The Railway Murders

The Railway Murders was the second episode of Crimewatch's spinoff series Crimewatch File, which was first broadcast on 17th Aug 1988 and was presented by Nick Ross.

Summary
In 1986 Crimewatch made appeals on three separate murders. Now with special access to police records Crimewatch File reconstructs the inside story of a major police investigation. Between December 1985 and May 1986 three young women - Alison Day, Maartje Tamboezer and Anne Lock - were raped and murdered.

At first the cases seemed quite separate, but definite links soon emerged. Then police discovered another connection - to 27 rapes in North London. The investigation involved four police forces and over a million hours of inquiries, until tiny but crucial clues took them to the home of a 28-year-old unemployed carpenter from Kilburn.