{"podcast":{"title":"BioGraphics - True Biographies & History's Most Fascinating People","slug":"biographics-true-biographies-history-s-most-fascinating-people-7777441","podcast_index_feed_id":7777441,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/VG5195031442","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/ae2cdbc2-1295-11f1-91ee-b79cee7b6ca7/image/99e0dccc2af493526d19fdd8902127f6.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Biog","episode_count":233,"summary":"Dive into the extraordinary lives of the men and women who wrote the pages of human history—for better or worse. This immersive history podcast delivers dramatic, in-depth profiles of iconic leaders, brilliant innovators, notorious villains, and forgotten heroes. Discover the complex journeys, monumental triumphs, and devastating failures of the individuals behind the world's most defining events. Perfect for fans of deep-dive documentaries and factual storytelling, each episode brings the past to life by exploring the true stories of emperors, visionaries, and revolutionaries who left an undeniable mark on our world. Follow and listen to uncover the real people behind the legends.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-20T14:20:13.671743+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/biographics-true-biographies-history-s-most-fascinating-people-7777441"},"episode":{"title":"The Great Train Robbery: Britain's Most Infamous Heist","slug":"the-great-train-robbery-britain-s-most-infamous-heist","published_at":"2026-07-19T17:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/biographics-true-biographies-history-s-most-fascinating-people-7777441/the-great-train-robbery-britain-s-most-infamous-heist","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/biographics-true-biographies-history-s-most-fascinating-people-7777441","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/VG6699700113.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/VG6699700113.mp3","summary":"“You won’t believe this, but they’ve stolen a train.” That was the special announcement heard on police radios in the early hours of August 8, 1963, after a gang of criminals pulled off one of, if not the most infamous heist in British history. They robbed a Royal Mail train heading from Glasgow to London and made off with 120 mailbags containing £2.6 million (which is around £60 million in today’s money). Nobody was killed, although the train driver received a serious cosh on the noggin. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week!https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels:Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIwTopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznetCheck out Karl's YouTube Channels:Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/@UCaR-e8ComPih10DqPi3sdWg Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/@UCtrzkwlnKfS9knQ-zuwYBLQ Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@UCLJvIXTMM7bjZ5-ju8xckJg Further Reading:https://archive.org/details/greattrainrobber0000haug/page/40/mode/2up?view=theaterhttps://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sunday-life/news/great-train-robbery-identity-of-the-ulsterman-who-gave-key-info-to-robbers/a1256736643.htmlhttps://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/aug/04/great-train-robbery-mystery-fixerhttps://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jan/29/great-train-robbery-gordon-goody-dies-aged-86https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/bruce-reynolds-criminal-known-as-napoleon-who-led-the-great-train-robbers-8515682.htmlhttps://www.bbc.com/news/uk-10209584https://web.archive.org/web/20141230132136/http:/www.nottinghampost.com/day-crime-gang-stopped-train-shocked-world/story-19620002-detail/story.htmlhttps://archive.org/details/greatbritishtrai0000unse/page/14/mode/2u…","meta_description":"“You won’t believe this, but they’ve stolen a train.” That was the special announcement heard on police radios in the early hours of August 8, 1963, after…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1816,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/biographics-true-biographies-history-s-most-fascinating-people-7777441/episodes/the-great-train-robbery-britain-s-most-infamous-heist/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/biographics-true-biographies-history-s-most-fascinating-people-7777441/the-great-train-robbery-britain-s-most-infamous-heist.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}