Dyke Darrel the Railroad Detective - Or, The Crime of the Midnight Express
A. Frank Pinkerton
Play
Length 4 h 6 min
Chapters 29
First published 1886
Dyke Darrel investigates an audacious train robbery that included the murder of a friend, and embarks on a man-hunt. High Victorian serial melodrama at its best! (Summary by Sibella Denton).
Chapters
1
01 - A Startling Crime Read by Sibella Denton 7:56
2
02 - Dyke Darrel's Trick Read by Sibella Denton 9:07
3
03 - Professor Darlington Ruggles Read by Sibella Denton 6:20
4
04 - Scalped Read by Sibella Denton 8:34
5
05 - Elliston's Rebuff Read by Sibella Denton 8:54
6
06 - Dyke Darrel's Danger Read by Sibella Denton 7:01
7
07 - What a Hankerchief Revealed Read by Sibella Denton 8:34
8
08 - A Plunge to Death Read by Sibella Denton 6:27
9
09 - Words that Startle Read by Sibella Denton 9:44
10
10 - Black Hollow Read by Sibella Denton 7:38
11
11 - Poor Sybil Read by Sibella Denton 8:49
12
12 - A Burning Trap Read by Sibella Denton 7:50
13
13 - A Sad Fate Read by Sibella Denton 8:05
14
14 - Dyke Darrel Astounded Read by Sibella Denton 8:08
15
15 - A Baffled Villian Read by Sibella Denton 10:52
16
16 - Nell Missing Read by Sibella Denton 7:08
17
17 - Nell in the Toils Read by Sibella Denton 6:43
18
18 - Beaten Back Read by Sibella Denton 8:58
19
19 - The Detective Fooled Read by Sibella Denton 10:06
20
20 - Overmatched by a Girl Read by Sibella Denton 5:00
21
21 - A Bout In the Cellar Read by Sibella Denton 10:16
22
22 - The Empty Seat Read by Sibella Denton 11:15
23
23 - Dyke Darrel on the Trail Read by Sibella Denton 9:05
24
24 - A Race for Life Read by Sibella Denton 8:35
25
25 - Saved Read by Sibella Denton 8:20
26
26 - The Mysterious Wart Read by Sibella Denton 9:48
27
27 - The Story of a Wart Read by Sibella Denton 6:49
28
28 - The Revelations of a Satchel Read by Sibella Denton 7:52
29
29 - Retribution Read by Sibella Denton 11:38
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