True Crime audiobooks

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By: Harold Schechter

Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner

Length: 10 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Bestselling true-crime master Harold Schechter explores the real-life headline-making psychos, serial murderers, thrill-hungry couples, and lady-killers who inspired a century of classic films.The necktie murders in Alfred Hitchcock’s Frenzy; Chicago’s Jazz Age crime of passion; the fatal hookup in Looking for Mr. Goodbar; the high school... Read more

A Silenced Voice

By: Ingrid Wall & Joachim Wall

Narrated by: Vivienne Leheny

Length: 7 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

A moving memoir of an inexplicable crime, a family’s loss, and a legacy preserved.Kim Wall was a thirty-year-old Swedish freelance journalist with a rising career. Then, in the summer of 2017, she followed a story that led to an eccentric inventor in Copenhagen. Instead of writing the next day’s headline, she’d become one.As the bizarre events... Read more

Hollywood Double Agent

By: Jonathan Gill

Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain

Length: 11 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

The Cold War and the Golden Age of Hollywood meet in this story of the remarkable career of Boris Morros, film producer and Russian double agent.Boris Morros was a major figure in the 1930s and 1940s. The head of music at Paramount, nominated for Academy Awards, he then went on to produce his own films with Laurel and Hardy, Fred Astaire, Henry... Read more

The Cold Vanish

By: Jon Billman

Narrated by: Stephen Graybill

Length: 11 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Perfect for readers of Jon Krakauer and Douglas Preston, this "authentic and encyclopedic" book examines real-life cases of those who vanish in the wilderness without a trace (Roman Dial)—and those eccentric, determined characters who try to find them.
 These are the stories that defy conventional logic. The proverbial vanished without a trace... Read more

Notes on a Silencing

By: Lacy Crawford

Narrated by: Lacy Crawford

Length: 11 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

A "powerful and scary and important and true" memoir of a young woman's struggle to regain her sense of self after trauma, and the efforts by a powerful New England boarding school to silence her—at any cost (Sally Mann, author of Hold Still).

Shortlisted for the 2022 William Saroyan International Prize for Writing When Notes on a Silencing hit... Read more

The Vapors

By: David Hill

Narrated by: George Newbern

Length: 9 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

One of "21 books we can't wait to read in 2020" —ThrillistA New York Times Book Review summer reading pick
A Kirkus Reviews hottest summer read | A Publishers Weekly summer reads staff pickThe incredible true story of America's original—and forgotten—capital of viceBack in the days before Vegas was big, when the Mob was at its peak and neon... Read more

The Golden Thread

By: Ravi Somaiya

Narrated by: Ravi Somaiya

Length: 7 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

LONGLISTED FOR THE ALCS "GOLD DAGGER" AWARD FOR NON-FICTION CRIME WRITING

Uncover the story behind the death of renowned diplomat and UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjöld in this true story of spies and intrigue surrounding one of the most enduring unsolved mysteries of the twentieth century. 
 On September 17, 1961, Dag Hammarskjöld boarded a... Read more

Verdens største skurker

By: All Verdens Historie

Narrated by: Anderz Eide

Length: 3 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Det kan være lett å komme på kant med loven hvis man er desperat, sulten og truet på livet. Men noen velger bevisst livet som lovløs. Det krever for det første uimotståelig sjarm, som hos skurken Robert V. Miller alias grev Victor Lustig. Dernest frekkhet, som hos den tidligere fallskjermsoldaten Albert Spaggiari, som ranet til seg 50 millioner... Read more

The First Time He Hit Her

By: Heidi Lemon

Narrated by: Sylvie DeCrespigny

Length: 9 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

For readers of true crime and books such as See What You Made Me Do, a shocking and movingly told portrait of the murder of suburban mum Tara Costigan and an examination of why domestic violence affects us all

Tara Costigan was the woman next door. A hard worker. Quick to laugh and easy to like. She was happy, confident, strong. A woman who... Read more

Toxic Love

By: Tomas Guillen

Narrated by: Peter Lerman

Length: 7 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Omaha, Nebraska, 1978.

Sandy Johnson was in shock. Her husband, Duane, and young daughter, Sherrie, were violently ill when word arrived that her infant nephew just died of mysterious causes. Days earlier, the entire family was happy, healthy, and living the American dream. Now they were at the center of a terrifying medical crisis.

Duane... Read more

Nothing Can Hurt You

By: Nicola Maye Goldberg

Narrated by: Deborah McBride, Jennifer Woodward, Kate Handfo...

Length: 5 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents Nothing Can Hurt You by Nicola Maye Goldberg, read by Kate Handford, Lance C Fuller, Jennifer Woodward, Laurence Bouvard, Patricia Rodriguez, Deborah McBride, Lexie McDougall and Madeleine Rose.

BEST BOOKS OF SUMMER 2020 – PEOPLE MAGAZINE, VOGUE, CNN, REFINERY29, CRIMEREADS, and more

“Captivating, serpentine, and affecting.”... Read more

Bitter Harvest

By: Ann Rule

Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell

Length: 16 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

True crime icon Ann Rule presents a “must-read” (People) New York Times bestseller—and inspiration behind the Lifetime movie A House on Fire—following a woman whose apparent perfect life hides a harrowing and deadly madness.

Debora Green, a doctor and mother in a picturesque and exclusive Kansas town, seems to have the perfect life with her own... Read more

Im Fadenkreuz des Privatermittlers (1)

By: Stefan H. Bosselmann

Narrated by: Stefan H. Bosselmann

Length: 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Immer dann, wenn behördliche Maßnahmen nicht oder nicht mehr zielführend sind, um Verbrechen aufzudecken, kommen private Ermittler zum Einsatz. Diesen gelingt es oftmals an der Rückwand der Wahrheit zu kratzen, um individuelle Interessen von Einzelpersonen oder Familien zu wahren sowie ihnen endlich Gewissheit zu verschaffen. Dieses Hörbuch... Read more

Ma Barker and the Barker-Karpis Gang: The Controversial History of the Criminal Gang during the Great Depression

By: Charles River Editors

Narrated by: Stephen Platt

Length: 1 hour 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Among America’s most infamous “Public Enemies,” perhaps the most unique and controversial was Kate Barker. With her prominent, hawk-tipped nose and plump, doughy face, framed by a classic dark curly coif and frilly day dresses to match, Ma Barker was as non-threatening as they come. Nary a second glance was given to this grandmotherly figure by... Read more

Amanda Knox – syyllinen vai syytön?

By: Orage

Narrated by: Tapio Rauvala

Length: 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Meredit Kercher oli ystävällinen ja suosittu 21-vuotias nainen Etelä-Lontoosta. Hän opiskeli Euroopan politiikkaa ja italiaa Leedsin yliopistossa, kun hän lähti vaihto-oppilaaksi syksyllä 2007 Perugian yliopistoon. Kercher ei kuitenkaan ehtinyt nauttia vaihto-oppilaselämästä pitkään. Hänet löydettiin raa'asti murhattuna ja raiskattuna... Read more

Duct Tape Killer

By: Phil Hamman & Sandy Hamman

Narrated by: Perry Daniels

Length: 5 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

When Piper Streyle failed to show up for work, a coworker called her home. Piper's three-and-a-half-year-old daughter, Shaina, answered and said, "A mean man carried Mommy away." Then the line went dead. In the tranquil region of southeast South Dakota, word of the young mother who was brazenly abducted from her home in broad daylight shocked... Read more

Murder in Little Egypt

By: Darcy O'Brien

Narrated by: Perry Daniels

Length: 13 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

New York Times Bestseller: The "fascinating" true story of John Dale Cavaness, a much-admired Illinois doctor—and the cold-blooded killer of his own son. (The Washington Post).



Fusing the narrative power of an award-winning novelist and the detailed research of an experienced investigator, author Darcy O'Brien unfolds the story of Dr. John Dale... Read more

The Kidnap Years

By: David Stout

Narrated by: Teri Schnaubelt

Length: 11 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

The Great Depression was a time of desperation in America—parents struggled to feed their children and unemployment was at a record high. Adding to the lawlessness of the decade, thugs with submachine guns and corrupt law-enforcement officers ran rampant. But amidst this panic, there was one sure-fire way to make money, one used by criminals and... Read more

Not a Gentleman's Work

By: Gerard Koeppel

Narrated by: Daniel Thomas May

Length: 6 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

The true story of the most notorious crime in American nautical history -- a uniquely grotesque triple murder -- and the long journey to truth.
The Herbert Fuller, a three-masted sailing ship loaded with New England lumber, left Boston bound for Buenos Aires on July 8, 1896 with twelve people on board: captain and owner Charles Nash, his wife and... Read more

Look at Me!

By: Jonathan Reiss

Narrated by: Jonathan Reiss

Length: 10 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

A compelling biography of SoundCloud sensation and rising star XXXTENTACION -- from his candid songwriting and connection with fans to his tragic death.

At the age of twenty, rapper Jahseh Dwayne Onfroy-aka XXXTENTACION-was gunned down during an attempted robbery on the streets of Deerfield Beach, Florida, mere months after signing a $10 million... Read more

True Crime Case Histories - Volume 4

By: Jason Neal

Narrated by: Steven Rostance

Length: 4 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

12 True Crime Stories of Murder & MayhemReaders Love This Series - Over 7,000 Five-Star RatingsFourth Book of the True Crime Case Histories Series (2020)A sampling of the additional stories includes:The Broomstick Killer: The Texas Penal System failed to protect the people of Texas by releasing a brutal killer of three teenagers. As a... Read more

To hell and back - A Policewoman's story

By: Carolyn Pethick

Narrated by: Molly Pethick

Length: 4 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Carolyn Pethick joins the police academy at the age of 21, having always wanted to be a police officer her whole life. She completes her training and does well, and is then assigned to the Victoria Police Station. Here she soon finds out, as a woman, the other police officers, the men, are not eager to work with her.
She is sent back and further... Read more

A Convenient Death

By: Alana Goodman & Daniel Halper

Narrated by: Maggi-Meg Reed

Length: 6 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Who killed Jeffrey Epstein? Two journalists look for answers. A must-read for fans of the Netflix docuseries Filthy Rich.

In A Convenient Death, investigative reporters Alana Goodman and Daniel Halper search for the truth of what really happened to Jeffrey Epstein. With access to Epstein's victims and lawyers, to doctors, Wall Street insiders and... Read more

Bad

By: Dylan Howard

Narrated by: David Linski

Length: 9 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

He was the King of Pop, a superstar without equal, the idol of millions of young people around the world. But was Michael Jackson also a sexual predator without equal, someone who preyed on the very fans who adored him?Bad is the revelatory untold true story of the strange and larger-than-life career of Michael Jackson, the King of Pop. In the... Read more