The KRAY Twins - LEGEND. Why did their criminal empire collapse? Real story

[@JustSwivel2]

"Born on the same day." Pretty sure most, if not all, twins are.

[@IWannatalkpodcast]

😂😂💯

[@eliseintheattic9697]

Yeah probably, although there were a set of twins born in different years just a few weeks ago. The first was born just before midnight on December 31st 2023 and the other was born about 15 minutes later on Jan 1st 2024.

[@facetubetwit1444]

@@eliseintheattic9697 That's just semantics, they were both still born at the same time.

[@eliseintheattic9697]

@facetubetwit1444 Why so serious Batman? The original post poked fun at the narrators choice of words, so I poked back. Nothing sinister here b

[@miajackson41]

@@eliseintheattic9697They will party on both days for sure (LOL)

[@johnoneill732]

The only gangsters who make the headlines tend to be the ones who eventually came badly unstuck. I remember one career criminal quoted as saying that crime can indeed pay but you won't see those people making lurid headlines precisely because they are successful at what they do.

[@rosehippyguy3402]

Fun fact: they were both homosexuals!

[@VesTavia-nj4pk]

​@@rosehippyguy3402what?! 😮 are you sure?

[@MIKE_THE_BRUMMIE]

Their older brother was the real gangster and business minded.

[@thisismyname603]

Are you guys like 12?

[@rosehippyguy3402]

@@VesTavia-nj4pk yep. But both had girlfriends "for show". Initially. It's not that unusual for gay men to be attracted to some women. Freddie Mercury, EltonJohn, many others. (Just want to confirm, that I am heterosexual👍)

[@zinnyboy]

"Their family was of Irish AND gypsy ancestry, a truly explosive mix." WOAH THERE, CHILL BUDDY 😂

[@fuzzman9298]

😂😂😂

[@prla5400]

Hehehe

[@modbyarturo]

🤡 🤡 🤡

[@kinman3051]

Lol. I'm sure there's a reason for him saying that but idk about either ones culture

[@occamraiser]

@@kinman3051 Because in the UK, the Irish/Gypsy subculture glorifies violence and are demonstrably criminally inclined. (Despite several generations of well-wishers supporting their integration into mainstream society there is a significant majority of that group who consider 'normal' society to be a resource to be predated - ask any farmer)

[@michaelharrison3602]

They never came close to "taking over the country" they didn't even run London they were just another coupe of villains like thousands of others they were incredibly violent and unpredictable unpredictable people were wary of them but other firms weren't afraid of them

[@juliandenormanville5225]

That's a myth that grew after their imprisonment and subsequent death...The Krays were all powerful after the Richardsons went down.. And everybody was frightened of them.

[@jboardy5439]

​@@juliandenormanville5225don't talk so wet. Pair'a poofs.

[@samuelgarrod8327]

​@@juliandenormanville5225Bollocks. They were a joke by the time they went down. Gert and Daisy.

[@andojo4747]

Apparently the Nash brothers from North London were said to be more dangerous than the Krays, there's little information about them online though. The Krays take all the limelight but I imagine the average street gang in modern-day London has probably done more violent things than the Krays, probably more murders too

[@samuelgarrod8327]

@@andojo4747 A firm earning good money would want to be so quiet. I suppose the Kray legend is inevitable because of them being in the limelight by their own decisions.

[@dazzaMusic]

Ronnie being certified insane played a part even the Mafia warned Reggie that he was too dangerous.

[@SRSOSChannel2]

"Dinsdale!"

[@joez.2794]

Of course I skipped past _Legend_ over and over when it was streaming free, and now it's not free anywhere!

[@tonyhill3070]

Netflix, watching it now

[@joez.2794]

@@tonyhill3070 Thanks, but can't find it on U.S. Netflix, which is frankly amazing considering it's $23/mo. and also reminds me I needed to cancel. I'm almost positive I found way to watch this in the last 6 mo., but was still hoping to refresh my memory 🙂

[@mattploij2673]

always free if you sail the seven seas

[@kimmerlee10]

I watched it the other day on KZbin

[@Newdivide]

Tom Hardy played both of em. Plus, he also played Charles Bronson. In fact, the real twins met Bronson themselves. Charles described them as The nicest Guys he met

[@BarryEdmunds-ki2rl]

Bronson met them first time in Broadmoor in the 1970s......

[@mathewgrover6455]

When I was a nipper, I helped my uncle at a greengrocers in shepherds Bush in London. Reggie kray used to buy his fruit and vegetables in my uncle's shop. I only remember him giving me half a crown or ten shillings every time he came in. I was only about twelve or thirteen.

[@iainjackson865]

A true villian should never be in spotlight

[@BarryEdmunds-ki2rl]

True saying....

[@loopbackish]

Tell that to Jimmy Saville. Sometimes it is a good ploy. But unless you are very proficient, it is foolish.

[@jimmyoconnell6167]

Coppers

[@thisismyname603]

Ok kid 😂

[@rocky_bum]

100% correct!

[@marksheridan8292]

Billy Hill was right "killing is a mugs game." The Krays paid dearly for it.

[@frekitheravenous516]

I was around/involved with real crooks my entire youth into my 30's. The i straightened out after my Daughter was born. I can tell you that crooks and gangsters will put up with a lot, but when you gotta start looking over your shoulder for your own bosses because they're loose canon psycos who'll merc you as quick as they will an enemy.....It gets old fast. No one missed these guys when they were gone. Not as Bosses anyway.

[@user-gv5bs3os5i]

A right pair of nannys bet you never seen them kn there own always had to have back up or a weapon in there hands

[@djquinn11]

Where you Mr. Big?

[@g.g.2940]

Francis killed herself to get away from her Mother, not Reggie. Her mother was a miserable, mean nagging, selfish woman! She drove her daughter nuts!

[@Cilent__]

​@@user-gv5bs3os5iAnd nobody has ever seen you but you're here on the internet calling people nannys. 😂

[@nikspuri9433]

My late mother met Reggie in London and she was surprised to see him and said hello to him and later in evening she knew it was Reggie's pub and everything was free. She used to say it's matter of perspective how you see the world here I'm living in London and now I can understand her words and what she means with her words.

[@phatheffer3439]

Her beaver must have been stretched to kingdom come.

[@jeanlove8510]

some lovely footage of good ol London

[@johnnyraider]

TIME TO WATCH SOMETHING ELSE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@MastaFlex-lz2qz]

Before israhell ruined it....

[@den264]

Two things ! First they were not the rulers of the London underworld as you stated. They were the top dogs of their own district within London but there were much bigger better organized gangs operating at that time elsewhere the city. Secondly, Mitchell's love was nothing but a cheap hooker who the Kray's hired to keep him calm whilst he was hiding out from the cops.

[@BruvvaUK]

I have always been interested in The Krays from a teenager but you are right, The Krays did not run London, they ran their patch of that no one can deny but the myth that they ran London is laughable.

[@andojo4747]

I agree, they ran their part of the East End but weren't exactly the bosses of the city like they are made out to be. From what I've read in books and online ect, they failed to make a foothold in other cities and didn't necessarily have or make a lot of money compared to certain other gangsters from the same era/city. Also, it is stated by some that the Richardsons had brains as well as brawn and that the Nash brothers in North London were just as dangerous as the Krays, if not more. Either way, the Krays were obviously very dangerous but there were many others in London just as dangerous and probably more successful. I don't know how true my statement is as I've only read a few books ect, I wasn't actually there haha but when you read up on certain other UK gangsters such as Arthur Thomson from Glasgow, Joey Pyle and Freddie Foreman ect, you realise that the Krays didn't have the same intelligence and success so can't be held in the same regard, let alone be considered as the bosses of London

[@daig8817]

Big fish in there little pond I heard an old school gangster say on another documentary.

[@johnprosser5035]

They owned two clubs....... Hardly an empire!!! But became infamous because of the showbiz people they associated with. But as others have mentioned, there were bigger and worse out there.... But they worked in the shadows... Not in the spotlight.

[@sammystocks1020]

Facts. They were big on the East End, that was it.

[@adam_p99]

“These guys came to my double hard hometown but were too scared to get off the train.” - someone, every time a new Kray video is uploaded.

[@terencemeikle534]

Yes indeed. I lap those kind of comments up. They're hilarious. People slapping the Krays' wrists and giving them a good telling off, from the comfort of their armchairs, twenty-plus years after the Twins' deaths.

[@dun0790]

Reminds me of the old i was fighting a bouncer and he kept knocking me down but i kept getting back up and he gave up 😅 ive heard that one so many times once twice in one night lol

[@Lineandsinker87]

Did actually happen in Manchester tho …

[@adam_p99]

@@Lineandsinker87 didn’t though

[@AnglOsAxOn2]

@@Lineandsinker87 No, no it never really it never.

[@mizzlaura]

13:14 actually 'the skinny' girl we saw in legend is a perfect depiction of Frances because she had bulimia which was well known amongst many of the Krays associates, Emily was a perfect actress for this role unlike some others who have portrayed her, also what has her weight got to do with her being a wild child?

[@lovingLife-bx4ed]

im still wondering if she really comitted suicide or was it really Ronnie who murdered her making her swallow pills...

[@facetubetwit1444]

Cause the real Frances was a porker, oink oink.

[@bigenergy3880]

Emily browning went my school Eltham High Melbourne Australia she was year above me but she was in one my class i saw her once. At this time she was the little girl in ghost ship everyone asking for her autograph haha. She was like a alternative girl like emo kind of very calm collected but didnt speak to much besides me asking ''hey i love ghost ship or the little girl?''

[@scottsound4711]

@@bigenergy3880Babble

[@Gerard_2024]

@@bigenergy3880 Do you mind me respectfully asking you if English is your mother tongue ?

[@kevinbrookes4870]

They got the name of the pub wrong in this video where Ronnie shot George Cornell. It was the Blind Beggar pub, not Friar Tuck.

[@mus139]

The Uploader did not do enough research.

[@MrSmegfish]

Friar Tuck is rhyming slang for copulation.

[@troyagane8220]

They never said it was Friar Tucks,if you watch the film again,you will see the car pull up outside the Blind Beggar.

[@Ross-i6f]

​@@troyagane8220London you plank

[@megataurus7779]

Would you adam and eve it!​@@MrSmegfish

[@mkrbrtsn1]

Monty Python's 'Ethel the Frog' is still the best telling of The Krays' story

[@AANDYist]

they was jimmy saviles the pair of them

[@Wally-g8z]

It's well known that other villains were planning on taking them out because of the heat they was bringing to the underworld

[@Cilent__]

Alot of people plan on doing alot of things. If they don't actually do it then it's nothing but talk.

[@xKynOx]

The Krays would not have scared me but The Richardsons is another matter

[@AANDYist]

they would of scared u if you was 14 and they graped u like they was known for

[@gbwildlifeuk8269]

They nowhere near took over the country! They thought they'd have a look at liverpool but were soon told to do one. They couldnt even get a grip on the richardsons manor. Their ego had them having portraits from david bailey, which made the national press. Not because they were the krays but because it was a bailey portrait. Before that, outside london they werent heard of. It was bailey who made the krays.

[@andojo4747]

I watched one documentary about the Krays where Freddie Foreman claimed that just before the twins went to jail, he and a number of other London gangsters met and decided to kill both Ronnie and Reggie. Foreman claimed the twins had become too unpredictable and reckless so needed to be killed. Before the deed could be done, the Krays were sent to jail making them no longer a problem. I just found it interesting as i wonder if they would have become these legendary british figures and "celebrities" if they were killed back then, would they be remembered or forgotten?. Any thoughts?

[@laurenceobrien1402]

This often happens in Ireland (not UK or Kray related) a gangster becomes so big they beat the rap a couple of times usually witness intimdation then begin to see themselves as untouchable and become very arrogant and reckless then they are taken out.... a couple of examples are Martin Cahill aka the general Martin "Marlo" Hyland Eamon Dunne aka the Don Robbie Lawlor all of those guys were taken out by a number of gangs who decided they had become liabilities

[@gregggreasley407]

Freddie foreman, and joe Pyle were going to do them,

[@sargonixofur1234]

Freddie Foreman would have ironed them out, with no messing about.

[@robertandrews5640]

​@@sargonixofur1234GOOD OLD FREDDIE PITY HE LOST OUT ON THAT DEAL

[@terencemeikle534]

Personally, I don't think that 'rubbing out' Ron and Reg would have made any difference to the fascination they hold for many people to this day (and probably for a long time to come). They were very adept at self-publicity, even long before they were arrested. Whether Foreman and Co. could have brought off this alleged 'hit' is another matter. The twins were more or less 'omniscient', thanks to their network of informers.

[@KempoWarrior1954]

Everyone who had any direct or indirect contact with these two thugs seems to have written a book about them. Just like Elvis memoirs I'm waiting for the KRAY COOKBOOK.

[@FART-REPELLENT]

Krays Cook Book: How to cook a corpse 😂

[@JohnDoe-ti8uj]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@paulfitzpatrick6566]

Give Ron Kray your fkin sausage.

[@fasthracing]

will there be pie & mash in it?

[@Tony-h7b4p]

There is a cookbook by the Krays. It is mainly pie and mash with jellied eels. Judy Garland often popped round for a evening meal. Apparently they had a few recipes for porridge.

[@bob7975]

Monty Python did a brilliant satire of the Krays in their Flying Circus sketch, "The Piranha Brothers".

[@JOEFABULOUS.]

Demanding protection money from the army 😂

[@MrSmegfish]

No they didnt

[@Mooocheropordis]

Lovely tank, you wouldn't want anything to happen to it...

[@slightlyconfused876]

Spiny Norman, now he was well hard.

[@TheCaptainbeefylog]

@@slightlyconfused876 "Dinsdale? Dinsssssdaaaale!"

[@terencemeikle534]

Fascinating to watch Ron and Reg looking less and less like each other as they age. Both very good looking chaps when they were young, and very difficult to tell apart! 😮

[@tina5203]

Both were very good looking but it was Ron who had the charisma out of the two . Reg was more uptight but Ron wasn’t and he was just a gorgeous man 😊

[@terencemeikle534]

@@tina5203 Yes. In any picture of the Krays, it's always Ronnie that your eyes go to first. David Bailey understood this fact, so he placed Ron in front of his twin for that famous, iconic photograph.

[@tina5203]

@@terencemeikle534 Love that David Bailey photo in their beautiful suits and yes I’m in total agreement with you . I Adore Ron 😊

[@zoel8048]

Good looking??

[@tina5203]

@@zoel8048 Absolutely they were and especially Ron !!!!

[@shaneeuropa]

Well made. Good work, cheers.

[@HatfulofHallow]

"Shabby girl"? Emily Browning is stunningly beautiful

[@johnanthonycafe2993]

Every generation of criminals goes through something like this. This documentary should be part of their induction,

[@AnnacolleenEtters]

I can always pick out the difference in twins, when there is something "off" with one of them. There is definitely something wrong with Ronnie.

[@sav7568]

Ronnie was mental and even early on was taking some kind of meds for it. His reckless shooting of Cornell was typical of him when off the meds.

[@iaincphotography6051]

Some of the photos etc shown are strange, 18.39 & 19.11 are not London, they are Chester in the North West of England. Prisoners working in the Swamps, not in the UK, soldiers getting off a military bus was American and some of the facts are wrong.

[@TheCaptainbeefylog]

The first 5 minutes or so are almost word-for-word from the wikipedia article.

[@Maz-o7w]

They never almost took over the country 😂

[@ravenID429]

He didn’t mean literally lol

[@jefferybusch]

I think he means that they could’ve if they didn’t f**k it all up

[@bobatking7985]

Yep, never heard

[@kimmccabe1422]

Ikr. THEY OPERATED A SMALL CRAPPY SIDE OF LONDON. NOWHERE NEAR THE WORLD. HA

[@Ian-1957]

The Krays were bullies. The statement by Eddie Richardson speaks volumes

[@BenStevenson-c4z]

Nice photographs 📸 of Merry Old London 🇬🇧

[@samsum3738]

Excellent documentary . Well presented and with photos and film i have never seen before .

[@anyawaleofondo]

Best I have seen.

[@timheavyable]

If your interviewed on TV your time is up

[@michaelharrison3602]

Most of the stories about the Krays derring do were created bthe Krays and repeated over and over again in their endless books about themselves. They were never major league villains just a couple of bullies

[@robertandrews5640]

LOW GRADE PONDLIFE

[@mus139]

Council House Gangsters.

[@facetubetwit1444]

Still bigger than you or I.

[@barkershill]

As is so often the case in real life , success does not come from finding something amazingly clever to do but merely from avoiding doing something totally stupid .

[@michaelharrison3602]

All these clips are from fictional movies about the Krays and most of the stories come from books the Krays or their friends wrote for money. Speak to anyone who was involved in the scene at the time

[@patkearney9320]

I met Reggie in Maidstone I was20 I had long curly hair and the screws were saying on the way down your gonna have a best friend called Reggie. Bottom line he was a nice bloke but over powering he had a smile that freaked me out, I’m Irish I told other Irish and he stayed away, he fxxkin freaked me out he come up real close calling you son and can I get you anything son. Truly I admit I was nave but I was 6+2 and he could freak you out with that smile.

[@Cilent__]

How are the words of rivals and people that disliked them any less bias than the word of their "friends"?

[@stephenisom6089]

as those around them have said they were immature unintelligent ,bullies the opposites of the richardsons who were clever and blended in and survived,,

[@mrtracing3292]

They didn't even take over the East end of London, never mind the full country they was small time gangsters and I don't understand the fame around them

[@deanbembridge8640]

Frank Mitchell was sprung from Dartmoor not Broadmoor , but it's still a good video , I just wanted to put that fact right 👍

[@den264]

No mention of Ronnie being in Parkhurst on the isle of Weight either. I dated a Blackpool lass who's brother in law was one of the guards on his wing.

[@chloemarietaylor4036]

My friend is a cockney and told me his Krays story. His mum and the Krays apparently had the same milkman. At least it's not as exaggerated as most Krays stories hehe

[@RickSimovitz-uv4xi]

The only good thing I can say is they stood up for each other no matter what happened accentuated by a mothers love for her sons

[@nickgov66]

When they tried to move in on Birmingham, they had their backsides handed to them on a plate by the Fewtrell brothers.

[@63mckenzie]

Babs Windsor said Reggie wanted her. She said 'he wasn't the kind of guy you turned down.'

[@63mckenzie]

@@vickystevens5910 Sounds about right.. She fancied Charlie first, then Reggie became interested.

[@srmills6139]

And many people say that the Krays would never harm women. I'm just curious do you think Barbara is telling the truth in what she said about not turning Reggie down?

[@williaminnes7574]

They were both screaming homos

[@srmills6139]

@@vickystevens5910 Yes I heard that too that Reggie confessed to a close cellmate that his twin had killed Frances and also that Reggie was abusive towards her. In one documentary on the Krays that I saw, a woman named Kitty Diamond had stated that Reggie and the Firm had threatened to kill her and her three sons because they had heard that she was saying that they had killed Jack "The Hat" McVitie and so I'm not really sure that the Krays would never hurt women either. So yes, Barbara Windsor was probably telling the truth.

[@deepblack2193]

She obviously never knew both brothers shagged eachother did she lol

[@davidmorrissey5075]

Straight in with a negative stereotypical slur against Irish and gypsies 🤣🤦‍♂️

[@frankdavis3982]

It's true though

[@yoshiremixx]

Truth hurts g

[@petedandrea8463]

I'm half irish and approve this message

[@AngelicusImmortus]

sorry guys. The Krays were never as big as the Richardsons. Their "manor" was small. They got famous because because David Bailey took the now famous poctures of them, simply because they were Twins who were also gangsters. From there its a myth.

[@malachyfox1828]

Has this not been milked enough

[@emiliog.4432]

Nope. Not this or the hundreds of other gangster stories. Everyone loves these stories.

[@magnusgranskau7487]

thats what ronnie said haha

[@PuffKitty]

​@@magnusgranskau7487🤭

[@paullangton-rogers2390]

The Krays mythology that's continued is far removed from the reality of what they were like. These two were not a professional firm or professional gangsters. They were reckless and did stupid murders in front of witnesses. Ron was psychotic and delusional and Reg was drinking hard and doing drugs. That's why they went down and everyone around them did. Most of their criminal success was down to pure luck and being in the right place at the time. They were pretty hopeless though at managing businesses. The Richardson's were the real organised crime gang that ran London not the Krays. What many don't know about the Krays is that one of the guys Freddie Foreman who was an affiliate of their firm was planning to kill the Krays himself not long before they got arrested. Several London underworld figures had met with Freddie after the Jack the Hat murder and decided the Krays were out of control and a liability to everyone and both had to be killed. So the Krays weren't this all-powerful crime firm feared by everyone, they were weeks or days away from having bullets in their skulls if the police hadn't got them first.

[@diquadhumungersaur492]

didnt do too well when they tried to visit manchester... were met with polite smiles by some of our finest doormen etc and sent back down south with nothing from up north but memories.. :-)

[@94462]

LOL 😂 PTSD more than memories

[@C.O-EDITS]

@@94462what did they take a beating or something lol?

[@TheNo1red]

I’ve read in a number of papers in the past ,that one Arthur Thomson went down by himself on the train to have a word with the Krays about them trying to get a foothold for themselves up in Glasgow. I know who came out the worse after that meeting. The Krays never got anywhere near Glasgow

[@GG-jw8pt]

They were two bob muppets made famous by rags like 'the sun'! Everytime they left their two block 'manor' or their Flea pit discos they were told to hop it! And they hopped! 😂

[@freewillchoice8052]

Interesting story thank you for sharing.

[@juracalling2471]

The 'empire' didn't exist in the first place. It was tabloid hysteria. There was about 3 or 4 thousand people in their part of the East End of London.They were big fish in a very small pond.The Ricahrdsons were building an empire. The Krays put the fighteners on a few litle corner pubs and the likes and basically collected money each week on the assurance if the payers had any trouvle the twins would send heavies in.They ahd a slice of a snooker hall and nightclub.The yanks came over wanting to wash some money thinking an empire was here. Meyer Lansky was a multi millionaire by the 1950s. Bugsy Siegel had an 8 million pound mansion in Hollywood.But watch the film 'legend' and you'll see these major mafiosa tryinf to appease theKrays. It's bordering on comedy.They were kids who watched gangster films and bullied smaller kids.They got onto a plan to make cash out of that.Cornell , Bindon, Eddie Richardson, Charlie Richardson- all hard men who kept quiet.The Krays wanted to show off like kids in their suits for David Bailey's tabloid photographer contracts. Even Freddie Foreman wanted to put them to sleep until the law did.They spent their priosn life coming up with sad gimmicks like painting and getting married to women for money off the same tacky yabloids. Empoire ? My a*88

[@jordanreeves9763]

They used to come to the Dolce Vita nightclub in the 60's here in Newcastle Upon Tyne. Toughest Southerns were no match for the average Geordie. They got chased out of Newcastle for trying to impose themselves

[@fatherofdragons4880]

10:41 that lady is my cousin lol. Shes also in eastenders. She played the part of bar lady in legend. Small world.

[@showcrime]

Your cousin played her little part perfectly. It really is a small world

[@NoName-be2ch]

watching this the first time totaly in it.... nice work

[@dennissmith9435]

Saying that the reason they were intense was because they were Irish and gypsy, and that it was an explosive combination.Feels pretty discriminatory against both classes of people

[@Spanner249]

I was stunned. I’m pretty sure if this narrator was actually British he’d be being investigated for hate speech.

[@nige5902]

@@Spanner249😂👍🏻

[@rag3geCKo]

"both classes..." haha.

[@shanepotter6067]

Truth is always painful

[@68Warpigs]

Great documentary well presented, thanks.

[@MrJames-tw3so]

Very well made video, so many photos and info, tip my hat to you showcrime.

[@musiclover9361]

They didn't succeed because, despite the hype, they were frankly quite inept gangsters.

[@adzz6467]

Subscribed 👍

[@showcrime]

Thank you!

[@michaelharrison3602]

Ronnie only got married because he thought it might help him get parole

[@dsaword2622]

Excellent video 😊

[@warmonger8799]

Awesome 👏 😊

[@petermostyneccleston2884]

The actress Barbara Windsor was married to a member of the Kray Brothers gang. While she was having an affair with Sid James. So Barbara Windsor would have known both of the brothers personally.

[@michaelreid6984]

Nah that was Ronnie knight, from the brinks matt robbery.

[@michaelreid6984]

Must have been Charlie, the oldest brother.

[@SE16Proud]

Babs was never married to any of the Krays she was taken to the double R club then went on a couple of vists when they were jailed she visited Reg on a few occasions then she married Ronnie Knight her ties with the twins ended..

[@fasthracing]

utter rubbish though she did go out with Charlie for a while.

[@dbapeman0698]

I am surprised by the show of love and respect at Reggie’s funeral. They were both bad men undeserving of esteem and honor at their passing. I will look for the movie online.

[@rolocadbury2036]

They never hurt innocent people that's why. They only hurt those who were criminals themselves. My nan has lived in east London all her life and tells me stories. Personally I would rather live in a kray run London than today's London. At least women and children would be safe unlike now.

[@nightrider12soul]

Ronnie was uncontrollable and had his way.Reggie had to pay for his brother mistakes. Yes they could be the kings off swinging a London.They were very stylish too.

[@showcrime]

I agree with every word you said.

[@lezdrake3629]

Not according to the actual gangsters of the time Reg was sly and just as likely to stab you in the back as Ron both dirty nonces there not heroes they were scum

[@nightrider12soul]

@danswhite8544 What do you mean.Think he did not indulge with underaged and children.He had regular lovers that were adults so he do not belong too the group.

[@mizzlaura]

I've always said if Reggie had left Ronnie locked up in the mental institute and didn't help to get him out then he would've had a better life but I think he always felt safer with Ronnie around even their associates have said when Ronnie was taken to Broadmoor Reggie felt vulnerable because he didnt have Ronnie with him and it got worse when he died

[@sharonpuckett1441]

It's a truly great movie everyone needs to see this movie.

[@bobbycorbett3046]

It is good the film also the 1990 film with the kemp brothers .. 😊

[@fadeblac5633]

These two guys were ruthless. Ronnie got that way because, as a kid, he almost died. And, they think the fever messed him up. Reggie held everything down. He ran the firm like a real company. I love Legend. I think I know almost everything about them. Yes, they were evil. No, he didn't break every jaw. But Reggie did try to break everyone's jaws.

[@showcrime]

That's just the way it is.

[@samnicklin-vy5dz]

If you know everything about these 2 you'll know that Ronnie on more then one occasion while raping an underage boy.. would put a bullet in the back of his head as he was ejaculating.. or whoe they would torture and kill innocent animals tied up as little children. You know as much the books and articles tell you:) these 2 we're known as strange and weird by the rest of the criminal fraternity, not scary and dangerous... but weird! stay blessed and have a nice say

[@wildestcowboy2668]

One was gay the other was a switch hitter

[@HIFIKOOL]

He sucker punched them, hitting someone when they not expecting it.

[@fadeblac5633]

@HIFIKOOL lol...Of course that's why he broke a couple of jaws. He would offer a cigarette. He was very violent.

[@Elite7555]

Common sense tells me to not lock up accomplices in the same prison, or at least make sure they have no way of interacting with each other.

[@samirkotecha9481]

I thought the Richardson were the most powerful gangsters in London.

[@fasthracing]

certainly the richest

[@Tony-h7b4p]

The police are the most powerful gangsters in London, and the rest of the country.😂

[@dotdotcom8537]

They were

[@MrShobar]

Mr. "Ol Blue Eyes". Mr. "Chairman of the Board" did business with the Kray twins? Why am I not surprised?

[@samnicklin-vy5dz]

Almost took over the UK 😂😂😂 Omg these two barely had control of Bethnal green where they lived.! They were local gangsters nothing like the A team or the hunt syndicate.! The myth about these 2 has been exposed decades ago 💯💯 Do one on david hunt or Terry Adams 💯

[@williamfarrell4754]

100%😂😂😂😂

[@HIFIKOOL]

And they were nonces

[@rob1615]

Yes they came up to Newcastle where I live and they got sent packing

[@scottpage3133]

wheres your evidence or is that like most hear say @@rob1615

[@C.O-EDITS]

@@rob1615lol

[@ronnieboucherthecrystalcraftsm]

i read the book and worked with a guy said his dad owned a pub in england and the Kray twins would come in and he was about 6yo .

[@showcrime]

Maybe you know some stories about twins from this fellow? It would be very interesting to know

[@danrobinson572]

@@showcrimedo you do videos on Australia 🇦🇺 or Ireland 🇮🇪 gangsters???

[@SE16Proud]

They defeated themselves by having people around them that had enough of being told what to do and wanted more out the £££ pot...some turned grass and a few were plotting to take the twins out the game...to many talked to the wrong people and when you shoot someone in front of people you can.t trust you seal your own fate...😠😠

[@johnatspray]

I think he claimed to be bisexual and that he was the “active” one. He wasn’t ashamed of it but I think he wanted to be clear that he was “the man” or something.

[@Declan824]

Love ❤ this one very very much ❤ trev Dec singer songwriter ❤rip krays ❤Declan ❤love ❤

[@bettym.3996]

I'm scared of unpredictably violent people too.

[@shaundonohue4879]

They were virtually unknown outside the east end.

[@FART-REPELLENT]

Not quite; while they weren't as big as media once made them to be, they were known throughout London, but not outside London. The most successful criminals of that era were those who didn't court media attention, instead kept a low profile.

[@eliasmelesse1715]

The consequences of loosing your calm in any situation!!!

[@leesmavicmoments5598]

Banged up at 36 real successful villains

[@UXB-p5u]

' Criminal empire'.....utter crap!! They were nothing but a joke that most serious villains knew and it and they have been turned into Legend's!!!

[@peterteagleteagle9958]

They were nothing but a couple of toe rags,a fella my dad knew ,used to pay them protection money, you know what business he had ?a jelly deal stall,people make them out as something special, making a man ,pay protection money on a jelly deal stall ,that's like breaking into a house ,for the gas meter money

[@eddiestevens3220]

Spot on comment.

[@tina5203]

@@eddiestevens3220why is it a spot on comment ? And what is a jelly deal stall 😂it’s jellied eel and they wouldn’t have bothered with some one running a little jellied eel stall either !!

[@eddiestevens3220]

@@tina5203 well to put it bluntly they were cardboard gangsters not the real thing

[@tina5203]

@@eddiestevens3220 That’s just your opinion which doesn’t count for much . They were the Real Thing and Ron was totally unique . Won’t be anyone like him again . He was the absolute BEST in every way ☺️

[@eddiestevens3220]

@@tina5203 yeah your quite right Tina Ron was unique total psychopath with a fondness for taking up the wrong un and hurting boys 😂😂

[@rob1615]

If this is true about the Krays sleeping with one another has got to absolutely sickening and if true that means that they were both very sick in the head

[@patkearney9320]

I met Reggie in Maidstone I was 23 I had long curly hair and he took a liking to me, he had a horrible smile and he’d call you son. I was in on a political charge so only seen him in the library and I only mixed with other political Irish. I cut my hair short, and a screw actually told me that’s the smartest thing you’ve done, it might keep Kray away. When he seen me first thing he said was why did you cut your beautiful hair, he had got me a bottle of really expensive shampoo. But it was his smile that freaked me out.I remember him as a ponce, top shelf villain my arse he surrendered himself with young men who would kill for him.

[@coyotesayswhat]

I just found out Chris Lambrianno said it is very recent video that mcvitie was killed on their mother's birthday what do you think that means

[@deepblack2193]

It’s true they were incest gay nonces both of them! I find it hilarious how British straight men idolise the battys

[@ColinPfc]

It was true about sleeping with one another, when nipper read arrested them at their mother's place they were in bed together.

[@mahfoudseraf5995]

Can you imagine

[@michaelharrison3602]

The street gangs didn't try to copy their style. Sharp suits etc was the general style in the sixties i used to dress like that before id ever heard of the Krays

[@barkershill]

You’re right . I can remember when every working class lad in Britain had a nice navy blue suit in his wardrobe and would wear it down the pub at the weekend

[@davidmatthews7876]

Ridiculous footage on US prisons, US prison guards and US railroads, where is the Kray connection?

[@hayley_joannaperkins5421]

Legend is the true story of the kray twins however they did bad things however they were right about Jim fix it back in the late 70s and 80s

[@showcrime]

The film does show many things quite accurately, and yet there are some important differences. The purpose of this video is not to compare the film with the real story, but simply to tell the real story of the Kray brothers.

[@stanogden8864]

There's a reason the film is called Legend and it has everyting to do with how accurate an account it is.

[@user-lf3wr8rh7r]

The pair of them where nonces, people in glass houses!

[@jimmymorrison8314]

Why is it that all these documentaries seem to have a cheesy American narrator? Unwatchable.

[@harleyplant7094]

An American talking about the krays can't take it serious 😂😂😂😂

[@Krzyszczynski]

That building shown at 25:29 is the Royal Courts of Justice in The Strand, London. It houses CIVIL courts - no criminal trials take place there.

[@danielpearl923]

Sections of the movie "Legend" (2015) are shown. It's worth watching.

[@OLDCHEMIST1]

A little judgemental, maybe? "Irish and Gypsy an inflammatory mix", "disgusting discipline". I am no fan of the Krays, but you probably didn't live through those times and if you did you weren't here in the UK. I only saw the end of the Krays from a distance, but remember the way many ordinary people were treated was very disrespectful and so the behaviour of the Krays has to be viewed in this light. Now we seem to have gone too far the other way, we appear to be expected to give respect to everyone.

[@samael9445]

Both were, nutters..😱

[@uromaniac]

12:05 Joe Louis and then 1 second later, Sonny Liston. Both were Heavyweight Champions of the World.

[@neils949]

Nothing but thugs And these are the people taht are looked up too Respected There’s a difference in respect and fear

[@billleyland128]

Why do they insist on showing the interiors of American prisons, are they jealous of the twins' notoriety?

[@nightrider12soul]

They were good enforcer’s but not that good at business.Yes they made awful decisions and did not use there heads. They did not use properly there heads.

[@videocritic8460]

Irish and gypsey, an explosive mix??? Did anyone else catch that?

[@mahfoudseraf5995]

It's funny

[@kevinhisee4265]

There was also Jewish heritage and a connection to Eastern Europe, from.what I've read.

[@philhewitt5069]

Nothing comes from violence , nothing ever could !!!

[@patkearney9320]

Are you joking Country’s have been born out of violence mankind has thrived from violence, try win a war without violence.

[@philhewitt5069]

@@patkearney9320 What a pathetic statement.

[@arricammarques1955]

David Bailey's dad cheek was sliced by Reggie, for a gambling debt.