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Old Timey Crimey #118: Franz Muller - "Mr. Death"

Old Timey Crimey
Old Timey Crimey
Episode • Jun 18, 2021 • 1h 17m

A grim landmark is made in public transportation. Also, apologies for the sound--we're working on a new location that hopefully won't have a refrigerator humming in the background for 40 minutes. You should see improvements soon!

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Sources: 

Rich Ware. Roman Road London. https://romanroadlondon.com/franz-muller-first-murder-on-a-british-train-and-origin-of-being-mullered/

History – British Collection. “The Victorian Railway Murder.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KKdrsEovR4

Leigh Shaw-Taylor and Xuesheng You. The Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure. https://www.campop.geog.cam.ac.uk/research/projects/transport/onlineatlas/railways.pdf

Murderpedia. https://murderpedia.org/male.M/m/muller-franz.htm

Newspapers.com:

The Observer. https://www.newspapers.com/image/258572857/?terms=franz%20muller&match=1

Glasgow Herald. https://www.newspapers.com/image/393221934/?terms=%22thomas%20briggs%22&match=1

Sheffield Rotherham and Independent. https://www.newspapers.com/image/401732652/?terms=%22franz%20muller%22&match=1

New York Daily Herald https://www.newspapers.com/image/329320078/?terms=muller&match=1

Rutland Weekly Herald https://www.newspapers.com/image/442891914/?terms=%22franz%20muller%22&match=1

The Freeman’s Journal. https://www.newspapers.com/image/385242168/?terms=%22franz%20muller%22&match=1

Liverpool Mercury. https://www.newspapers.com/image/393470906/?terms=muller&match=1

https://murderpedia.org/male.M/m/muller-franz.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_M%C3%BCller

http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/muller.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1864/08/26/archives/arrest-of-franz-muller-the-english-railway-murderer-he-is.html

https://www.darkhistories.com/a-topper-and-a-beaver-thomas-briggs-franz-muller/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhH7B_sGFE4

Music: 

Evil Plan by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3725-evil-plan
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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