True Crime

Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 4: Part 3: Nisida (version 2)

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Alexandre Dumas



Dumas, with the assistance of several friends, compiled Celebrated Crimes, an eight-volume collection of essays on famous criminals and crim…

Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 6: Part 2: The Man in the Iron Mask, Martin Guerre

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Alexandre Dumas



Dumas, with the assistance of several friends, compiled Celebrated Crimes, an eight-volume collection of essays on famous criminals and crim…

The Confessions of Nat Turner, The Leader of the Late Insurrection in Southampton VA.

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Thomas R. Gray



This is a detailed description of the massacre that took place on August 21-23, 1831 that became known as Nat Turner's Rebellion. Nat Turner…

Extracts from 'The New and Complete Newgate Calendar', Vol. 1

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William Jackson



Volume One of the New and Complete Newgate Calendar, covering the years 1700 through 1723, relates stories of British trials, the persons ac…

The History of Burke and Hare, And of the Resurrectionist Times

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George Macgregor and George Mac Gregor



From the preface: ".....of all the criminal events that have occurred in Scotland, few have excited so deep, widespread, and lasting an…

A Book of Scoundrels

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Charles Whibley



An ironic history of British criminals, mostly pre-Victorian pickpockets, highwaymen and thieves. Here we meet Moll Cutpurse the Queen of th…

Holmes' Own Story

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Herman W. Mudgett



An account written by the infamous serial murderer H. H. Holmes in an attempt to exonerate himself while being tried for numerous crimes in …

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