Episode Details

A red signal stopped the Glasgow-to-London mail train. A few days later, a farmhouse full of ordinary objects gave investigators a trail to follow.

The 1963 Great Train Robbery took roughly £2.6 million. Follow the false signal, the injured driver, the abandoned postal sacks and the Monopoly board that became part of a much larger investigation. Later claims about an insider remain distinct from what the original enquiry established.

True Crime Stories for No Sleep. Carefully researched historical mysteries, told in a warm conversational voice with non-graphic detail.

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Chapters:
00:00 A signal everyone trusted
05:21 The farmhouse trail
10:35 Claims, courts and the long aftermath

Sources:
https://www.btp.police.uk/poli...
https://www.thamesvalley.polic...
https://artsandculture.google....
https://www.nationalarchives.g...
https://hansard.parliament.uk/...
https://www.smithsonianmag.com...

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