Railway Murders
2021– · U&Yesterday · 60 min · 1 season
S01E06 · Death on the Underground
Mon, 3 May, 1:00 am
In May 1957 an elderly Polish Countess was travelling home from a party when she was attacked at Gloucester Road Tube station.
About
Investigating the most notorious murders ever to take place on the British railways.
Nicholas Day narrates stories of the men who killed, of the police who hunted them, and of the victims, who were left behind.
From the files of Scotland Yard and the Railways Police, this is the history of blood on the tracks of Britain.
Episodes
- E01
The First Railway Murderer
Sun, 2 May· 60 minInvestigating the most notorious murders ever to take place on the British railways, beginning in 1864 when wealthy banker Thomas Briggs was the first murder victim on a British railway.
- E02
The Body In The Tunnel
Sun, 2 May· 60 minIn 1881 Percy Lefroy Mapleton, a talented young writer became fixated on a beautiful stage actress.
- E03
The Police Killer
Sun, 2 May· 60 minThe first time a railway police officer was murdered in the line of duty.
- E04
The Newcastle Train Murder
Sun, 2 May· 60 minIn 1910 the city of Newcastle was transfixed by a murder trial.
- E05
The Guardsman
Mon, 3 May· 60 minThe 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.
- E06
Death on the Underground
Mon, 3 May· 60 minIn May 1957 an elderly Polish Countess was travelling home from a party when she was attacked at Gloucester Road Tube station.
Cast
Nicholas Day
Narrator