True Crime
8 books
True Crime
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Anonymous - Most Extraordinary Trial of William Palmer
John Parsons Cook was a 28 year old bachelor, from a good family but not in robust health. He studied to become a lawyer, but instead of following that career, turned to raising race horses. In November 1855, during a...
15 hours 13 minutes
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The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy - Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy (The Warren Report)
The assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy on November 22, 1963, was a cruel and shocking act of violence directed against a man, a family, a nation, and against all mankind.... This Commission was created on...
23 hours 37 minutes
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Alexandre Dumas - Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 1: The Borgias and the Cenci (version 2)
Dumas's 'Celebrated Crimes' was not written for children. The novelist has spared no language--has minced no words--to describe the violent scenes of a violent time. In some instances facts appear distorted out...
8 hours 21 minutes
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Alexandre Dumas - Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 4: Part 2: Urbain Grandier
This is the dramatic story of Urbain Grandier, a catholic priest, who had a reputation to rival that of Casanova, which ultimately led to his destruction. He was accused of witchcraft after a series of accusations...
4 hours 8 minutes
