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These are the most polite demons ever lmao nailed someone to the ground but also apologized for swearing

I think this format is even better than a normal interview, similar people bounce off each more naturally maybe

Both Ray and Chris are today pillars in the community. Chris after imprisonment went on to dedicate his life to helping troubled souls beat addictions etc at the Ley community and Ray carries his message today to deter people from that life. That is worthy of respect. It’s not where we start out that matters but where we finish.

The fact that Chris Lambrianou has outlived so many of the firm and gone on to dedicate his time to help others is testament to what an absolutely amazing man he is.

This has got to be the best RU-vid channel. Every single interview is brilliant.

Can this one be continued please. Absolutely fascinating!

I love how Chris talks about the pain he felt from not seeing his daughter. I felt sorry for him, no one thinks about the pain a father feels being locked away from his kids, it's the mums most of time. Being locked up away from ur kids can help the parents change their life.

There's blokes like this with these tales in every bar in the UK lol

Absolutely love to hear these guys living their lives again. What a great account they can tell us and what amazing things they have seen and experienced. Thanks for this Guys, brilliant!

We need more of these! Such an interesting format😊

This is the most profound video I’ve ever seen on RU-vid. What amazing men for changing the way they think. Can’t believe what I’ve watched. ❤

Ray and Chris proper geezers mate. It's great listening to them chat. Old school.

One of the best old firm interviews out there, totally honest , no fantasy fairytale just honest truth

I really like the way Chris tells a story, calm and without the graphics.

Absolutely love this style of interview, this one was fantastic as well.

I love hearing and learning about people and their unique experiences! Thank you for sharing gents!

I'm just a random army vet from the US. These UK guys get down in an entirely different way especially the older guys wouldn't want to run into some these guys in a dark alley.

That was surprisingly powerful. Good for you Chris on turning it around.

both Chris and Ray you can tell can still handle them selfs, but would be a good pint talker, one thing my vet friend told me, never anger older vets, they survived to be that age for a reason. my uncle Terry, sure he was 500 pounds but he also was a black belt in judo and over 50 years of training, pissed him off only twice, never have i flown over a chair so fast in my life lol and i deserved it, i think i was 11, and the other time i was 22, i was angry at my cousin his son bc he was being a richard, he was 13, as i grabbed garret, i feel uncle Terry's hand on my shoulder, size of a bear claw, at the time i was 220 pounds in good shape, i was tossed over the couch and he said you touch him to fight him again, i will fight you, let me deal with him. my aunt and mom saw it and said well did you learn. yes lol hes been gone 6 years now, dude was an awesome man, 74 he was.

So sorry to hear what you went through thats terrible...👊💯💪👍🏻but brilliant chat between u and chris..thanks for sharing ..

These are powerful videos. Great work

This is very powerful! Can garuntee these guys will hold a door open for u,legends

Thanks for this chilling informative piece guys respect 🙏

Very interesting and Great Format for these types of interview.

A wonderful conversation!

Heartfelt response from Chris there about the bible and how it inspired him to see his jail time through. I understand how difficult it is to be away fro your family and especially your kids. Chris was 100% right when he said that's real pain, a helpless pain that grates on you constantly because it's in our instincts as men to want to protect our children and families.

There's a better story told here between these two men than in any film I've watched about crime. It's a remarkable difference from the overdone and glamourised True Crime format. LADbible, you are doing this consistently. The truth is the truth. You guys find the people who tell it as it is. Respect to you and all of the people who come on. Lots of the people you interview have been served justice or injustice. You let people tell their whole story regardless (some editing too, but very thoughtful editing) . Keep up the good work and do not change the format. It really does help people gain a real insight into the lives of others. I hope Ray and Chris are doing well.

All the very best to you both ❤ Enjoyed that !

Nice interview Ray 👊look the part there 😉 nice one Chris ,that's the truth right there 🙏

The UK has the most polite goons I have ever seen 😂😂😂😂. With that accent , even their death threats sound polite .

chris is a true gent, i could listen to him all day.

'Scar down his boat race' haha love that

This is probably one of the best interviews LB put out.

Never missed 1 of rays vids his the absolute man u have to love Ray his like a big uncle

This is truely fascinating! I would love to have a pint with these two. I have genuine respect for these guys despite the past.

Need another on with these guys. Great video!

I remember reading Chris’ book decades ago. Very glad to see him looking well. RIP to his brother Tony.

That “nice one bruv, good boy” bought a tear to my eye

Wow....these were some serious OG's here...fascinating to hear them talk and I'd love to see more videos of them

To quote an old friend "I'd rather ask a question with a smile and a gun than a smile and an empty hand" Odd thing is he never needed the gun his reputation went before him.

Interesting interview. It is always inspiring to see people turn their lives around and try and give back to the community. Ray's introduction was important though and I think that it speaks to an element of criminality (especially organised) that isn't understood well by most people: trauma plays such a significant role in the paths that people take, whether to addiction or to the kind of violent criminality being discussed here. Listen to the pain in Chris' voice and imagine holding that inside of you, all of the time. This is a long post but hopefully worth it for those who are interested in OC. What the famous gangster movies and TV shows don't touch upon is this kind of trauma (The Sopranos did a little bit, but for the most part, it may only be hinted at and is not integral to the story at hand, even though it was an integral part of the make-up of these notorious real life gangsters). Sexual abuse in particular is something you will find in the backgrounds of many within organised crime, and sexual violence is often used within organised crime. It isn't spoken about really, possibly because it is so horrifying, but it goes on a lot more than people realise and isn't confined to the prison system, which is more of a cliche. One notorious gang in Birmingham was known to use gang rape as a form of violence towards people who owed money, and this gang controlled the drugs in that city and the wider region. It happens all over within organised crime as it is a highly effective form of violence which many people will fear more than getting stabbed or having a finger chopped off - one story about two guys "punishing" a man who owed them money, a young guy who was basically being mentored by these two was shocked when he saw it happen but was taught that this was basically business practise. The guy who suffered that took his own life shortly after. I remember hearing of it happening locally to me - one of the local gangsters and a second person did that to a person "to teach him a lesson" as I was told (and I suspect that the person who told me was the second person involved in that punishment. Just something about the way he said it, and he told me many more horrible things that he and others had done as part of that whole lifestyle - the creativity of these crooks when it comes to violence is crazy.). The point I am making I suppose is that there is something very wrong with how organised crime is glorified in our culture, with young kids looking up to the local gangsters in areas where there aren't many opportunities and where there is neglect, abuse and so on, even though so many of the prominent figureheads within organised crime are highly damaged, traumatised people who had awful childhoods. Ordinary people wouldn't last in organised crime: not only is there the constant paranoia, not knowing who to trust, expecting cuffs or a blade or bullet at any moment, knowing that you will have to be as violent as you possibly can in order to succeed and to keep this up but also to be able to withstand those levels of violence. A large percentage of the population have never even been punched in the face! Violence breeds violence - combine this with poverty and lack of opportunities in our broken economic system and you will always find people trying to earn a living in other ways, and the ones who "succeed" in that world are the people with the greatest capacity for violence. But beware that if you go into that lifestyle because you got a kick out of Peaky Blinders (haven't seen it myself), just keep in mind that you may well get yourself buggered (literally) if you don't pay up or if your OCG is in a war with another one and you find yourself having been kidnapped and tortured, or your family threatened, your house petrol bombed or shot at - the list goes on. One thing I noticed when I was younger was that you always knew some wannabe who was "related to the Krays", who Chris in this video worked for. Every town and city will have one of these guys. I've even heard it second-hand from others: 'did you know that X is related to the Kray twins?!'. I used to point out to them that the Krays ran nonce rings, and that Ronnie Kray in particular was known for being a violent homosexual rapist as well as pedophile. Usually Mr. Wannabe will stop claiming that his second cousin's brother-in-law was the third cousin of Charlie Kray senior's half-uncle. It is just a bit of a joke, but you get the point. In Manchester, people idolised the Noonan brothers - two of the three are dead and the remaining brother, Dominic I think it is, is currently serving time for historical sex offences against young boys. Go figure. It is a nasty, horrible world and no matter how much filmmakers and TV show producers try to claim that they are showing nuance and context etc., in the end, most of this stuff just ends up glorifying the whole lifestyle. If anybody got close to making a film about how it really all goes on, it'd be more like a horror film than anything else. If anyone has any recommendations for films or TV that show things honestly and don't try and glamorise it for the audience, please let me know. In terms of Hollywood gangster films, I'd say that The Departed comes closest to showing how it works, especially with how close organised crime is to law enforcement. Ironic given that this is a film by Scorcese, who is considered by many to be the best when it comes to this genre. Ironic also that it is a fiction and a loose adaptation, but Scorcese's flaw is that he relies too much on the source material: Goodfellas is a flashier telling of the notorious rat Henry Hill's version of events (Scorcese wouldn't even let Ray Liotta meet Hill before filming!). The Irishman relies on the ramblings of some old man who claims to have been everywhere, from giving weapons to David Berrie (played by Joe Pesci in JFK by Oliver Stone - a great movie) to actually shooting Jimmy Hoffa - that film is the Forrest Gump of the gangster movie genre. The Sopranos, as mentioned before, is probably the best example of the gangster genre being deconstructed, especially with regards to the therapy angle, which offers glimpses into Tony's trauma and helps us to try and understand how he became who he became. Funnily enough, the wannabe, keyboard gangster-types hate those parts of the show, and that's because they are too caught up in the fantasies of power, wealth and all that. An important aside here: just as in any industry, black market industries that are run by organised crime groups also feature high levels of inequality. The local big shot might be driving a nice car, but he's probably mid-level and can only hide so much of his cash, and unless he is friendly with some people in law enforcement (which the best gangsters always are), all it takes is for someone to snitch - possibly a rival gangster giving info to his own cop - and then his door is kicked in. The real guys at the top who actually make all of the money, you probably wouldn't know them if you passed them on the street - they have the real money and they favour keeping it. "Snitches get stitches" is a load of BS too - it is to keep the little guys in line, to throw fear into subordinates and rivals, but all successful organised crime groups will have close relationships with law enforcement, and they will happily inform on a shipment coming from a rival so that attention is diverted from their own, or they may even snitch on one of their own, having a few of their underlings go down and keep their mouths shut ("snitches get stitches", unless you're running the show). Then you have the runners who run the drugs/guns/whatever else around, who get paid peanuts when you place it up against the risk (even without risk, I knew a runner who was employed as he was a crackhead and the dealer used him to run the little baggies to all the other crackheads, paying him in drugs and a weekly wage that was probably around the same as the minimum wage, in a major city (tax free but still, not exactly a life of luxury, especially when you spend all of your money on crack). This is also why gangsters like to recruit children - you can pay them next to nothing, groom them into the falsehood that they are a part of something and are protected, let them have an "image" and they don't face the same legal consequences (although the system will likely f*ck them up if they end up in it, effectively training them to become proper gangsters when they are older, if they don't die first) and so wont be likely to grass (snitch for the yanks). Anyway, rant over. Point is: kids, being a gangster isn't flash - it is a facade and is policed by a monopoly of violence that most people wouldn't have the ability to withstand. Also, unless you are lucky, you will only end up either dead or in prison, with all of the pain and suffering you have been through, let alone that of which you put others through.

i love the way they speak to eachother, they have a really nice flow

Thank you both for sharing..💟🔥☮️🇳🇿

Amazing interview.

It takes a community to raise a child. How different this story would have been with a few more cuddles at the right age. Heart breaking.

Really enjoy these type of interviews

The past is in the past but it shapes you for the person you are today. I was generally moved at the end of that video, and that takes alot.

Best one I've seen yet!

Very interesting video, it's a bit like top trumps of violence. Hope we have a part 2.

I started watching this thinking the other guy was a proper OG but Chris’s story moved me and he didn’t elaborate it he was genuine. Loads of respected bothered for what you went through all being not being late abiding but I could tell you were speaking the truth

This was amazing content

Excellent style of interviewing. 👏.

So who’s won the competition? - What competition? The “I was the most violent enforcer” competition.

Want Part 2 . Best one on lad. 💯

Emotional, men who have been through hard fucking times, humbled to hear their story, wish them all the best in the future.

this was fantastic 2 great blokes

I wish Bobby was there. That would be so interesting to see them together, exchanging life stories and experiences.

Amazing 👏🏼👏🏼

I think, the guy he's talking to is called Chris

‘I knew that violence prevails. It was something i could use. I had a power, a power that i could stand up for myself and i weren’t frightened’ ‘Good!’ Thats two hard old school blokes!

Cheers Ray and Chris. Very interesting chat.ta

Fantastic honest insight between two top names.

This was powerful and moving to watch 😢

LEGENDS!! tip my hat to you both

Brutal and honest. It's interesting the sad pattern of cause and effect.

It’s absolutely insane that we can sit and listen to these two having this discussion. Insane in a good way.

Ray Hill has said some kind words about Ronnie Bender (Kray Firm) on his RU-vid channal. Much respect 😎🙏

Fascinating.

My word, this *"CONTENT"* is breathing life into the this channel with these heavy hitting interviews of the guys!

Chris i don't know if you will ever see this. I want to thank you for helping me understand my destructive behaviour I've been terribly let down by the system to, im so angry all the time I'm trying to instigate violence as a release i suppose. Ironically im only hurting myself. Im going to be mindful of this. Im constantly introspective analysing my mind. My family doesn't think it's healthy i think the opposite. Things that are obvious to most are no longer to me having brain damage. I digress.

Real man, feeling what lambrianou says

Couple of good bed time stories for a rainy day!

Wow,powerful stuff,its the family that does the time. Two very different people

Great interview from 2 wise men

Thank you for this fabulous duo both coming from differnt places though ending up in the same . Good to hear the Cockney accent plus pub look thought i was in the Prince of Wales pub owned by Teddy Haynes whom i worked for ...Jimmy Tibbett Legend in lifetime good lemon squeezer .Yhat was one of my play grounds yey

Brilliant is there a part 2

Ray hill is an absolute legend, he has helpex me past year while ive been going through some hard times, ive done some podcasts with him on his channel, fathers have rights too, big respect to ladsbible for putting ray on

Nice Ray. I knew when u turned up in the bakers hat n boat trip a celebration was on. Good luck Uncle 👊🏼🙏

wow quality! same thing all the time people quick to judge but its clear to see most of them have something in common, let down by the system and abused by the system. you create a man that feels no pain good luck taming him!

Farken just love the accents so much of these guys 😂😂 there is no other when it comes to talking about gangster stuff! Lolzz

10:35 did he really use the word “Tummy” 😂😂

amazing video

21:20 LOL, great interview.

Boss video mate respect YNWA brother

I really felt the pain then. For Chris. What he was saying about his daughter God bless Chris. All the best, Take care, my. Friend

Accountability hurts....those who spent their lives running from it. And it's coming. Humanity will be victorious 💝

Love this!! A ray I wouldn’t mind that hat 😂😂😂

You know what these criminals stories rarely if ever reveal - a change of heart when they're at the top of their criminal empires. It's only after they're deep in self pity. Glad it comes to them eventually, but they are the people that chose to steal, brutalise and murder their fellow man.

Haha, these two are right diamond geezers. My family were all Londoners, dad was a boxer, sure he was involved in shady business but he died an old man last year. Some of the stories my mum has told me, I don't know how we all survived, life in 60's London was tough.

great interview but props to the interviewer again. true pro

The contrast between being these guys coming off as blokes you would find at a pub and them having committed violence beyond what a common man can imagine is shocking

Brilliant interview

Such lovely chaps...

Great video didn't know Ray or Chris but I knew the Richardsons I was only about 5 years old and I was down the shrimp and winkle stall with my dad. They were standing there with their crombie coats and always slipped a few Bob in my hands. Later on in life I had my own scrapyard. I would love to meet Chris. He is a legend.

Bang bang u suit these kinda of interviews / chats

Such a kindred spirit with these gentlemen I'm trying to live a normal life now with all my friends who are just beautiful regular people but I was 14 and had been homeless 2 years when I met a biker organisation who took in an angry kid plied him with drugs and made him do violence...kid was great at what he did but now I have to live when all I was programmed for was violence so I absolutely get it. Funny how the only people who talk like I do are 60 year old gangsters

When is part two please? 😄

Hearing people like this provides an interesting perspective into the minds of people who couldn't give these things up for me as a kid. Always amazes me how the true gangsters are the best mannered

Lol, Chris is not playing about. Love when he talks about taking out stokey police.

That was a brilliant podcast well done ray and Chris bless both men respect and love ❤️