Show Notes
Helen Anderson and Danni Howard turn back the clock to 1960s London to visit the East End and Britain’s infamous crime boss twins, The Kray Twins. It seemed almost inevitable that Ronnie and Reggie Kray would grow up to be the heads of one of the most famous crime rackets of all time, after all, they did spend their childhood beating eachother up and having brick fights with the local neighbourhood kids. Join Helen and Danni as they hear what being an East End Gangster was really like from real life members of The Firm, and learn about their epic downfall after the murders of George Cornell and Jack ‘The Hat’ McVitie. Expect some serious East End accents, grisly torture techniques, and first hand accounts about the inner workings of the famous Firm.
Devils in The Dark contains graphic details of violence and mentions of suicide, and is not intended for all audiences. Listener discretion is strongly advised.
00:00 - Introduction 05:30 - Where Ronnie and Reggie’s story begins 13:08 - Ronnie and Reggie’s boxing careers 15:30 - The Double R Club 17:30 - The Kray Twins’ famous friends (Barbara Windsor and Judy Garland) 22:30 - The marriage of Reginald Kray and Frances Shea 23:10 - Billy Donovan and Lenny Hamilton argue over Frances’ untimely death 27:45 - The Krays v The Richardsons 32:40 - The murder of George Cornell 35:27 - The murder of Jack ‘The Hat’ McVitie 39:00 - What the Kray twins *allegedly* did with the bodies of their victims… 42:05 - Ronnie and Reggie Kray are arrested 44:30 - Gangster Bobby Cummins talks about life at Parkhurst Prison 49:15 - The death Ronnie and Reggie Kray 50:50 - Outro
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