The Railway Murders
Travel back in time to the most shocking and surprising murder cases in history. The railways transformed Britain, and while they changed the way we lived forever, this technological revolution offered new opportunities for the oldest of crimes. Enter the worlds of the killers as we see how police ingenuity and early forensics helped bring them to justice.
Travel back in time to the most shocking and surprising murder cases in history. The railways transformed Britain, and while they changed the way we lived forever, this technological revolution offered new opportunities for the oldest of crimes. Enter the worlds of the killers as we see how police ingenuity and early forensics helped bring them to justice.
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