In 1864, the body of a wealthy banker was discovered on the tracks the death of Thomas Briggs was no accident - it was the first murder on a British railway.
Percy Lefroy Mapleton was a talented young writer. But he was also a liar, a thief and a fantasist.
In 1895, Detective Sergeant Robert Kidd was murdered, and convicting his killers required one gang member to confess.
In 1910, the city of Newcastle was transfixed by a murder trial. A clerk had been killed on a train and his wages bag stolen with hundreds of pounds inside.
Jimmy Alcott was a troubled young man. But would Alcott escape the noose a second time?
In 1957, Countess Teresa Lubienska was murdered at Gloucester Road station; her killer remains unidentified.
Nicholas Day
Narrator
