Webfinds: Murder!

Murder most horrible -- read all about it in these digital exhibitions and collections of murder confessions, speeches and pamphlets.

• Dying Speeches and Bloody Murders: Crime Broadsides in the Collection of the Harvard Law Library - Digitized collection of more than 500 English broadsides dating from 1707 and 1891.


• "True Crime" Murder Pamphlets in the Collection of the National Library of Medicine - Collection of 36 pamphlets covering notorious British and American homicides such as the murder of Dr. George Parkman in 1849.


• New York State Historical Association Murder Pamphlet Collection - More than 100 pamphlets detailing 18th and 19th century killings including the murder of Helen Jewett.


• Old Bailey Online - Information on more than 197,000 criminal trials held at London's central criminal court between 1674 and 1913.

For more on murder and crime check out these two treasures in the library: The Police Gazette, 1828- 1900 on microfilm and The National Police Gazette, 1845-1906, part of American Periodicals Series Online.