Category Archives: True Crime
On Secret Service
Author(s): William Nelson Taft Detective-Mystery stories based on real cases solved by government agents. Created...
The True Stories of Celebrated Crimes
Author(s): George Barton Excerpt: “Raw truth often possesses greater human interest than the most polished...
The Pirates Own Book
Author(s): Charles Ellms Authentic Narratives of the Most Celebrated Sea Robbers.
Voyage to the South Sea
Author(s): William Bligh A Voyage to the South Sea, undertaken by command of His Majesty,...
The Fall River Tragedy
Author(s): Edwin H. Porter The story of how Lizzie Borden supposedly murdered her parents has...
The History of Burke and Hare, And of the Resurrectionist Times
Author(s): George MacGregor From the preface: “…..of all the criminal events that have occurred in...
Survivors’ Tales of Famous Crimes
Author(s): Walter Wood In this anthology of true crime tales, editor Walter Wood interviews those...
Weird Crimes
Author(s): Seabury Quinn Seabury Quinn presents in a series of articles within the pages of...
The Powers That Prey
Author(s): Josiah FlyntAlfred Hodder True stories of criminals (the powers that prey) and the system...
You Can’t Win
Author(s): Jack Black ‘You Can’t Win’ is an autobiography that was serialized in the San...
True Detective Stories from the Archives of the Pinkertons
Author(s): Cleveland Moffett In his true crime collection, True Detective Stories: From the Archives of...
Tragedy in Dedham: The Story of the Sacco-Vanzetti Case
Author(s): Francis Russell The Sacco and Vanzetti trial was one of the most divisive events...
The Right Way to Do Wrong
Author(s): Harry Houdini Harry Houdini, master illusionist and contortionist, unmasks the various ways that criminals...
The Great Taxicab Robbery
Author(s): James H. Collins In 1912, $25,000 was stolen during a bank transfer in New...
The Romance of Piracy
Author(s): Edward Keble Chatterton The Library of Romance is a series of books concerning the...
Curiosities of Street Literature
Author(s): Various This is a collection of broadsides from London. Broadsides are short, popular publications,...
The Atrocities of the Pirates
Author(s): Aaron Smith In 1822, Aaron Smith, a young English seaman, was taken captive by...
The Autobiography of a Thief
Author(s): Hutchins Hapgood I met the ex-pickpocket and burglar whose autobiography follows soon after his...
Stratagems and Conspiracies to Defraud Life Insurance Companies: An Authentic Record of Remarkable Cases
Author(s): John B. LewisCharles C. Bombaugh A thorough treatise on different ways people have tried...
The Border Bandits
Author(s): J. W. Buel ”An authentic and thrilling history of the noted outlaws Jesse and...
The Chronicles of Newgate Vol 1
Author(s): Arthur Griffiths Good against evil; right versus wrong; the judicial system against the criminal...
The Story of the Outlaw
Author(s): Emerson Hough With historical narratives of famous outlaws; the stories of noted border wars;...
The Beggars of Paris
Author(s): Louis Paulian Here, as in France, begging is made a profession. And it is...
The Life, Crime, and Capture of John Wilkes Booth
Author(s): George Alfred Townsend A series of articles by the New York World newspaper’s special...
Thirty Years a Detective: A Thorough and Comprehensive Exposé of Criminal Practices of All Grades and Classes
Author(s): Allan Pinkerton Detective Allan Pinkerton, creator of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency, shares in...
True Stories of Crime from the District Attorney’s Office
Author(s): Arthur Cheney Train Former New York DA Arthur Train tells true crime stories from...
The Chronicles of Newgate Vol 2
Author(s): Arthur Griffiths Good against evil; right versus wrong; the judicial system against the criminal...
The Most Extraordinary Trial of William Palmer
Author(s): Anonymous John Parsons Cook was a 28 year old bachelor, from a good family...
Kentucky’s Famous Feuds and Tragedies
Author(s): Charles G. Mutzenberg As this book will show, there have been a variety of...
Narrative of My Captivity Among the Sioux Indians
Author(s): Fanny Kelly “Narrative of my captivity among the Sioux Indians: with a brief account...