History Daily

The First Convicted Train Murderer

July 9 · 16 min · Episode 1445
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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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