Victorian True Crime

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The Five: The Lives of Jack the Ripper's Women
The Five: The Lives of Jack the Ripper's Women 4.09 avg rating — 64,226 ratings
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The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective
The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective 3.51 avg rating — 24,677 ratings
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Did She Kill Him?: A Victorian Tale of Deception, Adultery, and Arsenic
Did She Kill Him?: A Victorian Tale of Deception, Adultery, and Arsenic 3.56 avg rating — 505 ratings
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The Peculiar Case of the Electric Constable: A True Tale of Passion, Poison and Pursuit
The Peculiar Case of the Electric Constable: A True Tale of Passion, Poison and Pursuit 3.55 avg rating — 186 ratings
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Murder by the Book: A Sensational Chapter in Victorian Crime
Murder by the Book: A Sensational Chapter in Victorian Crime 3.20 avg rating — 1,447 ratings
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The Inheritor's Powder: A Tale of Arsenic, Murder, and the New Forensic Science
The Inheritor's Powder: A Tale of Arsenic, Murder, and the New Forensic Science 3.20 avg rating — 862 ratings
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The Wicked Boy: The Mystery of a Victorian Child Murderer
The Wicked Boy: The Mystery of a Victorian Child Murderer 3.48 avg rating — 6,558 ratings
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The Invention of Murder: How the Victorians Revelled in Death and Detection and Created Modern Crime
The Invention of Murder: How the Victorians Revelled in Death and Detection and Created Modern Crime 3.41 avg rating — 4,257 ratings
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The Mystery of Mary Rogers
The Mystery of Mary Rogers 3.83 avg rating — 385 ratings
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Pretty Jane and the Viper of Kidbrooke Lane: A True Story of Victorian Law and Disorder: The Unsolved Murder that Shocked Victorian England
Pretty Jane and the Viper of Kidbrooke Lane: A True Story of Victorian Law and Disorder: The Unsolved Murder that Shocked Victorian England 3.38 avg rating — 536 ratings
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The Devil in the White City
The Devil in the White City really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 739,792 ratings
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Mr Briggs' Hat: A Sensational Account of Britain's First Railway Murder
Mr Briggs' Hat: A Sensational Account of Britain's First Railway Murder 3.54 avg rating — 1,162 ratings
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Conan Doyle for the Defense: The True Story of a Sensational British Murder, a Quest for Justice, and the World's Most Famous Detective Writer
Conan Doyle for the Defense: The True Story of a Sensational British Murder, a Quest for Justice, and the World's Most Famous Detective Writer 3.70 avg rating — 2,294 ratings
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The Lady in the Cellar: Murder, Scandal and Insanity in Victorian Bloomsbury
The Lady in the Cellar: Murder, Scandal and Insanity in Victorian Bloomsbury 3.52 avg rating — 467 ratings
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Death at the Priory: Love, Sex, and Murder in Victorian England
Death at the Priory: Love, Sex, and Murder in Victorian England 3.66 avg rating — 1,757 ratings
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The Borden Tragedy: A Memoir of the Infamous Double Murder at Fall River, Mass. 1892
The Borden Tragedy: A Memoir of the Infamous Double Murder at Fall River, Mass. 1892 3.84 avg rating — 1,103 ratings
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Victorian Murderesses: A True History of Thirteen Respectable French and English Women Accused of Unspeakable Crimes (Dover Books on History, Political and Social Science)
Victorian Murderesses: A True History of Thirteen Respectable French and English Women Accused of Unspeakable Crimes (Dover Books on History, Political and Social Science) 3.60 avg rating — 312 ratings
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The Dead Duke, His Secret Wife And The Missing Corpse
The Dead Duke, His Secret Wife And The Missing Corpse 3.31 avg rating — 1,665 ratings
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Madness, Murder and Mayhem: Criminal Insanity in Victorian and Edwardian Britain
Madness, Murder and Mayhem: Criminal Insanity in Victorian and Edwardian Britain 4.11 avg rating — 18 ratings
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Rivals of the Ripper: Unsolved Murders of Women in Late Victorian London
Rivals of the Ripper: Unsolved Murders of Women in Late Victorian London 3.67 avg rating — 147 ratings
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The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream: The Hunt for a Victorian Era Serial Killer
The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream: The Hunt for a Victorian Era Serial Killer
by: Dean Jobb
3.61 avg rating — 5,219 ratings
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Edwardian Murder: Ightham and the Morpeth Train Robbery
Edwardian Murder: Ightham and the Morpeth Train Robbery 3.90 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Unsolved Victorian Murders
Unsolved Victorian Murders liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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1888: London Murders in the Year of the Ripper
1888: London Murders in the Year of the Ripper 3.73 avg rating — 391 ratings
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Amelia Dyer and the Baby Farm Murders
Amelia Dyer and the Baby Farm Murders 4.01 avg rating — 94 ratings
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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
by: Dee Brown
4.26 avg rating — 99,680 ratings
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The Crimes of Jack the Ripper
The Crimes of Jack the Ripper 3.68 avg rating — 523 ratings
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Murder by Candlelight: The Gruesome Slayings Behind Our Romance with the Macabre
Murder by Candlelight: The Gruesome Slayings Behind Our Romance with the Macabre 2.87 avg rating — 457 ratings
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The Napoleon of Crime: The Life and Times of Adam Worth, Master Thief
The Napoleon of Crime: The Life and Times of Adam Worth, Master Thief 3.85 avg rating — 2,228 ratings
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Shooting Victoria: Madness, Mayhem, and the Rebirth of the British Monarchy
Shooting Victoria: Madness, Mayhem, and the Rebirth of the British Monarchy 3.66 avg rating — 702 ratings
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The Secret Poisoner: A Century of Murder
The Secret Poisoner: A Century of Murder 3.73 avg rating — 324 ratings
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Amelia Dyer, Angel Maker: The Woman Who Murdered Babies for Money
Amelia Dyer, Angel Maker: The Woman Who Murdered Babies for Money 3.90 avg rating — 164 ratings
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Crime & Criminals of Victorian England
Crime & Criminals of Victorian England 3.59 avg rating — 69 ratings
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The Art of the English Murder: From Jack the Ripper and Sherlock Holmes to Agatha Christie and Alfred Hitchcock
The Art of the English Murder: From Jack the Ripper and Sherlock Holmes to Agatha Christie and Alfred Hitchcock 3.82 avg rating — 4,853 ratings
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The London Underworld in the Victorian Period: Authentic First-Person Accounts by Beggars, Thieves and Prostitutes
The London Underworld in the Victorian Period: Authentic First-Person Accounts by Beggars, Thieves and Prostitutes 4.06 avg rating — 322 ratings
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Mad Mary Lamb: Lunacy and Murder in Literary London
Mad Mary Lamb: Lunacy and Murder in Literary London 3.41 avg rating — 274 ratings
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Jack the Ripper: The Complete Casebook
Jack the Ripper: The Complete Casebook 3.87 avg rating — 2,049 ratings
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The Good Old Days: Crime, Murder and Mayhem in Victorian London
The Good Old Days: Crime, Murder and Mayhem in Victorian London 3.62 avg rating — 427 ratings
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A Treasury of Victorian Murder Compendium: Including: Jack the Ripper, The Beast of Chicago, Fatal Bullet
A Treasury of Victorian Murder Compendium: Including: Jack the Ripper, The Beast of Chicago, Fatal Bullet 3.95 avg rating — 312 ratings
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Prisoner 1167: The Madman Who Was Jack the Ripper
Prisoner 1167: The Madman Who Was Jack the Ripper 3.44 avg rating — 122 ratings
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Conan Doyle and the Parson's Son
Conan Doyle and the Parson's Son really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings
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A Treasury of Victorian Murder
A Treasury of Victorian Murder 3.63 avg rating — 341 ratings
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The Bermondsey Murder: Scotland Yard’s First Great Challenge and Dickens’ Inspiration
The Bermondsey Murder: Scotland Yard’s First Great Challenge and Dickens’ Inspiration 3.93 avg rating — 28 ratings
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The Case of Madeleine Smith
The Case of Madeleine Smith 3.78 avg rating — 445 ratings
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Thunderstruck
Thunderstruck 3.78 avg rating — 55,025 ratings
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THE TIN TRUNK TRAGEDY: Arthur Devereux: The Kensal Rise Murderer
THE TIN TRUNK TRAGEDY: Arthur Devereux: The Kensal Rise Murderer 4.18 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Richard Dadd: The Artist and the Asylum
Richard Dadd: The Artist and the Asylum really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 46 ratings
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Gender, Crime, and Murder in Victorian England
Gender, Crime, and Murder in Victorian England
by: Anna Kay
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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Oscar Slater: The Immortal Case of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Oscar Slater: The Immortal Case of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 3.81 avg rating — 21 ratings
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The Thieves of Threadneedle Street: The Incredible True Story of the American Forgers Who Nearly Broke the Bank of England
The Thieves of Threadneedle Street: The Incredible True Story of the American Forgers Who Nearly Broke the Bank of England 2.65 avg rating — 48 ratings
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The Devil & Sherlock Holmes: Tales of Murder, Madness & Obsession
The Devil & Sherlock Holmes: Tales of Murder, Madness & Obsession 3.79 avg rating — 9,865 ratings
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My Grand Enemy
My Grand Enemy really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10 ratings
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The Beast of Chicago: An Account of the Life and Crimes of Herman W. Mudgett, Known to the World As H.H. Holmes
The Beast of Chicago: An Account of the Life and Crimes of Herman W. Mudgett, Known to the World As H.H. Holmes 3.83 avg rating — 753 ratings
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The Case of Kitty Ogilvie
The Case of Kitty Ogilvie 3.48 avg rating — 23 ratings
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Dear Laura (Inspector Lintott Mysteries #1)
Dear Laura (Inspector Lintott Mysteries #1) 3.86 avg rating — 443 ratings
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The Painted Face (John Joseph Lintott, #2)
The Painted Face (John Joseph Lintott, #2) 4.01 avg rating — 133 ratings
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The Day Freedom Died: The Colfax Massacre, the Supreme Court and the Betrayal of Reconstruction
The Day Freedom Died: The Colfax Massacre, the Supreme Court and the Betrayal of Reconstruction 4.09 avg rating — 431 ratings
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London 1849: A Victorian Murder Story
London 1849: A Victorian Murder Story 3.62 avg rating — 211 ratings
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The Killer of Little Shepherds: A True Crime Story and the Birth of Forensic Science
The Killer of Little Shepherds: A True Crime Story and the Birth of Forensic Science 3.86 avg rating — 5,269 ratings
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Oh What a Slaughter: Massacres in the American West: 1846--1890
Oh What a Slaughter: Massacres in the American West: 1846--1890 3.49 avg rating — 711 ratings
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They All Love Jack: Busting the Ripper
They All Love Jack: Busting the Ripper 3.69 avg rating — 1,360 ratings
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A Misplaced Massacre: Struggling over the Memory of Sand Creek
A Misplaced Massacre: Struggling over the Memory of Sand Creek 4.18 avg rating — 429 ratings
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Woman at the Devil's Door: The Untold True Story of the Hampstead Murderess
Woman at the Devil's Door: The Untold True Story of the Hampstead Murderess 3.42 avg rating — 557 ratings
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Jack the Ripper and Black Magic: Victorian Conspiracy Theories, Secret Societies and the Supernatural Mystique of the Whitechapel Murders
Jack the Ripper and Black Magic: Victorian Conspiracy Theories, Secret Societies and the Supernatural Mystique of the Whitechapel Murders 3.70 avg rating — 93 ratings
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The Fetterman Massacre
The Fetterman Massacre
by: Dee Brown
4.32 avg rating — 648 ratings
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Shadows at Dawn: An Apache Massacre and the Violence of History
Shadows at Dawn: An Apache Massacre and the Violence of History 4.12 avg rating — 479 ratings
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Unpunished Murder: Massacre at Colfax and the Quest for Justice
Unpunished Murder: Massacre at Colfax and the Quest for Justice 3.66 avg rating — 197 ratings
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Broadmoor Revealed: Victorian Crime and the Lunatic Asylum
Broadmoor Revealed: Victorian Crime and the Lunatic Asylum 3.52 avg rating — 2,415 ratings
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Remembering the Memphis Massacre: An American Story
Remembering the Memphis Massacre: An American Story 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Trials of Passion: Crimes Committed in the Name of Love and Madness
Trials of Passion: Crimes Committed in the Name of Love and Madness 3.31 avg rating — 144 ratings
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The Chinatown War: Chinese Los Angeles and the Massacre of 1871
The Chinatown War: Chinese Los Angeles and the Massacre of 1871 4.01 avg rating — 67 ratings
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American Massacre: The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows, September 1857
American Massacre: The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows, September 1857 4.05 avg rating — 675 ratings
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The Arsenic Century: How Victorian Britain was Poisoned at Home, Work, and Play
The Arsenic Century: How Victorian Britain was Poisoned at Home, Work, and Play 4.04 avg rating — 294 ratings
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The Poisoner: The Life and Crimes of Victorian England's Most Notorious Doctor
The Poisoner: The Life and Crimes of Victorian England's Most Notorious Doctor 3.19 avg rating — 239 ratings
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The Victorian Underworld
The Victorian Underworld 3.76 avg rating — 202 ratings
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The Italian Boy: A Tale of Murder and Body Snatching in 1830s London
The Italian Boy: A Tale of Murder and Body Snatching in 1830s London 3.71 avg rating — 795 ratings
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The Real Sherlock Holmes: The Hidden story of Jerome Caminada
The Real Sherlock Holmes: The Hidden story of Jerome Caminada 4.05 avg rating — 57 ratings
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The Battered Body Beneath the Flagstones, and Other Victorian Scandals
The Battered Body Beneath the Flagstones, and Other Victorian Scandals 3.48 avg rating — 431 ratings