Percy Lefroy Mapleton - The Railway murderer | Victorian True Crime | Macabre LondonA body found in a railway tunnel spark concern after a young man is found covered in blood on the same train. Did he murder the man found? Or was it just a case of wrong place, wrong time? Concerned for his life, the suspect fled the scene and a pioneering form of forensic science was used to track him down.

This time on Macabre London, we’re uncovering the story of The Murder on The London To Brighton Express

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Music—————————-Theme music by Mattia CulpelliSources-------------------------London Evening Standard - Tuesday 28 June 1881London Evening Standard - Wednesday 29 June 1881Survivor's Tales of Famous Crimes (London: cassell and Company, 1916), Pages 118-134http://www.victoriana.com/Fashion/victorianclothing/howtodressvictorianman.htmlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merstham_tunnelshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balcombe_tunnelhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallington,_LondonBolton Evening News - Friday 01 July 1881Croydon Guardian and Surrey County Gazette - S... Get bonus content on Patreon

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