Strange Crime: Oddball Crimes, Capers, Plots, Laws, and More

Strange Series #3

by Portable Press, Sophie Hogarth (Illustrator)

These oddball stories about real-life crimes will make you shake your head.

Loaded with dozens of entertaining and amusing articles about actual crimes, this latest book from Portable Press will definitely leave you scratching your head. Dumb crooks, celebrities gone bad, unsolved mysteries, odd laws, and more—Strange Crime has plenty of stories that will make you ask yourself, “What could they possibly have been thinking?” This easily portable paperback book is ideal for readers on the go. Take it to school, to work, to jury duty!
 

Genres: Nonfiction, True Crime, Humor, Ebooks, History

511 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 5, 2018

Reviews

[James Crawford · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a really neat book which, at times, can be quite amusing. It also includes a lot of things where the crooks are intellectually deficient. To put it mildly.

There are also some rather famous cases here including what happened to the Mary Celeste. The one theory they don't have is that there were fumes from the barrels of alcohol that made the people on the boat worried there would be an explosion. They got on lifeboat and attached it to the ship but at a distance, planning to return when they thought it was safe. Something went wrong, the connection broke and they ending up without the ship and they died.

It also talks about the Lizzie Borden case, the disappearance of Jude Crater, a woman who was murdered and her body literally cut in half and a wide variety of other topics.

I really liked the book.

[Luna Chan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some interesting tidbits but not as good as Uncle John's True Crime also by Portable Press or The Stupid Crook Book by Leland Gregory. While those two had me not wanting to put them down (and eager to pick them back up when I managed to drag myself away) this one only managed to catch my full attention every now and then. And unlike the other two mentioned book I didn't feel the need to show a bunch of the stories to everyone.

[Nav · Rating 3 out of 5]

There was quite a lot of funny information to be had and you should have at least two fun facts you'll want to share after reading this. Rather than "Strange Crime", this might be better titled "Strangely Stupid Criminals ft. the Occasionally Interesting but Not as Stupid Crime".

[Nazareth · Rating 5 out of 5]

I know it’s taken me a long time to read through this.
However, that’s only because I kept wanting to read all the stories to at least one other person, and there was nobody to read to.
But, the stories in this book are what make this book awesome!

[Jessica · Rating 5 out of 5]

So very informative and humorous it should be a crime to read.

[Hope Diamond · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lol

Some of these stories had me laughing. I loved reading this book and I would recommend it to all crime loving people out there.

[Raymond · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun book filled with interesting tidbits about crimes, criminals, and laws.

[Sophia Young · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fun read to pass the time.

[Goe · Rating 4 out of 5]

There are definitely some amusing tidbits within these pages. Certainly pieces of conversation starters to share with others.

[Felicia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun read full of wild, crazy & interesting true crime facts!

[Karen April Vantangoli · Rating 3 out of 5]

meh

Merely average. Lacks the flow of other Portable Press titles.

It’s OKAY, but not the best read in the world.