The First Convicted Train Murderer

History Daily · Jul 9, 2026 · 16:25

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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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