Stratagems and Conspiracies to Defraud Life Insurance Companies: An Authentic Record of Remarkable Cases
Charles C. Bombaugh , John B. Lewis
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Length 32 h 30 min
Chapters 92
First published 1896
A thorough treatise on different ways people have tried to defraud life insurance companies, with many entertaining examples.
The present . . . volume is . . . commended as a trustworthy record to those for whose use and reference it is primarily intended—life insurance companies and agents, medical examiners, insurance lawyers, and medico-legal experts. . . . [It] is not confined to the exposure of the cunning contrivances and artifices of this class of schemers and plotters; it includes picturesque views of detection and punishment; of the determined efforts of the companies, at whatever cost, to run them down; of the machinery of courts of justice; of the gloom of the prison cell; of the dark outlines of the scaffold. The cases in this book are for the most part more suggestive or instructive to detective agencies than to conspirators. . . . These narratives also show that no community has a monopoly of the piratical adventurers who thus prey upon beneficent institutions. They are of all nationalities as well as of both sexes, and everywhere alike "to no code or creed confined." - Summary by TriciaG and from the Preface
Chapters
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Preface Read by Availle 5:39
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Pretended Death, Part 2: Forged Certification Read by mleigh 39:08
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Pretended Death, Part 3: False Personation of Applicant Read by mleigh 20:53
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Pretended Death, Part 4: Fictitious Substitution Read by mleigh 30:50
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Pretended Death, Part 5 Read by mleigh 17:50
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Speculative Insurance: Part 1: Gambling Read by Larry Wilson 13:17
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Speculative Insurance, Part 2: The Pennsylvania Graveyard Epidemic Read by Availle 17:26
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Speculative Insurance, Part 3: The Pennsylvania Graveyard Epidemic, cont'd Read by Availle 15:33
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Speculative Insurance, Part 4: The Belfast Scandal Read by Anna Goss 32:03
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Speculative Insurance, Part 5: The Blackburn Gamblers Read by Doyle Sanders 10:24
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Mysterious Disappearances, Part 1: Inferences and Presumptions of Death Read by Veronica Maresh Mead 22:53
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Mysterious Disappearances, Part 2 Read by Piotr Nater 12:30
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Mysterious Disappearances, Part 3 Read by Piotr Nater 21:12
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Mysterious Disappearances, Part 4: A Savannah River Case Read by Piotr Nater 29:15
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Mysterious Disappearances, Part 5: Charles and Martha Read by Craig Abbott 37:03
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Mysterious Disappearances, Part 6 Read by Beau Wood 27:05
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Mysterious Disappearances, Part 7 Read by Tom Milliken 14:40
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Mysterious Disappearances, Part 8 Read by Beau Wood 33:08
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Mysterious Disappearances, Part 9: Monotonous Reptition of the Drowning Trick Read by czandra 13:44
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Mysterious Disappearances, Part 10: A Welsh Deserter Read by Ann Boulais 9:48
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Mysterious Disappearances, Part 11: The Burning in Place of the Drowning Trick Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) 25:15
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Mysterious Disappearances, Part 12: The Mariano Rubio Case Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) 19:30
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Mysterious Disappearances, Part 13: The Hillmon Concealment Read by Beau Wood 27:26
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Homicide, Part 1: Poisoning and More Violent Forms of Assassination Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) 31:53
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Homicide, Part 2: The Goss-Udderzook Tragedy, part 1 Read by TriciaG 23:18
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Homicide, Part 3: The Goss-Udderzook Tragedy, part 2 Read by TriciaG 26:15
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Homicide, Part 4: The Goss-Udderzook Tragedy, part 3 Read by TriciaG 21:12
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Homicide, Part 5: The Goss-Udderzook Tragedy, part 4 Read by TriciaG 21:04
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Homicide, Part 6: The Goss-Udderzook Tragedy, part 5 Read by TriciaG 22:01
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Homicide, Part 7: The Goss-Udderzook Tragedy, part 6 Read by TriciaG 16:33
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Homicide, Part 8: The Goss-Udderzook Tragedy, part 7 Read by TriciaG 23:32
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Homicide, Part 9: The Goss-Udderzook Tragedy, part 8 Read by TriciaG 20:19
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Homicide, Part 10: The Goss-Udderzook Tragedy, part 9 Read by TriciaG 17:22
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Homicide, Part 11: The Goss-Udderzook Tragedy, part 10 Read by TriciaG 21:20
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Homicide, Part 12: The Goss-Udderzook Tragedy, part 11 Read by TriciaG 20:35
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Homicide, Part 13: The Goss-Udderzook Tragedy, part 12 Read by TriciaG 21:51
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Homicide, Part 14: The Goss-Udderzook Tragedy, part 13 Read by TriciaG 19:01
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Homicide, Part 15: The Goss-Udderzook Tragedy, part 14 Read by TriciaG 19:50
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Homicide, Part 16: The Goss-Udderzook Tragedy, part 15 Read by TriciaG 20:03
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Homicide, Part 17: The Goss-Udderzook Tragedy, part 16 Read by TriciaG 23:05
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Homicide, Part 18: The Goss-Udderzook Tragedy, part 17 Read by TriciaG 22:39
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Homicide, Part 19: The Goss-Udderzook Tragedy, part 18 Read by TriciaG 24:44
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Homicide, Part 20: The Goss-Udderzook Tragedy, part 19 Read by TriciaG 25:38
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Homicide, Part 21: The Goss-Udderzook Tragedy, part 20 Read by TriciaG 29:25
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Homicide, Part 22: Angie Stewart, the Murdered Child, part 1 Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) 20:47
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Homicide, Part 23: Angie Stewart, the Murdered Child, part 2 Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) 21:04
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Homicide, Part 24: Angie Stewart, the Murdered Child, part 3 Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) 19:49
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Homicide, Part 25: The Brantley-Eskridge Romance, part 1 Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) 22:05
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Homicide, Part 26: The Brantley-Eskridge Romance, part 2 Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) 22:44
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Homicide, Part 27: The Brantley-Eskridge Romance, part 3 Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) 15:42
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Homicide, Part 28: The Brantley-Eskridge Romance, part 4 Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) 21:28
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Homicide, Part 29: The Brantley-Eskridge Romance, part 5 Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) 27:40
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Homicide, Part 30: The Hunter-Armstrong Tragedy Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) 32:55
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Homicide, Part 31: Meyer, with Many Aliases, part 1 Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) 23:55
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Homicide, Part 32: Meyer, with Many Aliases, part 2 Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) 25:10
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Homicide, Part 33: The Hendryx Case Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) 15:36
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Homicide, Part 34: The Professor West Infamy Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) 21:51
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Homicide, Part 35: The Wichita Outlaws, Winner and McNutt; Count Pommerais and Madame Pauw Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) 19:30
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Homicide, Part 36: The Hartung Crime Read by KevinS 12:16
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Homicide, Part 37: Katherine Ging, the Dupe and Victim of Harry Hayward Read by JRempel 29:57
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Homicide, Part 38: The Monster Holmes, part 1 Read by Ciufi Galeazzi 26:05
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Homicide, Part 39: The Monster Holmes, part 2 Read by Ciufi Galeazzi 27:43
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Homicide, Part 40: A Dramatic California Incident Read by Greg Giordano 11:08
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Homicide, Part 41: A French Wife Destroyer; An Austrian Triple Wife Murder; A Sensational Poisoning Case in Prussia Read by Greg Giordano 15:32
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Female Poisoners, Part 1: The Belgian Poisoner, Madame Joniaux Read by Ciufi Galeazzi 12:47
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Female Poisoners, Part 2: A Famous Kansas Matricide Read by Ciufi Galeazzi 19:04
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Female Poisoners, Part 3 Read by Ciufi Galeazzi 13:39
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Female Poisoners, Part 4 Read by Ciufi Galeazzi 14:58
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Suicide, Part 1 Read by Larry Wilson 8:22
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Suicide, Part 2: Colvocoresses, part 1 Read by TriciaG 26:24
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Suicide, Part 3: Colvocoresses, part 2 Read by TriciaG 29:57
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Suicide, Part 4: The Monroe Snyder Case, part 1 Read by Tatiana Chichilla 16:19
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Suicide, Part 5: The Monroe Snyder Case, part 2 Read by Tatiana Chichilla 16:47
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Suicide, Part 6: The Monroe Snyder Case, part 3 Read by Tatiana Chichilla 19:43
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Suicide, Part 7: Jacob C. Wallis, part 1 Read by Greg Giordano 17:56
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Suicide, Part 8: Jacob C. Wallis, part 2 Read by Greg Giordano 18:09
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Suicide, Part 9: A Hungarian Nobleman's Strategem; The Runk Case in Philadelphia, part 1 Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) 24:03
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Suicide, Part 10: The Runk Case in Philadelphia, part 2 Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) 31:04
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Problematical Cases, Part 1: Walton Dwight, part 1 Read by Veronica Maresh Mead 20:15
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Problematical Cases, Part 2: Walton Dwight, part 2 Read by Veronica Maresh Mead 13:31
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Problematical Cases, Part 3: Walton Dwight, part 3 Read by Veronica Maresh Mead 19:10
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Problematical Cases, Part 4: The Ardlamont Mystery, part 1 Read by Ciufi Galeazzi 19:14
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Problematical Cases, Part 5: The Ardlamont Mystery, part 2 Read by Ciufi Galeazzi 23:18
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Problematical Cases, Part 6: The Wackerle Puzzle, part 1 Read by Piotr Nater 17:03
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Problematical Cases, Part 7: The Wackerle Puzzle, part 2 Read by Piotr Nater 14:41
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Problematical Cases, Part 8: The Wackerle Puzzle, part 3 Read by Piotr Nater 17:02
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Problematical Cases, Part 9: The Wackerle Puzzle, part 4 Read by Piotr Nater 17:56
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Problematical Cases, Part 10: The Maybrick Case Read by Piotr Nater 17:57
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Problematical Cases, Part 11: The Austin Disappearance Read by BrandonB 18:31
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Problematical Cases, Part 12: A Question of Identity; Mistaken Identity Read by BettyB 21:17
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Self-Mutilation in Accident Insurance, Part 1 Read by Paul Hampton 16:20
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Self-Mutilation in Accident Insurance, Part 2 Read by Paul Hampton 16:38
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