Fifty Years a Detective: 35 Real Detective Stories


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(4.4 stars; 8 reviews)

Hitherto unpublished facts connected with some of Mr.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

Reviews

criminal stiver change.


(5 stars)

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.


(2.5 stars)

readers are again trying to learn enunciation so they think they don't have an accent.