On Secret Service: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

On Secret Service, credited to William Nelson Taft, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of On Secret Service by William Nelson Taft. Read in English by Roger Melin Detective-Mystery stories based on real cases solved by government agents. Created initially in 1865, the U.S. Secret Service continued to expand over the years, particularly following the assassination of President McKinley in 1901. The episodes in this compilation are comprised of authentic stories, dramatized, while remaining true to the actual incidences. - Summary by Roger Melin

Recording facts

• Recording title: On Secret Service
• Author credits: William Nelson Taft
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 24
• Listed recording duration: 12:27:29

Catalogue topics

• government
• fbi
• true stories
• secret service
• cases

Track guide

1. 01 - A Flash in the Night — 28:48
2. 02 - The Mint Mystery — 26:19
3. 03 - The Ypiranga Case — 29:46
4. 04 - The Clue on Shelf 45 — 31:15
5. 05 - Phyllis Dodge - Smuggler Extraordinary — 33:28
6. 06 - A Matter of Record — 31:03
7. 07 - The Secret Still — 32:56
8. 08 - The Taxicab Tangle — 32:22
9. 09 - A Match for the Government — 32:14
10. 10 - The Girl at the Switchboard — 33:37
11. 11 - 'Lost - $100,000!' — 32:03
12. 12 - 'The Double Code' — 34:46
13. 13 - The Trail of the White Mice — 30:31
14. 14 - Wah Lee and the Flower of Heaven — 30:42
15. 15 - The Man With Three Wives — 31:11
16. 16 - After Seven Years — 29:13
17. 17 - The Poison-Pen Puzzle — 31:02
18. 18 - Thirty Thousand Yards of Silk — 29:36
19. 19 - The Clue in the Classified Column — 30:52
20. 20 - In the Shadow of the Capitol — 30:31
21. 21 - A Million-Dollar Quarter — 30:30
22. 22 - — 30:36
23. 23 - The Case of Mrs. Armitage — 31:53
24. 24 - Five Inches of Death — 32:10

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