The 1980 film "Murder by Decree" tells the story of the first murder on a train, which occurs in July 1864. Elderly banker Thomas Briggs is found dying on the railway lines near Hackney, having been hit on the head, robbed, and thrown from the carriage. The murder sparks national panic about the safety of rail travel.
Murder on the Victorian Railway
The true crime documentary "Murder on the Rails" tells the chilling story of Thomas Briggs, an elderly banker whose life was brutally cut short when his body was discovered on a railway line in Hackney in July 1864.
