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  1. “Alleged Murder on the Brighton Railway”. The Times. 6/28/1881. Page 10. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Zsug-2OuSPlXfGIcLAl0vvCgpzCMdvH5tayA3sTYmQw/edit. Accessed 1/13/2024.

  2. Cameron, Janet. Brighton and Hove: Murders & Misdemeanours. Gloucestershire: Amberley Publishing, 2013.

  3. Colquhoun, Kate. Mr Briggs’ Hat: A Sensational Account of Britain’s First Railway Murder. London: Little, Brown; 2011. 

  4. Colquhoun, Kate. Murder in the First-Class Carriage: The First Victorian Railway Killing. New York: The Overlook Press, 2011. Kindle Edition. 

  5. Colquhoun, Kate. “The Murder that Terrified Victorian Rail Commuters.” Express. 4/24/2011. https://www.express.co.uk/expressyourself/242660/The-murder-that-terrified-Victorian-rail-commuters.

  6. “Dr Hawley Crippen.” Perspective. February 3, 2023. https://perspectivemag.co.uk/reputations-dr-hawley-crippen/

  7. “Execution of Muller; His Confession”. Liverpool Daily Post. 11/15/1864. Page 5. https://www.newspapers.com/image/796337323/?terms=muller&match=1.

  8. “The First Railway Murder”. British Transport Police. https://www.btp.police.uk/police-forces/british-transport-police/areas/about-us/about-us/our-history/crime-history/first-railway-murder/.

  9. “The First Railway Murder in Britain.” British Transport Police History Group. https://www.btphg.org.uk/?page_id=3108.

  10. “Franz Müller: First Murder on a British Train and Origin of ‘Being Müllered.” Roman Road London. 9/14/2020. https://romanroadlondon.com/franz-muller-first-murder-on-a-british-train-and-origin-of-being-mullered/. Accessed 1/3/2024. 

  11. “Franz Muller. Killing; murder. 24th October 1864.” The Proceedings of the Old Bailey. https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/record/t18641024-920?text=muller.

    1. NOTE: this is the transcript of Muller’s trial. 

  12. History.com Editors. “Victorian Era Timeline”. History. 3/15/2019. Updated 8/11/2023. https://www.history.com/topics/19th-century/victorian-era-timeline. Accessed 12/20/23.

  13. Homer, Aaron. “How the Hunt for the 1881 Railway Murderer Changed Policing.” Grunge. 9/26/2022. https://www.grunge.com/1019688/how-the-hunt-for-the-1881-railway-murderer-changed-policing/.

  14. “Horrible and Atrocious Murder in a First-Class Carriage of a Train on the North London Railway”. The Standard. 7/11/1864. Page 6. https://www.newspapers.com/image/402143684/?terms=%22briggs%22&match=1.

  15. “Murder on the Brighton Railway”. The Standard. 6/28/1881. Page 5. https://www.newspapers.com/image/409753151/?terms=%22Brighton%20railway%22&match=1.

  16. “The Murder of Isaac Gold, 1881.” British Transport Police (BTP). https://www.btp.police.uk/police-forces/british-transport-police/areas/about-us/about-us/our-history/crime-history/murder-of-issac-gold/.

  17. Pullin, Daniel. “‘The Compartment Was Much Besplattered with Blood’: The Brighton Railway Murder”. The Gale Review. 3/3/2016. https://review.gale.com/2016/03/03/the-compartment-was-much-bespattered-with-blood-the-brighton-railway-murder/.

  18. “The Railway Tragedy. Search for Lefroy. Government and Railway Rewards.” The Daily Telegraph. 7/1/1881. Page 3. https://www.newspapers.com/image/818691828/?terms=%22Percy%20mapleton%22&match=1.

  19. “The Real Life Crimes That Inspired Agatha Christie.” Murder & Mayhem. May 18, 2022. https://murder-mayhem.com/real-crimes-that-inspired-agatha-christie

  20. “The Shocking Murder on the North London Railway.” The Daily Telegraph. 7/12/1864. Page 3. https://www.newspapers.com/image/784107788/. Accessed 1/7/2024. 

  21. “Victorian Railways” The National Archives. https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/victorian-railways/.