Won’t be long love until Helen Mirran stars in a film based on you. On a seperate note during the armed robberies how did you manage to run with your high heels
Life is always like that though. And for most of us those single moments are positive things, for example the night I met the woman who became my wife I had intended to go home a lot earlier, there were also various other circumstances that happened to come together that night as well. I think for most of us those moments tend to be a lot more positive than Linda's example.
I don’t believe in “that one moment” thing with people. I’m sure she believes that going to that party changed her life, but I think it’s a collection of decisions and mindset that will set the course. Either way, she’s had an interesting life. I would watch that movie………. If it was done by Scorsese
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.
Not trying to defend a child abuser and killer but I always found it funny that in prison some people still establish a moral hierarchy and think they are better than someone else. Have you ever spoken to a victim of armed robbery?
@jmc3893 , there's even a moral hierarchy among thieves, with house burglars being looked down on as the worst of the worst. And among burglars themselves there's a hierarchy. I know one who feels somewhat better than others because "I've never burgled a council house, only people who can afford it".
@@redbird9658 sorry let me just move this rock out the way I’ve been living under…yes it’s the audacity to sing after the crimes she committed I understand. not sure why I had to explain that for you😂
@@Leanbean4 because so many people just want to disagree and patronise each other on comments sections all the time. It's like they need the conflict 😂
@@SW-fn7cl for real bro😂 as soon as I read it I was like he’s wanting me to not know that information JUST so you can then try make me look dumb for your own self pride??
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.
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!
@@mediterraneandiet2483 I don't know about that. I have seen plenty of people wrongly convicted and not publicly share their "bitterness or resentment". The DeJesus brothers are a perfect example of that.
There's an old offence of being involved in (can't remember exact wording) but it basically says if you know, and they can prove you know but refuse to say, you're found guilty of murder. Basically like the current conspiracy charge or similar Seen a few people in for it towards the end of their tariff, we're talking 20 years but even if the person who did it finally admits it, its too late you still do the time and stay on life license
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!
She's done her time, though. She can show remorse without being outright. During her time in prison she could've come to terms with what she did and now (forgive me if this doesn't sound right) doesn't feel the need to any more.
We have all done things that we are not proud of are we all meant to walk around every second of the day showing remous for those things? No we keep that shit to our self's and just continue on with life the best we can
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 !
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.
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.
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.
Maybe when he got ugly he hit her, who knows. Clearly she had become desensitized at that point to the fact that armed robbery is seriously wrong. Or maybe she never really understood how bad it actually is until she was already skin deep in it.
Yeah it doesn't she lost years of her life behind bars and she managed to make good out of a bad life. Unless you think 2 decades of your best years behind bars is worth money when your in your later years
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!
Yeah but at the same time during those times would he get employed by anyone who knew he went to prison? Even now people struggle and some of them do try , but then give up and turn back to crime. I liked one quote from documentary on jail systems '' i am judged for the rest of my life by the worst day of my life''. To say people had it coming just feels off.
I think it was the fact that they lied about how and why he got shot. I think she would have been cool if he got shot by a victim or If the police did it because he was posing a threat. In those instances I see her chalking it up to the game, the cost doing business. But that was not this.
@@iSugarHeart Precisely... And do any of us have any insight into her husband's upbringing? Probably not. I'd wager that he had a pretty difficult childhood and felt crime was the only thing he could resort to. I'm not going to waste people's time by listing a bunch of criminological theories now, but any of them could fit to him when we don't know his backstory. (also spent the day revising criminology so I don't rly wanna start talking about it again now lol)
@Black Coffee Now a bank robber smacking a multiple child killer is respect worthy. Maybe you endorse Hindley’s behaviour and are sympathetic towards nonces?
I don’t think you can compare the two at all, she also regrets her crimes, Myra didn’t regret hers and she helped in the rape torture and murder of little kids mate.
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
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
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
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?
Must of been hard for her to be forced to do that evil myra hindleys hair .... why the hell was that myra being allowed to have her hair done in the first place...the only thing she deserved was a death sentence...
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'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?
A lot of poor communities look out for eachother even if they're not criminals, because they all receive the same kind of scorn and fuckery from the police and society at large.
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.
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.
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. shes cold as ice dude....
@Pappy - well, Paps... Pappalappadingdong, Pap Smear, Pappington Bear (idk what I'm saying) What's the haps, Paps? You AREEE, the weakest link. GOODBYE.
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 🙄
So true. A relative of mine, their neighbour is a supposed former Gypsy, claims he was a bare knuckle fighter and also knew the Krays. But from talking to him, you know he's a Billy B*llshitter so all of it could be made up. He showed me a picture of him at the funeral of one of the Krays but of course, thousands of people showed up in the streets, doesn't mean he actually knew them. He wasn't in funeral attire, just stood in the street, proved nothing to me, lol!
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.
Her first husband was an armed robber. Who gives a shit that he got wasted? It's not as if he didn't deserve it. And her being innocent of the murder she was convicted for is only her version of events. Presumably there was enough evidence at the time to convince a jury that she was guilty.
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!
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.
He was her boyfriend and he was on weekend release when it happened. I was told that it had to happen because she'd spent his money while he was banged up and it was only a matter of time before he found out. I can't tell you if it's true or not.
“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
haha people are sheep, they see 16 minutes and they're like "oh I hope the best for her, hope she has a peaceful life" not thinking about the people that have been affected by her actions. it's crazy.
@@magdalena_dewinter it has references. Sources. She eventually married the bloke sent down for marrying her second husband. Wiki is an encyclopedia - it isn't a source
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
A simple Google search on Linda Calvey indicates she may not (by a long shot) be the sympathetic character so many commenters here believe her to be. The sweet gran you see here was a legit criminal who genuinely liked that life. Be careful who you idolize, my friends.
When the husband was robbing people at gun point and they enjoy other pples money it was rosy,but when the husband was shot you feel it,there is no big crime and small crime, the pain felt is the same,there is no way to colour this white,am glad she has changed though
Bruh... metting Reggie Kray Also, it's crazy how your life can change with one single "Okay let's go" I can't imagine the pain she must have felt when she lost her husbands
She seems like an incredible person. I really respect her for what she became in the end. Glad she spoke about police. Many of them are much worse than the criminals, and that needs to be made aware.
@@bhuvi402 The official story on how her second husband got killed is quite substantially different. From Wikipedia; "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."
@@bhuvi402 If you can't tell what she's lying about you need too do some studying And learn the street life you won't make it anywhere in life if you cant tell if someone is lying and you well get over on Constantly
@@robertjoseph5206 lmao shutup😂 this isn't a gangter movie, and that person isn't a lie detector. they asked a simple question. answer it or dont, no need for the wannabe 'street life' lesson💀
@@robertjoseph5206 Tell us then Einstein, what did she lie about? Sure we need to do some 'studying' but might as well learn from the master here right.
She paid a hitman, Daniel Reece, £10,000 to kill her husband, Ronnie 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
I was in 7 armed robberies working in a bank. Yes it traumatised me and my staff…….I grew up in the east end with a poor education and I didn’t turn to crime…..she could have walked away.
I wanted to hear something that made me like her but honestly, I just can't help but just feel very sorry for her. Sad how people can't see right and wrong and either way make the wrong choices. I suppose it's just in them to do the wrong thing isn't it. Sad.
My gran spent time in jail with a woman called the black widow murderer. She killed her husband and child and everyone in the prison feared her…until my gran beat her ass for stealing her food🤣
