True Crime

Urbain Grandier

by Alexandre Dumas Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
This is the dramatic story of Urbain Grandier, a catholic priest, who had a reputation to rival that of Casanova, which ultimately led to hi…

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…

Joan of Naples

by Alexandre Dumas Read by John Van Stan 4.7
The celebrated crimes committed during the life of Joan (Joanna I) of Naples span from personal misdeeds (adulteries and mariticide) to regi…

Holmes' Own Story

by Herman W. Mudgett Read by Anautumnous 4.3
An account written by the infamous serial murderer H. H. Holmes in an attempt to exonerate himself while being tried for numerous crimes in …

The Powers That Prey

by Josiah Flynt Read by Chris Pyle 4.6
True stories of criminals (the powers that prey) and the system (the powers that rule) by journalists who went among the criminal classes to…

Great Detectives and Their Methods

by George Dilnot Read by Verla Viera 4.8
Fans of historical true crime will enjoy Great Detectives and Their Methods. Published in 1928, it draws primarily from later 19th-century c…

Celebrated Crimes

by Alexandre Dumas Read by John Van Stan 4.6
Martin Guerre was a French peasant that, during a long absence, was famously impersonated in the 16th century. Although the real Martin Guer…

Celebrated Crimes

by Alexandre Dumas Read by John Van Stan 4.6
This story details the crimes and trial surrounding the unexpected pregnancy and subsequent childbirth of the Countess de Saint-Geran in 164…

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…

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…

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…

The Border Bandits

by J. W. Buel and J.W. Buel Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.5
''An authentic and thrilling history of the noted outlaws Jesse and Frank James and their bands of highwaymen.compiled from reliable sources…

Celebrated Crimes, Karl-Ludwig Sand

by Alexandre Dumas Read by John Van Stan 4.6
This is the fourth volume of Alexandre Dumas' studies of celebrated crimes and their perpetrators. This volume is concerned with the story o…

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 Man in the Iron Mask

by Alexandre Dumas Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.8
Dumas, with the assistance of several friends, compiled Celebrated Crimes, an eight-volume collection of essays on famous criminals and crim…

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…

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 . …

La Constantin

by Alexandre Dumas Read by John Van Stan 3.9
Dumas chronicles the court intrigues that led to the execution of Marie La Roux Constantin. La dame Constantin was known by French nobility …

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…

Murat

by Alexandre Dumas Read by John Van Stan 4.1
Amidst the political winds from Napoleon’s downfall, this tale turns our attention to the flight of a former French marshal and King of Napl…

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