True Crime

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 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…

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…

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 …

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…

Holmes' Own Story

by Herman W. Mudgett Read by Anautumnous 4.2
An account written by the infamous serial murderer H. H. Holmes in an attempt to exonerate himself while being tried for numerous crimes in …

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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 . …

Pictures and Problems from London Police Courts

by Thomas Holmes Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.9
Thomas Holmes served for 20 years as a police court missionary for the London courts. Police court missionaries, often sponsored by temperan…

Crime Does Not Pay

4.6
"Crime Does Not Pay" is a classic radio series that delves into the consequences of crime and the moral lessons that can be learne…

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…

Whitehall 1212

by Wyllis Cooper 4.3
Whitehall 1212 was a weekly crime drama radio show named after the famous telephone number of Scotland Yard, the headquarters of the London …

Darkness and Daylight

by Lyman Abbott, Thomas Byrnes, Helen S. Campbell and Thomas Wallace Knox Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
A Pictorial Record of Personal Experiences by Day and Night in the Great Metropolis, with hundreds of thrilling anecdotes and incidents, ske…

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.

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