An Audience At The Palace - Murder And Mystery On The GWR

The romance of the Great Western Railway and the Golden Age of steam continues to hold a fascination for many. Local historian, Mike Holgate presents the darker side of ‘God’s Wonderful Railway’ with true and bizarre events that paint the railway in a chilling and sinister light. Drawing on contemporary court records and newspaper accounts of the day and compelling stories of murder, death and mystery surrounding those who built, worked and travelled on the GWR.