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Historical Crimes

You'll find all types of historical true crime stories on this list – murder, robbery, prison breaks, and more.

Ocean City Free Public Library

22 items

  • Gentleman Bandit

    the True Story of Black Bart, the Old West's Most Infamous Stagecoach Robber

    Boessenecker, John, 1953-
    BookToronto, Ontario, Canada : Hanover Square Press, [2023] — 979.404 BO
  • The Last Outlaws

    the Desperate Final Days of the Dalton Gang

    Clavin, Tom, 1954-
    BookNew York : St. Martin's Press, 2023. — 978.0209 CL
  • All That Is Wicked

    a Gilded-age Story of Murder and the Race to Decode the Criminal Mind

    Dawson, Kate Winkler,
    BookNew York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, [2022] — 364.3 DA
  • A Fever in the Heartland

    the Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them

    Egan, Timothy,
    Book[New York, New York] : Viking, [2023] — 322.4209 EG
  • Mistress of Life and Death

    the Dark Journey of Maria Mandl, Head Overseer of the Women's Camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau

    Eischeid, Susan J.,
    BookNew York, NY : Citadel Press, Kensington Publishing Corp., 2024. — 940.5324 EI
  • ShadowMan

    An Elusive Psycho Killer and the Birth of FBI Profiling

    Franscell, Ron, 1957-
    BookNew York : Berkley, [2022] — 362.8829 FR
  • The Wager

    a Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder

    Grann, David,
    BookNew York : Doubleday, [2023] — 910.9164 GR
  • Four Shots in the Night

    a True Story of Spies, Murder, and Justice in Northern Ireland

    Hemming, Henry, 1979-
    BookNew York : PublicAffairs, 2024. — 941.60824 HE
  • The Witch of New York

    the Trials of Polly Bodine and the Cursed Birth of Tabloid Justice

    Hortis, Alex, 1972-
    BookNew York : Pegasus Crime, 2024. — 364.1523 HO
  • Crimes of the Centuries

    the Cases That Changed Us

    Hunt, Amber,
    BookNew York : Union Square & Co., [2023] — 364.109 HU
  • Nothing to Fear

    Alfred Hitchcock and the Wrong Men

    Isralowitz, Jason,
    BookColumbus, Ohio : Fayetteville Mafia Press, 2023. — 791.4372 IS
  • The Infernal Machine

    a True Story of Dynamite, Terror, and the Rise of the Modern Detective

    Johnson, Steven, 1968-
    BookNew York : Crown, [2024] — 335.8309 JO
  • The Angel Makers

    Arsenic, a Midwife, and Modern History's Most Astonishing Murder Ring

    McCracken, Patricia Nell,
    BookNew York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023] — 364.152 McC
  • The League of Lady Poisoners

    Illustrated True Stories of Dangerous Women

    Perrin, Lisa,
    BookSan Francisco, California : Chronicle Books LLC, [2023] — 615.90402 PE
  • Gangsterland

    a Tour Through the Dark Heart of Jazz-age New York City

    Pietrusza, David, 1949-
    BookNew York : Diversion Books, 2023. — 364.10607 PI
  • Shadow Men

    the Tangled Story of Murder, Media, and Privilege That Scandalized Jazz Age America

    Polchin, James,
    BookBerkeley, California : Counterpoint, 2024. — 364.152 PO
  • Blood & Ink

    the Scandalous Jazz Age Double Murder That Hooked America on True Crime

    Pompeo, Joe,
    BookNew York : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2022. — 364.1523 PO
  • The Lost Tomb

    and Other Real-life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder

    Preston, Douglas J.,
    BookNew York : GCP, 2023 — 930.1 PR
  • The Last Honest Man

    the CIA, the FBI, the Mafia, and the Kennedys - and One Senator's Fight to Save Democracy

    Risen, James,
    Large Print[Farmington Hills, MI] : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2023. — L 328.7308 RI
  • Hell Put to Shame

    the 1921 Murder Farm Massacre and the Horror of America's Second Slavery

    Swift, Earl, 1958-
    BookNew York : Mariner Books, [2024] — 364.1523 SW