The First Convicted Train Murderer

Episode 1445  ·  Jul 09, 07:00 AM
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July 9, 1864. Elderly bank clerk Thomas Briggs is robbed and fatally wounded on a London commuter train, becoming the victim of Britain’s first railway murder.

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