The Notorious Kray Twins | Were They Involved with the Mafia?

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  @Bill-jc1fy · 4 years ago

  Back in the 70's, Monty Python did a satirical bit on the Krays calling them the Piranha  Brothers, Doug and Dinsdale. It featured an interview with one of their victims and the interviewer asked him if it was true that one of them nailed his tongue to a coffee table. The victim was obviously still afraid of them and replied, " Yes but I deserved it"

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  @Aggron300 · 2 years ago

  Tom Hardys work as both Ronnie and Reggie tho is amazing.

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  @harrisonpalmer7047 · 4 years ago

  It was great to meet you at dinner, Michael. You were a gentleman when my wife and I introduced ourselves. Thanks so much.

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  @jameslyddall · 4 years ago

  Problem is these gangsters are dangerous but London feels more dangerous now then ever. The amount of random stabbing were getting is terrifying.

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  @GTarget-95 · 4 years ago

  Classic mob story from an old school OG, respect to you sir

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• BR

  @brendansmith3949 · 1 year ago

  Richardson Brothers were just as infamous, they just didn't go on tv and promote themselves like the Krays.

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• KI

  @kingswatch7695 · 4 years ago

  Thanks for teaching me that London is 2x the size of New York City, I didn't know that.

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  @frankmonteleone5325 · 4 years ago

  As always, an entertaining and informative vid Mr. Franzese. Thank you. A very famous author named David Cornwell,  better known by his pen name John le Carré (Spy who Came in From the Cold, Tailor of Panama, The Night Manager), grew up in a broken household, and his dad Ronny Cornwell had been jailed for insurance fraud and was a known associate of the Kray twins.

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  @leebearfield1405 · 4 years ago

  There are some good documentaries floating around on YouTube about the Krays too. They are from the 90's or early 2000's I think and there are interviews with lots of their associates who were still alive at the time, including people like Freddie Foreman and Albert Donohue who was probably their main enforcer. Fascinating pair. An interesting subject from Michael here, as usual!

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  @donsmith8976 · 4 years ago (edited)

  Thanks Mr Franzese for the content and may God bless you and your family!! Safe travels

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  @bobbyricigliano2799 · 3 years ago

  The quality of the content on this channel is stellar.   I find stories of London in the 1960’s and the era of the Krays to be fascinating.  Many  thanks to Mr. Franzese for another great sit down.

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  @matthewwalker5430 · 4 years ago

  one of the best stories about the Kray twins in my opinion is about when Ronnie was serving time for stabbing a member of the Watley Streeters (a rival gang from East London) in an infamous pub brawl. A year later in 1958 Ronnie was sent to prison for the incident but his mental health went downhill fast whilst he was inside and he was eventually transferred to a Mental Hospital in Long Grove, Surrey. Once Reggie discovered his brother&apos;s whereabouts he jumped in a car with a couple of others and drove down for a visit. He arrived at the hospital and went inside to see his brother Ronnie, leaving the other guys in the car. Apparently he reappeared moments later, jumped straight into the car and drove off again, with the other guys in the vehicle slightly confused as to his hasty visit and their reasonably quick departure. Nobody spoke for a few minutes, so one of the passengers eventually felt they had to say something - &quot;Was everything alright, Reg?&quot; he asked .... &quot;I ain&apos;t Reg, I&apos;m Ron.&quot; came the immediate reply. <br><br>When Reggie had walked in to see his twin brother, they had quickly swapped clothes and Ronnie, pretending he was his brother, walked straight out the front door of the hospital he was supposed to be serving his time at! Meanwhile Reggie sat in the hospital for 20 minutes &nbsp;or so, enough time for Ronnie to get well clear, and then he just stood up and said &quot;I&apos;m Reggie so I&apos;m leaving now!&quot; and he just walked out himself! The staff/guards could not stop him because he was indeed Reg and he had no conviction. <br><br>Of course the guards were not happy but they didn&apos;t really want it to get out how badly they had messed up. They called Reggie and tried to get him to bring his brother back but Ronnie stayed on the run from prison for about 6 months! He then returned and simply served out the remainder of his sentence. Can you imagine if that had happened these days? Crazy!

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