A selection of 10 classic stories set on the railway in the age of steam. This collection includes detective puzzles, ghost stories and other tales of mystery and suspense, ranging in date from 1866 to 1907. The stories are already available on the channel as individual uploads if you prefer to listen that way, although I've taken the opportunity while producing this anthology to remaster and re-edit some of the older recordings.
Timestamps
00:00:00 Introduction
00:01:49 The Lost Special by Arthur Conan Doyle (1898)
00:50:44 How He Cut His Stick by M. McDonnell Bodkin (1900)
01:16:05 The Four-fifteen Express by Amelia B. Edwards (1866)
02:23:07 The Tragedy on the London and Mid-Northern by Victor L. Whitechurch (1905)
02:55:40 The Mystery of the Felwyn Tunnel by L. T. Meade & Robert Eustace (1897)
03:46:09 The Mysterious Death on the Underground Railway by Emma Orczy (1901)
04:32:31 The Affair of the German Dispatch Box by Victor L. Whitechurch (1905)
05:00:22 The Unseen Hand by M. McDonnell Bodkin (1907)
05:40:38 Sir Gilbert Murrell's Picture by Victor L. Whitechurch (1905)
06:12:39 The Signalman by Charles Dickens (1866)
06:39:49 Credits, thanks and further listening
(Story teasers below)
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The Lost Special | 00:01:49
How could an entire train – engine, carriages, passengers and all – vanish from the face of the earth on a straight line of track between stations? The best brains in England, including the most celebrated amateur detective of the day, are baffled by the mystery...
How He Cut His Stick | 00:50:44
A classic "locked room mystery", involving an audacious and inexplicable theft from a locked carriage on a train travelling at 60 miles per hour. Dora Myrl, "the Lady Detective", investigates...
The Four-fifteen Express | 01:16:05
On a grey and foggy December afternoon, a traveller finds himself sharing his private compartment on the four-fifteen express train out of London...
The Tragedy on the London and Mid-Northern | 02:23:07
When an unknown man is found dead with a head wound, leaning out of the window of a locked first class railway compartment in which he was travelling alone, it at first appears to be a tragic accident. Thorpe Hazell, railway enthusiast and amateur detective, suspects there may be more to the case than meets the eye...
The Mystery of the Felwyn Tunnel | 02:55:40
John Bell is asked to investigate the mysterious death of a railway signal-man in Wales, close to the mouth of a lonely tunnel which has the reputation of being haunted. The police seem confident it's murder, and have a suspect in custody, but can Bell demonstrate that other forces are at play?
The Mysterious Death on the Underground Railway | 03:46:09
A lady travelling in a first class carriage of a London underground train, alongside several other passengers, is found dead at the end of the line. Could it be suicide, or a most ingenious murder?
The Affair of the German Dispatch Box | 04:32:31
Thorpe Hazell is drawn into the world of international diplomacy, when the British Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs calls upon him to help recover a stolen document from a train en route for the continent...
The Unseen Hand | 05:00:22
Paul Beck, the "rule of thumb detective", is called in to investigate the mysterious death of a man found dead in a locked railway compartment, his head crushed in by a violent blow. An accidental fall, or is another party involved? And does the pungent smell of asafoetida have anything to do with the mystery...?
Sir Gilbert Murrell's Picture | 05:40:38
Thorpe Hazell investigates a baffling mystery concerning a goods truck which vanished from the middle of a moving train, while the carriages on either side remained in place. The valuable artwork on board the truck provides a clear motive for theft, but how on earth was it done?
The Signalman | 06:12:39
One of the most celebrated of all Victorian ghost stories, written by one of the greatest nineteenth century English novelists, Charles Dickens (1812–1870). A lonely signal-man in his box is haunted by a mysterious figure who appears by the danger light at the mouth of a railway tunnel. It seems to be warning him of impending disaster, but the message is frustratingly unclear...
Original recordings © Bitesized Audio 2019–22. This compilation © 2023.
