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Tuesday, WBOC\u2019s Delmarva Life<\/a> asked me to stop by the Salisbury studio to talk about terrible railroad accidents and crimes, a time when murder and mayhem rode the rails on the Peninsula. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the decades around the turn of the twentieth century, trains were the dominant form of transportation and unsettling accidents and violent deaths frequently disrupted excursions, dominating the headlines of newspapers and alarming the traveling public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since I kept encountering these horrific tragedies while investigating the past for community studies, I started exploring the dark underside of train travel, the unexamined stories of murder and mayhem on the rails, including cold-blooded killings, Jesse James-like train robberies, devastating explosions, and serious accidents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As I studied them I developed a talk called Murder and Mayhem Rode the Rails. Here’s a link to information on the talk. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Murder & Mayhem Rode the Rails on Delmarva<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Here are some links to blog posts about incidents in the region,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Young Edwin Roac<\/a>h Killed in Greenwood Explosion<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Disastrous Railroad Accident Tak<\/a>es Seven Lives <\/a>in Delmar in<\/a> 1909<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Terrible Railroad Cal<\/a>am<\/a>ity at the C & D Canal Drawbridge<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Durin<\/a>g Midnight Ra<\/a>id on Freight Car in 1900, Clayton Police Officer Slain<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Day the Railroad Cars Cras<\/a>hed into the Susquehanna River<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tuesday, WBOC\u2019s Delmarva Life asked me to stop by the Salisbury studio to talk about terrible railroad accidents and crimes, a time when murder and mayhem rode the rails on the Peninsula. 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