Fifty Years a Detective: 35 Real Detective Stories
Thomas Furlong
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Hitherto unpublished facts connected with some of Mr.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 (11 hr 25 min)
Chapters
| Preface | 3:27 | Read by Lynne T |
| Side-Lights on the Business | 6:48 | Read by Lynne T |
| The Preller Murder Case Part 1 | 31:07 | Read by Gillian Hendrie |
| The Preller Murder Case Part 2 | 27:48 | Read by Gillian Hendrie |
| The Big Cotton Swindle | 52:26 | Read by 5Tommy00 |
| A Remarkable Case | 21:29 | Read by Maria de Fátima da Silva |
| Tracing Train Wreckers | 28:06 | Read by KevinS |
| Moonshining in the Oil Regions | 11:50 | Read by JenMcKeown |
| The Capture of Wess Watts | 45:52 | Read by Chuck Bartges |
| Solving a Trunk Mystery | 14:35 | Read by Maria de Fátima da Silva |
| The Glencoe Train Robbery | 13:28 | Read by Brandon Alan Chavez |
| Running Down the Revolutionists | 22:23 | Read by Jennifer Stearns |
| A Dallas Murder Avenged | 25:13 | Read by JenMcKeown |
| The Toughest of Tough Towns | 35:18 | Read by Gillian Hendrie |
| The Rohan Express Robbery | 15:13 | Read by Caesura |
| Arrest of Lawrence Poyneer | 7:19 | Read by Maria de Fátima da Silva |
| Ticket Forgers Run Down | 10:15 | Read by John |
| Conviction of John Collins | 16:55 | Read by Maria de Fátima da Silva |
| Fred Erfert's Fall from Grace | 21:57 | Read by Karl Thornton |
| Battle with Would-Be Bandits | 18:44 | Read by Karl Thornton |
| The Great Pittsburg Strike | 15:39 | Read by Ian Virly |
| Murder of Conductor Frazier | 22:30 | Read by KevinS |
| Fight with a Maniac | 5:16 | Read by ChadH94 |
| Decoying a Bad Man | 32:01 | Read by Alexis Duclaux |
| Tragic Death of Bill Casey | 24:29 | Read by Matthew D. Robinson |
| Subduing a Notorious Bully | 12:15 | Read by ChadH94 |
| A Ruse that Worked | 17:50 | Read by Maria de Fátima da Silva |
| Charlie Dalton, Outlaw | 9:02 | Read by John |
| Conspirators Handed a Lemon | 17:32 | Read by Wayne Cooke |
| The Big Southwest Strike | 44:25 | Read by Melanie D. Young |
| Why I Oppose Rewards | 4:03 | Read by John |
| Why I am Opposed to Hanging | 6:08 | Read by John |
| A Crooked Doctor's Crime | 8:04 | Read by John |
| Capture of a Clever Swindler | 14:28 | Read by John |
| Long Hunt for a Defaulter | 15:05 | Read by John |
| George Hersogg's Downfall | 6:12 | Read by John |
Reviews
criminal stiver change.
bahamajohn08
What I found most interesting about this documentary was similarity of crimes that are committed now. A different generation but the same criminal mindset continues.
JohnnyBob
readers are again trying to learn enunciation so they think they don't have an accent.