True Crime

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…

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…

Tombstone: An Iliad of the Southwest

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Walter Noble Burns


First published in 1927, "Tombstone" defined the legend of lawman-gunfighter Wyatt Earp. A mixture of fact and fiction, Walter Nob…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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