The True Stories of Celebrated Crimes

George Barton (1866 - 1940)

Excerpt: "Raw truth often possesses greater human interest than the most polished fiction. Crime, in itself, is painful and sometimes repulsive, but a study of the methods of criminal investigation by which difficult problems are solved and the guilty brought to justice, is entertaining ...With this thought in mind, the reader is invited to a consideration of a few of the famous cases that are to be found in the history of the world’s greatest detectives." Fifteen cases are presented, each story is complete in itself. (Summary by Laurie Banza)

Genre(s): True Crime

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 PREFACE Laurie Banza
00:03:17
Play 01 CHIEF WILKIE AND THE GOLD CERTIFICATES Greg Giordano
00:21:07
Play 02 VIDOCQ AND THE LOCKSMITH’S DAUGHTER PotaszNC
00:24:51
Play 03 COLONEL FRASER AND THE RAILWAY MYSTERY Claudia Caldi
00:21:52
Play 04 GENERAL TREPOFF AND THE RUSSIAN STUDENTS PaulW
00:17:40
Play 05 INSPECTOR BYRNES AND THE HANIER MURDER Laurie Banza
00:18:29
Play 06 PINKERTON AND THE GREAT SAFE ROBBERY Lysa Ali
00:18:27
Play 07 CHIEF KELLY AND THE DESERTED HOUSE KenK
00:18:05
Play 08 CHIEF BROOKS AND THE MAN WITH THE LAZY EYES Lysa Ali
00:23:54
Play 09 INSPECTOR SWEENEY AND THE STOLEN GEMS Jddykst
00:20:11
Play 10 CAPTAIN LINDEN AND THE MOUNTAIN MYSTERY Piotr Nater
00:19:56
Play 11 CAPTAIN DONAGHY AND THE WHITE CASE docdlmartin
00:22:12
Play 12 SUPERINTENDENT FROEST AND THE VERSATILE ROGUE Dean Leggiero
00:17:00
Play 13 THE “HEADQUARTERS MAN” AND THE BURGLARY THAT FAILED Yoganandh T
00:18:23
Play 14 CAPTAIN O’BRIEN AND THE MYSTERY OF THE HALLWAY docdlmartin
00:16:26
Play 15 CHIEF KELLY AND THE OPIUM SMUGGLERS docdlmartin
00:22:00