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Catalog date:
2019-09-03
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Fifty Years a Detective: 35 Real Detective Stories

Thomas Furlong (1844 - 1918)

Hitherto unpublished facts connected with some of Mr.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

Genre(s): True Crime

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 Preface Lynne T
 00:03:27
Play 02 Side-Lights on the Business Lynne T
 00:06:48
Play 03 The Preller Murder Case Part 1 Gillian Hendrie
 00:31:07
Play 04 The Preller Murder Case Part 2 Gillian Hendrie
 00:27:48
Play 05 The Big Cotton Swindle 5Tommy00
 00:52:26
Play 06 A Remarkable Case Maria de Fátima da Silva
 00:21:29
Play 07 Tracing Train Wreckers KevinS
 00:28:06
Play 08 Moonshining in the Oil Regions JenMcKeown
 00:11:50
Play 09 The Capture of Wess Watts Chuck Bartges
 00:45:52
Play 10 Solving a Trunk Mystery Maria de Fátima da Silva
 00:14:35
Play 11 The Glencoe Train Robbery Brandon Alan Chavez
 00:13:28
Play 12 Running Down the Revolutionists Jennifer Stearns
 00:22:23
Play 13 A Dallas Murder Avenged JenMcKeown
 00:25:13
Play 14 The Toughest of Tough Towns Gillian Hendrie
 00:35:18
Play 15 The Rohan Express Robbery Caesura
 00:15:13
Play 16 Arrest of Lawrence Poyneer Maria de Fátima da Silva
 00:07:19
Play 17 Ticket Forgers Run Down John
 00:10:15
Play 18 Conviction of John Collins Maria de Fátima da Silva
 00:16:55
Play 19 Fred Erfert's Fall from Grace Karl Thornton
 00:21:57
Play 20 Battle with Would-Be Bandits Karl Thornton
 00:18:44
Play 21 The Great Pittsburg Strike Ian Virly
 00:15:39
Play 22 Murder of Conductor Frazier KevinS
 00:22:30
Play 23 Fight with a Maniac ChadH94
 00:05:16
Play 24 Decoying a Bad Man Alexis Duclaux
 00:32:01
Play 25 Tragic Death of Bill Casey Matthew D. Robinson
 00:24:29
Play 26 Subduing a Notorious Bully ChadH94
 00:12:15
Play 27 A Ruse that Worked Maria de Fátima da Silva
 00:17:50
Play 28 Charlie Dalton, Outlaw John
 00:09:02
Play 29 Conspirators Handed a Lemon Wayne Cooke
 00:17:32
Play 30 The Big Southwest Strike Melanie D. Young
 00:44:25
Play 31 Why I Oppose Rewards John
 00:04:03
Play 32 Why I am Opposed to Hanging John
 00:06:08
Play 33 A Crooked Doctor's Crime John
 00:08:04
Play 34 Capture of a Clever Swindler John
 00:14:28
Play 35 Long Hunt for a Defaulter John
 00:15:05
Play 36 George Hersogg's Downfall John
 00:06:12