Search Results

Holmes' Own Story

Read by Anautumnous


Herman W. Mudgett


An account written by the infamous serial murderer H. H. Holmes in an attempt to exonerate himself while being tried for numerous crimes in …

Red Rubber: The Story of the Rubber Slave Trade on the Congo

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


Edmund Dene Morel


Morel explains the history and formation of the Congo Free State, owned by King Leopold II. However, Morel, a humanitarian, focuses on the a…

Darkness and Daylight; or, Lights and Shadows of New York Life

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


Lyman Abbott, Thomas Byrnes, Helen S. Campbell and Thomas Wallace Knox


A Pictorial Record of Personal Experiences by Day and Night in the Great Metropolis, with hundreds of thrilling anecdotes and incidents, ske…

Henry More Smith: The Mysterious Stranger

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


Walter Bates


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 …

Stratagems and Conspiracies to Defraud Life Insurance Companies: An Authentic R…

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


John B. Lewis


A thorough treatise on different ways people have tried to defraud life insurance companies, with many entertaining examples. The present . …

Kriminalistisches Reisebuch

Read by Claus Misfeldt


Egon Erwin Kisch


"Kriminalistisches Reisebuch" ist der erste Teil der Reihe "Berichte aus der Wirklichkeit" im Verlag "Die Schmiede&…

The True Stories of Celebrated Crimes

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


George Barton


Excerpt: "Raw truth often possesses greater human interest than the most polished fiction. Crime, in itself, is painful and sometimes r…

Haarmann. Die Geschichte eines Werwolfs

Read by Claus Misfeldt


Theodor Lessing


"Warte, warte nur ein Weilchen, bald kommt Haarmann auch zu Dir. Mit dem kleinen Hackebeilchen macht er Schabefleisch aus Dir." So…

Joaquin, the Claude Duval of California; or, The Marauder of the Mines: a Roman…

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


Henry L. Williams


Joaquin Murrieta was a famous Californio bandit, known as the "Robin Hood of El Dorado".Joaquin Murrieta was the son of worthy par…

You Can't Win

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


Jack Black


'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…

On the Witness Stand: Essays on Psychology and Crime

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


Hugo Münsterberg


Eight sketches by one of the pioneers of applied psychology, which highlight the mind of the witness on the witness stand, and how one can b…

The Story of the Outlaw

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


Emerson Hough


With historical narratives of famous outlaws; the stories of noted border wars; vigilante movements and armed conflicts on the frontier.

The Beggars of Paris

Read by Leon Harvey


Louis Paulian


Here, as in France, begging is made a profession. And it is very important that the public should realize the fact, that ' thoughtless almsg…

American State Trials, Volume 2

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


John D. Lawson


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

Preface

In The Right Way to Do Wrong

Read by Lee Ann Howlett


Harry Houdini


Harry Houdini, master illusionist and contortionist, unmasks the various ways that criminals take advantage of their victims. (Summary by Le…

< 1 2 3 4