Thirty Years a Detective: A Thorough and Comprehensive Exposé of Criminal Practices of All Grades and Classes
Allan Pinkerton
32 chapters · 15 h 18 min · English
Read by Mark Harrington
True Crime
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Detective Allan Pinkerton, creator of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency, shares in this book the methods that criminals use to exploit the public. The detective breaks criminal thievery into 14 separate categories, and explains the wasys of professional thieves to the public, so that the public can better protect itself. - Summary by Mark Harrington
Chapters
1 00 Introduction 20 min 2 01 The Society Thief 15 min 3 02 The Pickpocket 27 min 4 03 Store Robbers 21 min 5 04 The "Boodle" Game 17 min 6 05 Hotel Thieves 34 min 7 06 Sneak Thieving (1) 33 min 8 07 Sneak Thieving (2) 36 min 9 08 Palace Car Thieves 18 min 10 09 Steamboat Operators 17 min 11 10 House Breaking 22 min 12 11 Confidence and Blackmail (1) 33 min 13 12 Confidence and Blackmail (2) 35 min 14 13 Confidence and Blackmail (3) 31 min 15 14 The Burglar (1) 34 min 16 15 The Burglar (2) 24 min 17 16 The Burglar (3) 31 min 18 17 The Burglar (4) 32 min 19 18 Forgers and Forging (1) 27 min 20 19 Forgers and Forging (2) 40 min 21 20 Forgers and Forging (3) 41 min 22 21 Forgers and Forging (4) 39 min 23 22 Forgers and Forging (5) 16 min 24 23 Counterfeiting and Counterfeiters (1) 29 min 25 24 Counterfeiting and Counterfeiters (2) 43 min 26 25 Counterfeiting and Counterfeiters (3) 25 min 27 26 Counterfeiting and Counterfeiters (4) 25 min 28 27 Counterfeiting and Counterfeiters (5) 30 min 29 28 Counterfeiting and Counterfeiters (6) 29 min 30 29 Counterfeiting and Counterfeiters (7) 22 min 31 30 The Express Robber (1) 36 min 32 31 The Express Robber (2) 37 min
