Victorian England's Most Gruesome Railway Murders

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  • Опубліковано 21 гру 2024

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  • @CleopatraLives
    @CleopatraLives 17 днів тому +27

    As a law student with a background in history, I continue to be awed by how recent the ideal of being innocent until proven guilty truely is and the incredibly uneven playing field traditionally faced by the defense.

  • @foo219
    @foo219 Місяць тому +93

    They want to get PAID for the privilege of working in a coal mine? How DARE they!?

  • @silverhooligan1256
    @silverhooligan1256 Місяць тому +252

    The irony is, then it was the cheapest and fastest, and now it’s the most expensive and slowest. :(

    • @joanfourie1753
      @joanfourie1753 Місяць тому +7

      😂😂

    • @JeantheSecond-ip7qm
      @JeantheSecond-ip7qm Місяць тому +28

      That’s not ironic. That’s generally how technological advancements work.

    • @aruvielevenstar3944
      @aruvielevenstar3944 Місяць тому +24

      And in the countryside non existent anymore, I live in a small village in the Netherlands and no train or even a bus. In the 1920’s thee was a steam train, now you can’t go anywhere without a bike or a car.

    • @navaneelghosh1559
      @navaneelghosh1559 Місяць тому +36

      only in europe !! in Asia , it is still the cheapest and fastest !!! ur continent just stopped investing in trains

    • @Napolean46
      @Napolean46 Місяць тому

      True ​@@navaneelghosh1559

  • @Admiral.Buttercup
    @Admiral.Buttercup Місяць тому +50

    Like watching Murder Maps again - wonderful upload!

    • @flayful
      @flayful 7 днів тому

      +1 🙌🏻

  • @TenmasSchoolOfThought
    @TenmasSchoolOfThought Місяць тому +16

    I visited a Canadian 1800s train couple years ago at the Pier in Halifax. There were warnings to single women and tips for traveling alone safely in every car.

  • @aruvielevenstar3944
    @aruvielevenstar3944 Місяць тому +72

    I always naively thought traveling by train in the Victorian age was much safer than nowadays, because people were more decent and polite. I didn’t think about the criminals and villains who existed in every era.

    • @kimberlym5988
      @kimberlym5988 Місяць тому +26

      People are and have always been people. Only technology is different.

    • @redwithmayonnaise2496
      @redwithmayonnaise2496 Місяць тому +9

      Even if it doesn't seem like it, today is safer than it was centuries, or even decades ago

    • @cyn1clcynide
      @cyn1clcynide 24 дні тому +8

      ​@@redwithmayonnaise2496 it only seems more because it's easier to report and document crimes. Simultaneously technology has made it far easier to solve and detect crimes

    • @MakerInMotion
      @MakerInMotion 22 дні тому +1

      It depends on the city I think. A Victorian train was probably safer than the New York City subway. A person with a dangerous mental illness can hop turnstiles and ride the subway for free all day. Victorians had to buy a ticket.

    • @valathor95
      @valathor95 18 днів тому +4

      I think you may have some rose glasses about the Victorian age. Those “decent and polite” people were the ones enforcing child labor.

  • @Zeldafan1ify
    @Zeldafan1ify Місяць тому +33

    corporate greed in the end destroyed the lives of so many families, even going as far as the detective's family, who wouldn't have had to bury him if the miners weren't pushed to the brink of theft in the first place

    • @prevost8686
      @prevost8686 Місяць тому +1

      I suppose “corporate greed” is the latest trendy thing to rail against. I guess it makes individual greed seem somewhat more wholesome.😂

    • @Zeldafan1ify
      @Zeldafan1ify Місяць тому +11

      @@prevost8686 it wouldn't be a trend if it wasn't actually real. Oh how greedy of miners for not having liveable wages to feed their families, thanks to corporations. Is that "wholesome" enough for you? 🙄

    • @prevost8686
      @prevost8686 Місяць тому

      @ Greed infects all of humanity from the poor man living day by day to the corporate elites who run companies. One is no worse than the other. It’s just so fashionable to rail against corporate greed these days. Easy soft targets I suppose.

    • @cyn1clcynide
      @cyn1clcynide 25 днів тому +1

      ​@@prevost8686man thinks he actually made a point😂

    • @pauladee6937
      @pauladee6937 11 днів тому +2

      @@Zeldafan1ify isn't it getting interstesting how these antagonists have begun interjecting crappy statements?

  • @leanneblake4248
    @leanneblake4248 Місяць тому +38

    Thank you . Excellent . Nickolas Day and Prof. Judith Rowbotham are wonderful to listen to. ❤

  • @LoveAhiru
    @LoveAhiru Місяць тому +90

    Honestly the fact that cops incompetence may be the main reasons why so many murders went unsolved.

    • @BB-uo1qy
      @BB-uo1qy Місяць тому +8

      Still is

    • @wenthulk8439
      @wenthulk8439 Місяць тому +5

      Could you do any better?

    • @firecracker187
      @firecracker187 Місяць тому +3

      This was the beginning of what now is called law enforcement.
      Not incompetent.

    • @dpm2515
      @dpm2515 Місяць тому

      ​@firecracker187 They literally had no tools whatsoever.... It's like a twenty first century surgeon criticizing a surgeons process/operation in 1895 with zero recognition of context... the lack of self awareness with comments that 100 yrs ago police are incompetent. Is a sign of low IQ cognitive fuction/reasoning

    • @wolverineeagle
      @wolverineeagle Місяць тому +4

      Solving crimes is really difficult.

  • @Stephanie-kh6nx
    @Stephanie-kh6nx 5 днів тому +1

    I would love to see more of these type of videos! They are amazing to hear about especially when comparing the way such cases were handled compared today.

  • @wenthulk8439
    @wenthulk8439 Місяць тому +16

    This is very murder on the orient express esque

  • @ИринаМ-ю1е
    @ИринаМ-ю1е Місяць тому +33

    Poor desperate miners, having to resort to stealing( We today can barely imagine the sheer hardship of living such a life. That doesn't condone murder, still, but, on the whole, the Empire rose on the backs of such people, crushing them in the process.

    • @JeantheSecond-ip7qm
      @JeantheSecond-ip7qm Місяць тому

      It’s appalling how much abject, grinding poverty existed in England while vasts amounts of wealth was flowing in from their empire. While the coal miners were getting wage cuts, I wonder how much wealth the coal mine owners had. What a messed up society all around. Too bad there are similarities to today’s society. At least we have social programs that aren’t work houses.
      I don’t understand why the guy or guys killed the cop, though. Seems like they could have run away.

  • @totallynotmarcie
    @totallynotmarcie 2 дні тому +1

    loved listening to this fascinating compilation at work. thank you!!!

  • @fandangofandango2022
    @fandangofandango2022 Місяць тому +15

    Always Wonder who does all the Great Drawings.

  • @DarkDarkly
    @DarkDarkly Місяць тому +11

    Awesome video!

  • @iammyriad71
    @iammyriad71 Місяць тому +3

    What a great show!❤❤❤

  • @kelliv2995
    @kelliv2995 Місяць тому +6

    Excellent Upload ❤

  • @terryjohnson5579
    @terryjohnson5579 Місяць тому +9

    Am I the only one think it's weird we've had multiple people shot to get a young starlet attention. Even Reagan was shot to get Jodi Foster attention. And this second case covered here. Obviously not blaming these young women I just think it's weird.

  • @ThroneOfBhaal
    @ThroneOfBhaal Місяць тому +15

    Besides Myths and Monsters, are there any other shows narrated by Nicholas Day?

    • @Bitsy2019
      @Bitsy2019 Місяць тому +8

      Murder Maps. Very similar to this format. I highly recommend them and you can find most of them on UA-cam.

    • @RavynAngelDarck
      @RavynAngelDarck Місяць тому +2

      ​@@Bitsy2019it's a fantastic show!!! Excellent recommendation!!!

    • @Zineeta
      @Zineeta 19 днів тому

      @@Bitsy2019 Loved murder maps!

  • @MatthewAlan1484
    @MatthewAlan1484 Місяць тому +4

    Great video. Very intriguing.

  • @Kamy_ann
    @Kamy_ann Місяць тому +8

    Love this!

  • @chairmanofthebored8684
    @chairmanofthebored8684 24 дні тому +4

    But wasn't Thomas Brigg's watch exchanged at a pawnshop? How was it later found in Franz Muller's luggage, allegedly identifying him as the murderer? That should have acquitted Franz.

    • @estherdail1334
      @estherdail1334 17 днів тому +3

      Franz pawned the watch chain, he kept the watch.

  • @ThroneOfBhaal
    @ThroneOfBhaal Місяць тому +6

    Christ, the past was the worst.

  • @lorie76yt
    @lorie76yt 26 днів тому +1

    I really enjoyed this 👍🏻

  • @junestanich7888
    @junestanich7888 8 днів тому

    Love the history in these stories

  • @valathor95
    @valathor95 18 днів тому +2

    He wasn’t wearing a hat, and that’s sus. Oh and he’s covered in blood, but the lack of a hat is really what gave it away.

  • @TomTubesYou
    @TomTubesYou 22 дні тому +4

    1:07:53 a long and successful career as a WHAT

  • @dorotalipa9468
    @dorotalipa9468 Місяць тому +2

    Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @lisaalane7694
    @lisaalane7694 Місяць тому +4

    These were I think originally done on Murder Maps.

  • @MrCHO500
    @MrCHO500 Місяць тому +8

    Amazing video

  • @GOLDVIOLINbowofdeath
    @GOLDVIOLINbowofdeath 12 днів тому

    Never confuse speculation with history

  • @lovepet4565
    @lovepet4565 Місяць тому +21

    I love love the Victorian age, as an English literature graduate 🧑‍🎓. Ive studied it extensively, read The Forsyth Saga..( highly recommend)
    I think i would have loved to live then
    As of course a Bankers daughter as I was in the 1960s!
    Lol
    But the clothing, the natural world, the ways
    Id love to see Charles Dickens perform on stage his stories
    Visit the pharmacy ;)

  • @AnnaAnna-uc2ff
    @AnnaAnna-uc2ff Місяць тому +3

    Thanks.

  • @Rebel9668
    @Rebel9668 2 дні тому

    In the opening sequence, when the narrator talks about the oldest of crimes, murder was not my first thought, lol.

  • @Saiya4779
    @Saiya4779 4 дні тому

    As a Texan, Britain seems so tiny that it is hard to imagine why any of them wanted loud and polluting trains all over the place.

  • @kylesargert3336
    @kylesargert3336 15 днів тому

    I love British history, of all kinds. I want to visit England one day. Your our parents. Wish you well Brits. Kyle from America

  • @cathatherine
    @cathatherine Місяць тому +4

    I’m so happy. We’re back, baby!!! #NicholasDay

  • @DavidKoppana-iq8jr
    @DavidKoppana-iq8jr Місяць тому +1

    Second murder. Violet was a star who could not be eclipsed - extinguished-but not eclipsed.

  • @pvnnewman
    @pvnnewman 26 днів тому

    Thanks ✍️

  • @blakesbog
    @blakesbog 5 днів тому

    The classicism and proud view of imperialist history from some of these British historians is wild.

  • @Rebel9668
    @Rebel9668 2 дні тому

    It looks as though having those individual compartments on railway cars at the time would make it much easier to commit crimes in as opposed to an open seating arrangement where there are apt to be many more witnesses. Unless of course the compartment doors could be securely locked from the inside.

  • @DEVILTAZ35
    @DEVILTAZ35 22 дні тому

    The first one was a railway assault and he died of his injuries at home so it wasn’t a railway murder at all.
    I am fascinated for that time period the police did such excellent work though.

  • @MythologyDiscovery
    @MythologyDiscovery Місяць тому

    thanks

  • @jennodine
    @jennodine Місяць тому +2

    Rich people have always feared the poor

  • @justinfuller8803
    @justinfuller8803 Місяць тому +1

    With the Briggs murder, why is a foreign train shown as it certainly does not appear to be British,

  • @missfairyheart2763
    @missfairyheart2763 26 днів тому

    I find this very interesting

  • @LauraSnow-in3nx
    @LauraSnow-in3nx 24 дні тому

    That second story!
    That man always got by because oellle thought he was sick in some way.

  • @loditx7706
    @loditx7706 Місяць тому

    Well, it was the telegraph that notified police that Crippen was on board a ship bound for Canada. allowing detectives to reach Canada first. Crippen and his mistress, Ethel LeNeve(accomplice?)
    Were arrested on board and went straight back to England.

    • @loditx7706
      @loditx7706 Місяць тому

      I read once that when Queen Victoria rode a special exhibition train for herself and retinue, she became faint and overwrought at speeding along at the unheard of speed of 20 mph, not a success. Of course, she eventually acclimated, since a train to Balmoral with private sitting, sleeping, and dining cars were available to her, as well as cars for staff and servants. Much quicker and more comfortable for the frequent trips to Scotland for her and Albert.

  • @estherdail1334
    @estherdail1334 17 днів тому

    Who died, Kid or Osbourne? The narrator describes Kid as being on hands and knees, bleeding, but then says Osbourne collapsed and died.

    • @johannaholmgren8088
      @johannaholmgren8088 12 днів тому

      No, no. He just said he (Osborne) tried to help Kidd, but Kidd was so badly injured he could barely walk. Osborne collapsed, he didn't die, due to his own injuries.

  • @Thirza.
    @Thirza. Місяць тому

    Grinell & Company Shipping Line... Early version of RyanAir

  • @GOLDVIOLINbowofdeath
    @GOLDVIOLINbowofdeath 12 днів тому

    If you want to spot BS just ask yourself how could they possibly know this? Also why would he worry about paying off debts to strangers on a transatlantic voyage? How would they have found out that he paid off debts. For we know gambling was illegal so people don’t go telling the police and why were the police even be talking to these people? These people are not witnesses to anything and would not have been interviewed by the police

  • @jholt03
    @jholt03 17 днів тому +2

    Whoa!!! That professor Rowbotham sure is a specimen. I was half expecting to see Leia chained to her chair.

  • @kiri92azel
    @kiri92azel 29 днів тому

    her second outfit was so mutch beter :D

  • @KawaiiStars
    @KawaiiStars Місяць тому

    What image is the thumbnail from?

  • @horacehalt4216
    @horacehalt4216 Місяць тому +3

    It's the fact that bad men are allowed to carry weapons that cause incidents like this.

    • @holliechristie1770
      @holliechristie1770 Місяць тому +1

      Bad men always have and always will carry weapons whether they are allowed to or not. Legal restrictions have only ever affected the everyday law abiding citizen in preventing them from being able to defend themselves. I don’t agree with having to carry a weapon but the truth is women have always had to carry something whether legal or not as the police are inadequate in order to protect them. What’s worse do you think. A jail sentence if caught carrying or being raped, assaulted and murdered if not? Or at the very least damaging your assailant when being attacked. All Predators don’t like prey that fights back with equal vigour especially if they’re at risk of the damage they want to inflict upon others happening to them.

    • @shawnaweesner3759
      @shawnaweesner3759 26 днів тому +1

      It’s the police officer’s job to protect citizens of which women are a part.

  • @GOLDVIOLINbowofdeath
    @GOLDVIOLINbowofdeath 12 днів тому

    His gallow’s confession sounds like BS to me. who witnessed it? the cops

  • @gergemall
    @gergemall 26 днів тому

    I pay premium prices f9r no commercials . This is not right

  • @GOLDVIOLINbowofdeath
    @GOLDVIOLINbowofdeath 12 днів тому

    So called history experts calling a ship boat! LOL

  • @Moonberry711
    @Moonberry711 20 днів тому

    1:07:57

  • @wenthulk8439
    @wenthulk8439 Місяць тому +2

    I love steam locomotives. They are so cool.

  • @josejaimevidalrosales8660
    @josejaimevidalrosales8660 Місяць тому +3

    ❤❤

  • @lindseywray4389
    @lindseywray4389 Місяць тому +1

    Almost unwatchable for the amount of ads.

  • @thamirisoliveiramachado589
    @thamirisoliveiramachado589 19 днів тому

    Filthy rich people

  • @nigelhaywood9753
    @nigelhaywood9753 Місяць тому

    I was sure that this was Stephen Fry's voice...but, oh my God, who is that Indian-looking man with the hairy face?! 😄

    • @cyn1clcynide
      @cyn1clcynide 25 днів тому +2

      Cataracts at an early age are not a good thing Nigel

  • @lindamccarthy1344
    @lindamccarthy1344 22 дні тому

    Thomas Briggs is my ancestor by marriage. His son Thomas James Briggs marriage his second wife Isabella Lewis which is my direct line through her brother, my gg grandfather, Edward Lewis. My ancestry page is Lewis Family Ancestors. You'll see all the Briggs family details I have found so far.

  • @MB-nn3jw
    @MB-nn3jw 22 дні тому +1

    AD WARNINGS: DON’T WATCH, IT IS INFESTED WITH ADS EVERY COUPLE OF MINUTES. UNWATCHABLE.

  • @GOLDVIOLINbowofdeath
    @GOLDVIOLINbowofdeath 12 днів тому

    Absolutely not history, BS fluff

  • @spring626
    @spring626 16 днів тому

    I will say. The Train in the thumbnail isn't even english. Probably cus it's AI. there are plenty of photos of victorian english steam engines on Google and yall use AI?

  • @RosemaryWorthington
    @RosemaryWorthington 22 дні тому

    Boring

  • @studywithnewpassion8530
    @studywithnewpassion8530 Місяць тому

    Second

  • @kimmccabe1422
    @kimmccabe1422 Місяць тому

    Some men dont need a new form of transportation to assault or murder women. Sad fact. But it does take compassion, empathy and brains for cops to solve

  • @paul9478
    @paul9478 Місяць тому

    Who kiled them? Jock da riper

  • @melisakaya1409
    @melisakaya1409 Місяць тому +1

    fisttt

    • @Jebbie1976
      @Jebbie1976 Місяць тому +3

      Here's your cookie.🍪🙄