Railway Murders

1 season available

Investigating the most notorious murders ever to take place on the British railways; narrator Nicholas Day.
The First Railway Murderer
S1 E1

In 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.

The Body in the Tunnel
S1 E2

In 1881, young writer Percy Lefroy Mapleton becomes fixated on a stage actress and is driven to a violent crime.

The Police Killer
S1 E3

Shedding light on the first time a railway police officer was murdered in the line of duty.

The Newcastle Train Murder
S1 E4

In 1910, the city of Newcastle becomes transfixed by the murder trial of John Alexander Dickman, accused of murdering a train clerk and stealing his wages.

The Guardsman
S1 E5

The 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.

Death on the Underground
S1 E6

The 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.