True Crime
A General History of the Pyrates (version 2)
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Captain Charles Johnson
A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the most notorious Pyrates is a 1724 book published in Britain containing biographies of c…
The Story of the Outlaw
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Emerson Hough
With historical narratives of famous outlaws; the stories of noted border wars; vigilante movements and armed conflicts on the frontier.
You Can't Win
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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…
Joaquin, the Claude Duval of California; or, The Marauder of the Mines: a Roman…
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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…
On the Witness Stand: Essays on Psychology and Crime
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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…
Chicago May: Her Story
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May Churchill Sharpe
This is a cold-blooded recital of fact, a plain, unvarnished statement from a client to a lawyer. It is the history of the life of a notorio…
The Beggars of Paris
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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…
Tragedy in Dedham: The Story of the Sacco-Vanzetti Case
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Francis Russell
The Sacco and Vanzetti trial was one of the most divisive events of 1920's America. As Russell writes, " If one was middle class and Re…
The Powers That Prey
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Josiah Flynt
True stories of criminals (the powers that prey) and the system (the powers that rule) by journalists who went among the criminal classes to…
American State Trials, Volume 2
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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…
Criminal man: according to the classification of Cesare Lombroso
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Gina Lombroso
This book is an English summary and paraphrase of the multi-volume Italian work of the same name compiled by Cesare Lombroso, the father of …
American State Trials, Volume 4
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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…
American State Trials, Volume 3
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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…
Dramas of the Dock: True Stories of Crime
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Guy B. H. Logan
Guy Logan is a lesser known but prolific British true crime writer of the early 20th century. In this 1928 compilation, he relates the stori…