35:18

Read by Gillian Hendrie

The Rohan Express Robbery

15:13

Read by Caesura

Arrest of Lawrence Poyneer

7:19

Read by Maria de Fátima da Silva

Ticket Forgers Run Down

10:15

Read by John

Conviction of John Collins

16:55

Read by Maria de Fátima da Silva

Fred Erfert's Fall from Grace

21:57

Read by Karl Thornton

Battle with Would-Be Bandits

18:44

Read by Karl Thornton

The Great Pittsburg Strike

15:39

Read by Ian Virly

Murder of Conductor Frazier

22:30

Read by KevinS

Fight with a Maniac

5:16

Read by ChadH94

Decoying a Bad Man

32:01

Read by Alexis Duclaux

Tragic Death of Bill Casey

24:29

Read by Matthew D. Robinson

Subduing a Notorious Bully

12:15

Read by ChadH94

A Ruse that Worked

17:50

Read by Maria de Fátima da Silva

Charlie Dalton, Outlaw

9:02

Read by John

Conspirators Handed a Lemon

17:32

Read by Wayne Cooke

The Big Southwest Strike

44:25

Read by Melanie D. Young

Why I Oppose Rewards

4:03

Read by John

Why I am Opposed to Hanging

6:08

Read by John

A Crooked Doctor's Crime

8:04

Read by John

Capture of a Clever Swindler

14:28

Read by John

Long Hunt for a Defaulter

15:05

Read by John

George Hersogg's Downfall

6:12

Read by John

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What I found most interesting about this documentary was similarity of crimes that are committed now. A different generation but the same criminal mindset continues.

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