Railway Murders is a documentary series narrated by Nicholas Day. It debuted in May 2021 on Yesterday. In September 2021 it was broadcast on ZDFinfo. Regular contributors include Donald Rumbelow, Judith Rowbotham and Alan Moss. The subject is murders during the History of rail transport in Great Britain 1830–1922.
Episode list Series 1 Episode Date Title Description1May 2, 2021The First Railway MurdererIn 1864, the body of wealthy banker Thomas Briggs is found on the tracks between Bow and Hackney Wick stations in London—the first murder on a British railway.2May 2, 2021The Body in the TunnelIn 1881, young writer Percy Lefroy Mapleton becomes fixated on a stage actress Violet Cameron and is driven to a violent crime.3May 2, 2021The Police KillerShedding light on the murder of Detective Sergeant Robert Kidd, London & North Western Railway Police in September 1895, the first time a railway police officer was murdered in the line of duty.4May 2, 2021The Newcastle Train MurderIn 1910, the city of Newcastle becomes transfixed by the murder trial of John Dickman, accused of murdering a train clerk and stealing his wages.5May 2, 2021The GuardsmanThe story of Jimmy Alcott, a troubled young man who, in 1952, staked out a railway station and plotted a theft that would end in murder.6May 2, 2021Death on the UndergroundThe unsolved mystery of an elderly Polish countess traveling home from a party who was stabbed to death at Gloucester Road tube station in May 1957.
See also History of rail transport in Great Britain
References
External links 3dd Productions