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Mad how much meeting one person or that one moment can change the entire course of your life completely

The fact she just slapped Myra Hindley in the face for singing what an absolute beast😂

Not everyone that goes to prison is evil. Myra Hindley was pure evil and even people who have committed other crimes look down on people that lure and murder children. The lowest of the low. It made me happy that Linda gave her a slap.

"Don't go to that party" was a brilliant answer lol Like a nice full circle round off to a movie.

It never fails to amaze me how the life of an abused child is worth less than money. Pedophiles get let off with short sentences time and again when its a scientific fact that they cannot be rehabilitated. I've more respect for a good old fashioned bank robber than a child abuser.

"Dont go to that party" gives me chillsss man. its crazy how a simple thing can change our lifes!

Fantastic videos!!!! The honesty of people you interviewing and their story is a life lesson! Most of them really touched me. They make me wanna do more good in life and to benefit others… Often the result of our actions come so late that whatever we commit them for is not relevant anymore… people just want to be happy and lost the thread how to do that… Please keep it up!

Huh, so this is what Debroah Meaden has been up too in her spare time.

She seemed very calm for someone given 18 years for a murder she says she didn’t do.

Thank you for telling about your life. I can't wait to get your book.

Of course she's charismatic and fascinating. But I don't believe for a moment that she didn't kill that man.

The men who worked under Linda sounded like proper gents. Respecting her as the leader, wanting to give her part of their cut, it's kind of sweet.

Great interview 💯 🍿

I appreciate her sense of humour after what must have been a disturbing life. Note to self avoid parties for criminals coming home from jail. I’d be bound to fall in love with the bad guy!

I'm always curious what Maryana looks like. I love this series. I wish Ladbible would do a small video of the crew that assemble these great videos. Putting a face to a voice, so to speak.

Respect to Linda, and thanks for sharing her story. The loss she has suffered is heartbreaking 😢

Fascinating story 🙌

Sad she says how her life was wasted in prison etc but not once does she show any remorse for the effect her choices have had on others.

Thank you for being so honest

Love you Linda 💪🏻Thankyou for your honesty and strength

I feel sorry for the people she traumatised when she robbed them. They had to live with that shock and trauma.

Amazing lady I really enjoyed her story and she is inspiration younger ladies and girls can learn a lot from her. My sister was into these kind of men she is amazing and really interesting thank you for sharing

It fascinates me that most of the men telling these stories say that they wanted to prove something. They wanted to be the best of the best. Linda got into what she did because the police lied about murdering the man that she loved and she was suffering from grief. I'm not saying that makes it ok. Being around a person who was a criminal would have made the transition pretty easy, it was a world that she understood. But it's interesting that the reasons for getting directly involved seem so very different for her vs. the other men that have been interviewed.

In case you ever read this Linda, Janet from Lincoln passed away last August, quickly and peacefully, aged 74 :( We both know what a remarkable lady she was, whose story will never be told !

What sort twisted world is it when an armed robber is given respect.

Great story!

Flawless! Best to her, and all wonderful story-tellers.

I loved this vid

"Crime doesn't pay." Now buy my book in which I talk about all the crimes what I've done

I love this story!

How bizarre that the prison went through the palaver of finding an inmate to do Hinley's hair. It's the last thing you'd have thought people were entitled to.

Her main concern for not wanting to go to the party was that he might be ugly, not that he did an armed robbery 🤦🏻‍♀️

What an inspiration. And I totally understand how she ended up in crime. One traumatic experience after another.

Great story

Talk is cheap..... this evil woman does not tell the whole story. She is responsible for other innocent peoples deaths!

I know it's sad her first partner got shot dead but the guy spent his life robbing people at gun point. Taking everything that people have. Whether he was shot lawfully or not you can't cry victim when he was treating people with violence his whole life. Sooner or later the scales balance out. Love is a powerful thing though. Intriguing interview to listen to, thanks for the insight!

Well she had everyone fooled. It’s very sad. Her entire life turned into a rather dark way. Crime hurts everybody. It’s hard to explain to people who are often entertained by it all. Gangland is truly a damaging environ. The shit she would had been initiated into would had been damaging. The respect is not earned without killings and extreme depravity.

It's amazing how others have the ability to dramatically alter the trajectory of our lives. There's something about this woman ✨, thank you for sharing with us Linda!

A real OG thanks for your story

so much respect for this women. She has been through a lot. So sad in a corrupt world..

She doesnt seem too angry about serving 18 years for a crime she didnt commit..

I met Linda in the 90's in the kitchen of Holloway Prison, she was in charge of the salad section. Very nice lady she made a deadly Caesar salad. So funny looking back now that they actually allowed me in that place to work. lol

this Lady slapped Myra Hindley. She may have done things in her past . But slapping Myra Hindley she has my respect

That was very interesting, but 100 percent she killed that dude, she has just lied about it so long she can't go back on it

Good onya Linda your right when you look back on it crime doesnt really pay i done 34 years in and out of jails in Australia armed robberies drugs etc etc, It was a wasted life but i had a lot of fun along the way . But i would never cross that line again . at 64 now i work hard on construction sites and enjoy my grand kids on weekends . . Good luck in your future

Wow the BEST interview - she is super interesting I need to read the book. - I can relate - my Dad came from the east end - he was rough….

Wow what an interesting lady to listen to.Another good video

when she said “how do you sing when you did what you did” I burst out laughing omfg

Conveniently misses that part where she briefly marries the guy who was jointly sent down with her for the murder of her second husband

So proud of her

Oh yay so I can now listen to a gentle grandmotherly voice with nice accent to put myself to sleep.... and also learn about crime. RU-vid has it all.

I like the whole murdering was glossed over in one sentence 🤣

Moral of the story, always listen to your gut, never second guess your gut instincts. 15:22 Had she listened to her gut and paid heed to her instinct of not wanting to go that party, her life could’ve been much different.

Damn! I thought this was gonna be an interview with Margret Thatcher

When a person lies about a story multiple times they start to believe there own bs

My life is not perfect, I´m not near the life I want my life to be, but I´m so glad I have this life I could have ended up on the streets. It does not takes much, one wrong move, wrong friends, timing, and your life can be over.

It is really quite thought provoking how just a couple of hours can alter the course of an entire lifetime .

True words Xx and thankyou xx

When is the movie coming out?

the amount of people wishing the best for her are quick to forget that she's killed a man point blank and forget about all the lives affected by her actions. but yeah, she seems fucking lovely 🙄

Now, I have respect for her. She seems down to earth and I can understand her rage that made her decide to become a criminal, when they murdered her husband, even if he was a criminal himself, so well, the odds of him meeting a bitter, unfair end was pretty high. I'm guessing the second boyfriend was either another criminal being killed for revenge, or someone killed him to get revenge on her, so yeah. Like, it's sad, but it's a hazard of the profession. The other grandpa gangster, that one with strong sociopathic narcissistic tendencies and hates to be called for what he is, a gangster, has zero morals and extorted innocent people, that one I don't. At all. Actually, her life seems to be a life full of losses. She lost all the 3 men she loved the most. She lost almost 3 decades in prison (I think? I don't know how many years she had to serve). Lost precious time with the kids she loves so much. Lost so much time she could've done something good for herself, with her life. But it's strange how she naturally attracted respect and deference from the men who worked with her, and even in prison, though. I thought she was gonna say they didn't respect her much or tried to take advantage of her because she was a woman but even hardened criminals such as one of the Kray Brothers respected her. She attracted chivalry lol. I don't think many criminal women can say they had men offering bonuses from their own bounty!! One thing I don't understand. Why was a cold-blooded child murderer getting her hair done in prison and why it had to be done by someone she knew? Was it part of a deal she made with the police? Like, "I want some prison benefits if you want me to talk" ? Or do all the prisoners get to have their hair colored by someone they know if they want to?

Ethel the Frog - my fav Monty Python sketch!

16 min isnt long enough for stories like these

it's fascinating that she had so much respect from everyone, everywhere she went. it must've been hard, but to me it doesn't sound like she wasted her life at all. it sounds almost like some sort of karmic path she had to go through. i'm not pro crime but it doesn't sound like she had an agenda either. it's weird when your family wants you to meet a criminal lol like how was she going to judge that this is actually nothing good for your future?

“Don’t go to that party” 😂

Without looking her up i know she is lying about her second husband, her story makes no sense at all!

First, I like her! She seems like someone’s straight shooting grandma. Second, crooked cops killed her first husband, and those same crooked cops probably put her in jail the second time around. It never fails to amaze me at how justice really isn’t blind.

those random cutaways of their face are hilarious

" Dont go to that party"!!! My God there are so many places i went or people I talked to that i wish i could just go back in time and undo....

Always makes me laugh when these people name drop the Krays but in the countless books about the Krays none of these people are mentioned 😂

Wow what a story. You can tell she is a really nice person who went down the wrong path due to bereavement. I don't think she murdered her second partner.

It's so pleasing to see Linda tell her story when all you hear in the media is sensationalism yes the crimes are not to be seen as something to be glorified but most people don't want to look beyond the headlines and the fact is that there is a real person who has a story, to tell Linda your a queen and you have so much dignity and its great to hear you speak good luck

" don't go to that party " 🤣👌

Brilliant. We need way more women in these types of videos.

7 years for stealing working peoples wages. That’s a crime there

Wow what a story😯 and im only half way

Well done! What a life you are living, your strong! I have the upmost respect for you.

I'd love to see evidence or a body language expert react to this. With all due respect, I have a gut feeling that she's lying. Either she's protecting people, concealing details, or possibly making it all up. I just don't know why I think that.

Crime does pay, you just need to be a politician for it to happen.

Respect.

Please let there be a movie on her life!?!

Gonna read that book! Went to Holloway, jam making, swimming (was a champion swimmer before crime) and the only reason I had no problems is because I was remanded on C1 as I used to self-harm so they deemed me a risk. But I have never seen so many drugs as I had at that time 17yrs old in a prison. Mine was small fry TDA’s and TWOC. A bit of a petrol head, nothing like outchasing the police! I could have been your get away driver!

I'd love to see a film about her as her story is really interesting and I'd love to see a female gang boss

I grew up in east London too

I don't believe her story, and for that reason, I'm out.

She’s pretty I can imagine her being a stunner back in the days having them gangster men drooling whilst she’s calling the shots lol. Would love to watch a film on her life. I don’t know why some people think she’s lying about meeting Myra. Do the math they was locked up at the same time in the same jail. She only did her hair so she could go home earlier. Kind of mad how the prison bribed her early release if she did her hair. They literally protecting child killers and sex offenders

I can see the evil in her eyes...

Message to young kids "don't go to parties" poor lady, when she said she doesn't recognise that person from young ages l felt soo sorry for her😥 life is really hard and full of sadness

Best gangster video seen genuine Lady good on her sounds very true & regrets her past good luck future

Why is anybody celebrating with a crook who undoubtedly hurt many people. Why don't the good people who save lives get a look in.

“She paid a hitman, Daniel Reece, £10,000 to kill Cook. However, he lost his nerve at the last minute and Calvey picked up the gun herself, shooting the victim at point blank range, whilst he knelt in front of her.[5] She spent 18 and a half years in prison for the murder of Cook and had also previously served three and a half years for an earlier robbery.” Only from Wikipedia but we’re only hearing her side of the story here

Deep truly deep story

Such a lovely Lady 🌺

Weird how everyone in the comments is praising her for being a "gangster" Lol

Deborah Meadon on smoke

Netflix needs to get on this

Should do more interviews with female criminals! 🦹‍♀️🧛‍♀️ Love it 🔥👏🔥

When one takes a shotgun on a robbery and get confronted by armed police, getting shot is a risk one takes so don't go whinging about it.

She's Tracy from Birds of a Feather......