Sidney Lumet’s 1974 thriller film Murder on the Orient Express follows renowned detective Hercule Poirot as he is called to solve a murder mystery that occurred during the night on the Orient Express.

The legendary Venice Simplon-Orient-Express stopped at the Bulgarian border near Svilengrad on its way back from Istanbul to Venice. (Photo by Hristo Rusev) The iconic European luxury train that ...

Partially inspired by the kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh’s son, Agatha Christie’s ingenious murder mystery, “Murder on the Orient Express,” was first published in 1934. A best-seller, in ...

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Once famed for carrying wealthy passengers across Europe in opulent train carriages, the Orient Express brand has resurfaced once again — this time jumping off the rails in Italy for a luxury hotel ...

There may have been a point, somewhere back in the middle of the last century, where the train seemed to have lost the ...

Nearly 50 years after her death, Agatha Christie is still making theater headlines. Her whodunit “The Mousetrap” — the world’s longest-running play — just celebrated 70 years in London with the ...

The glamorous Orient Express, that luxurious and iconic train that has become an object of myth and legend thanks, among others, to Agatha Christie’s novel and subsequent cinematographic versions, ...

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As far as trains go, few can boast the international and historical renown of the Orient Express. Offering a luxurious passageway from east to west at a time when rail travel was all the rage, its ...

The hotel’s address at Piazza della Minerva 69—a gathering place of many a creative and traveler over the decades—puts it mere steps away from the Pantheon, as well as other landmarks in the Eternal ...