Fifty Years a Detective: 35 Real Detective Stories


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(4.5 stars; 9 reviews)

Hitherto unpublished facts connected with some of Mr.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)

Chapitres

Preface 3:27 Lu par Lynne T
Side-Lights on the Business 6:48 Lu par Lynne T
The Preller Murder Case Part 1 31:07 Lu par Gillian Hendrie
The Preller Murder Case Part 2 27:48 Lu par Gillian Hendrie
The Big Cotton Swindle 52:26 Lu par 5Tommy00
A Remarkable Case 21:29 Lu par Maria de Fátima da Silva
Tracing Train Wreckers 28:06 Lu par KevinS
Moonshining in the Oil Regions 11:50 Lu par JenMcKeown
The Capture of Wess Watts 45:52 Lu par Chuck Bartges
Solving a Trunk Mystery 14:35 Lu par Maria de Fátima da Silva
The Glencoe Train Robbery 13:28 Lu par Brandon Alan Chavez
Running Down the Revolutionists 22:23 Lu par Jennifer Stearns
A Dallas Murder Avenged 25:13 Lu par JenMcKeown
The Toughest of Tough Towns 35:18 Lu par Gillian Hendrie
The Rohan Express Robbery 15:13 Lu par Caesura
Arrest of Lawrence Poyneer 7:19 Lu par Maria de Fátima da Silva
Ticket Forgers Run Down 10:15 Lu par John
Conviction of John Collins 16:55 Lu par Maria de Fátima da Silva
Fred Erfert's Fall from Grace 21:57 Lu par Karl Thornton
Battle with Would-Be Bandits 18:44 Lu par Karl Thornton
The Great Pittsburg Strike 15:39 Lu par Ian Virly
Murder of Conductor Frazier 22:30 Lu par KevinS
Fight with a Maniac 5:16 Lu par ChadH94
Decoying a Bad Man 32:01 Lu par Alexis Duclaux
Tragic Death of Bill Casey 24:29 Lu par Matthew D. Robinson
Subduing a Notorious Bully 12:15 Lu par ChadH94
A Ruse that Worked 17:50 Lu par Maria de Fátima da Silva
Charlie Dalton, Outlaw 9:02 Lu par John
Conspirators Handed a Lemon 17:32 Lu par Wayne Cooke
The Big Southwest Strike 44:25 Lu par Melanie D. Young
Why I Oppose Rewards 4:03 Lu par John
Why I am Opposed to Hanging 6:08 Lu par John
A Crooked Doctor's Crime 8:04 Lu par John
Capture of a Clever Swindler 14:28 Lu par John
Long Hunt for a Defaulter 15:05 Lu par John
George Hersogg's Downfall 6:12 Lu par John

Critiques

criminal stiver change.


(5 stars)

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.


(2.5 stars)

readers are again trying to learn enunciation so they think they don't have an accent.