Lives Of The Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or other offences
Arthur L. Hayward
77 chapters · 12 h 52 min · English
Read by Jim Gallagher, PhyllisV, Ciufi Galeazzi, Kristine Bekere, SteveMiller, Elizabeth Miles and others
True Crime
Play ☆ Favorite
"If there be a haunted spot in London it must surely be a few square
yards that lie a little west of the Marble Arch, for in the long course
of some six centuries over fifty thousand felons, traitors and martyrs
took there a last farewell of a world they were too bad or too good to
live in. From remote antiquity, when the seditious were taken _ad furcas
Tyburnam_, until that November day in 1783 when John Austin closed the
long list, the gallows were kept ever busy, and during the first half of
the eighteenth century, with which this book deals, every Newgate
sessions sent thither its thieves, highwaymen and coiners by the score." We have a strange fascination with crime and criminals; and with their punishment... just or otherwise. Here, we have a collection of papers regarding the most infamous criminals of the early eighteenth century selected from the original and authentic memoirs originally published in 1735. - Summary by Lynne Thompson
Chapters
1 Introduction 16 min 2 The Preface 27 min 3 The Life of JANE GRIFFIN, who was Executed for the Murder of her Maid, January 29, 1719-20 17 min 4 The Lives of JOHN TRIPPUCK, the Golden Tinman, a Highwayman; RICHARD CANE, a Footpad; THOMAS CHARNOCK, a thief; and RICHARD SHEPHERD, a Housebreaker, who were all executed at Tyburn, the 29th of January, 1719-20 13 min 5 The Life of WILLIAM BARTON, a Highwayman 20 min 6 ROBERT PERKINS, Thief 10 min 7 BARBARA SPENCER, Coiner, etc 12 min 8 WALTER KENNEDY, a Pirate 17 min 9 The Life of MATTHEW CLARK, a Footpad and Murderer 10 min 10 The Life of JOHN WINSHIP, Highwayman and Footpad 10 min 11 The Life of JOHN MEFF, alias MERTH, a Housebreaker and a Highwayman 10 min 12 The Life of JOHN WIGLEY, a Highwayman 4 min 13 The Life of WILLIAM CASEY, a Robber 7 min 14 The Life of JOHN DYKES, a Thief and Highwayman 8 min 15 The Life of RICHARD JAMES, a Highwayman 5 min 16 The Life of JAMES WRIGHT, a Highwayman 4 min 17 The Life of NATHANIEL HAWES, a Thief and a Robber 19 min 18 The Life of JOHN JONES, a Pickpocket 7 min 19 The Life of JOHN SMITH, a Murderer 6 min 20 The Life of JAMES SHAW, alias SMITH, a Highwayman and Murderer 11 min 21 The Life of WILLIAM COLTHOUSE, a Thief and Highwayman 6 min 22 The Life of WILLIAM BURRIDGE, a Highwayman 6 min 23 The Life of JOHN THOMSON, a thief, Highwayman, etc 6 min 24 The Life of THOMAS REEVES, a Notorious Highwayman and Footpad 6 min 25 The Life of RICHARD WHITTINGHAM, a Footpad and Street robber 5 min 26 The Life of JAMES BOOTY, a Ravisher 5 min 27 The Life of THOMAS BUTLOCK, alias BUTLOGE, a Thief 6 min 28 The Life of NATHANIEL JACKSON, a Highwayman 8 min 29 The Life of JAMES, alias VALENTINE CARRICK, a Notorious Highwayman and Street Robber 17 min 30 The Life of John MOLONY, a Highwayman and Street Robber 6 min 31 The Life of THOMAS WILSON, a Notorious Footpad 17 min 32 The Lives of ROBERT WILKINSON and JAMES LINCOLN, Murderers and Footpads 10 min 33 The Life of MATTHIAS BRINSDEN, a Murderer 12 min 34 The Life of EDMUND NEAL, a Footpad 15 min 35 The Life of CHARLES WEAVER, a Murderer 8 min 36 The Life of JOHN LEVEE, a Highwayman, Footpad, etc 11 min 37 The Lives of RICHARD OAKEY and MATTHEW FLOOD, Street-Robbers and Footpads 7 min 38 The Life of WILLIAM BURK, a Footpad and Highwayman 8 min 39 The Life of LUKE NUNNEY, a murderer 7 min 40 The Life of RICHARD TRANTHAM, a Housebreaker 4 min 41 The Lives of JOHN TYRRELL, a Horse-dealer, and WILLIAM HAWKSWORTH, a Murderer 5 min 42 The Life of WILLIAM DUCE, a Notorious Highwayman and Footpad 7 min 43 The Life of JAMES BUTLER, a Most notorious Highwayman, Footpad, etc 6 min 44 The Life of CAPTAIN JOHN MASSEY, who died for Piracy 9 min 45 The Life of PHILIP ROCHE, a Pirate, etc 16 min 46 The Life of HUMPHRY ANGIER, a Highwayman and Footpad 11 min 47 The Life of CAPTAIN STANLEY, a Murderer 20 min 48 The Life of STEPHEN GARDINER, a Highwayman and Housebreaker 14 min 49 The Lives of SAMUEL OGDEN, JOHN PUGH, WILLIAM FROST, RICHARD WOODMAN, and WILLIAM ELISHA, Highwaymen, Footpads, Housebreakers, etc 8 min 50 The Life of THOMAS BURDEN, a Robber 7 min 51 The Life of FREDERICK SCHMIDT, Alterer of Bank-Notes 8 min 52 The Life of PETER CURTIS, a Housebreaker, etc 11 min 53 The Life of LUMLEY DAVIS, a Highwayman 8 min 54 The Life of JAMES HARMAN, Highwayman 3 min 55 The Life of JOHN LEWIS, alias LAURENCE, a Thief, Highwayman, etc 14 min 56 The History of the WALTHAM BLACKS and their transactions to the death of RICHARD PARVIN, EDWARD ELLIOT, ROBERT KINGSHELL, HENRY MARSHALL, JOHN PINK and EDWARD PINK, and JAMES ANSELL alias PHILLIPS, at Tyburn, whose lives are also included 33 min 57 The Life of JULIAN, a Black Boy and Incendiary 4 min 58 The Life of ABRAHAM DEVAL, a Lottery Ticket Forger 4 min 59 The Life of JOSEPH BLAKE, alias BLUESKIN, a Footpad and Highwayman 13 min 60 The Life of the Famous JOHN SHEPHERD, Footpad, Housebreaker and Prison-breaker 26 min 61 The Life of LEWIS HOUSSART, the French Barber, a Murderer 19 min 62 The Life of CHARLES TOWERS, a Minter in Wapping 17 min 63 The Life of THOMAS ANDERSON, a Scotch Thief 17 min 64 The Life of JOSEPH PICKEN, a Highwayman 8 min 65 The Life of THOMAS PACKER, a Highwayman 6 min 66 The Life of THOMAS BRADLEY, a Street-Robber 4 min 67 The Life of WILLIAM LIPSAT, a Thief 5 min 68 The Life of JOHN HEWLET, a Murderer 8 min 69 The Lives of JAMES CAMMEL and WILLIAM MARSHAL, Thieves and Footpads 6 min 70 The Life of JOHN GUY, a Deer-stealer 6 min 71 The Life of VINCENT DAVIS, a Murderer 6 min 72 The Life of MARY HANSON, a Murderer 5 min 73 The Life of BRYAN SMITH, a Threatening Letter Writer 4 min 74 The Life of JOSEPH WARD, a Footpad 9 min 75 The Life of JAMES WHITE, a Thief 8 min 76 The Life of JOSEPH MIDDLETON, Housebreaker and Thief 6 min 77 The Life of JOHN PRICE, a Housebreaker 6 min
