The Krays: Who Really Were The East End Legends? | Rise & Fall Of The Kray Twins 

Pair of crooks who ended up throwing their lives away, and rotted in jail. The adulation they get is beyond me.

Bully boys who were locked in a cell from the age of 35 !!! Absolute pathetic - and these are heroes ? I’d rather look up to the local farmer . Pathetic bullying individuals Be lucky ❤

The reality is very different then the myth. They had close working relationship with corrupt elements in the Police who protected them. They preyed on small business and bookmakers, if they never paid up they got windows broken or worse. Knowing they were protected. They also procured young males for members of the house of lords, who made sure they never got their collar felt, but they got arrogant to the point they had to be brought down. People who really knew them including their enforcers didn't have a good word to say about them.thats the reality. Freddie Foreman stated they were so dangerously unstable to be around, especially Ronnie, they would have been taken out.

Ronnie and Reggie would be celebrating their 90th birthdays today, born October 24, 1933.

Nobody respected them, people were afraid of them, there’s a difference

If I was sitting in a pub and someone came in and shot the person next to me. I wouldn't see anything

Ronnie pickering would have sorted these two out. 😂

This is a true story the Krays sent their collectors going from shop to shop and one shop keeper who was Ukrainian pretending to not understand Cockney language. They were four of them two of them started to throw things around in the shop breaking objects of value, the Ukrainian rushed to a bin holding broom handles broke it half and started using them using oriental fighting skills knocked out two of them out cold and the other two ran away. The shop keeper phoned for the Police they arrived and the Ukrainian showed his MI6 card to the Police, they said no problems took the two into a Paddy wagon to cut the story this was a Special trained by the SAS and ex SOE of the dark arts and the Krays never went to that shop ever again .

Thugs, given too much praise and time as if they were a dource of pride. Vile criminals and murderers.

Nutcases not romantic stories portrayed here.

My father came from East India Dock Road. I was bought up decently, I feared noone, but worked hard to make my way. I would never condone swearing in front of women, but then I would not threaten, bully or take advantage of people that are not in a position to defend themselves for my own families profit. God bless Nipper Read. All fairy tales for weak people who hang onto others, rather than stand their own ground, or make their own way out of personal principle for their own honest families.

We all know that the kray twins did bad things however they were right about Jim fix it back in the late 70s and 80s

They were just thugs with huge egos. The richest criminals and even legit business owners, you have never heard of.

When People are Afraid of You You Can do Anything Remember that.

A prisoner took chips off Reggie's plate, he was humiliated for a long time by prison officers and other prisoners, until Reggie exploded and done him in his cell. If you are thinking of doing crime and becoming a criminal, always think about who you will meet in prison, there's always someone bigger than you. Just saying. 🙌🙌🙌

Apparently they were identical twins but to me they look nothing like each other. Ronald is heavy build, while Roger is slimmer.

Pair of fiko’s “ I want to get married “ “ l want to go abroad Then get left alone “ For all the assholes that were complicate there all in the best place now

IT'S NOT CALLED RESPECT IT'S CALLED FEAR THEY WERE MONSTERS

There were mixed feelings, apparently, when the Krays eventually ended up in prison for murder. According to Leslie Burman, there were people who'd done a lot worse than them. That most likely is the case but hey - that's the price of fame... ..and no, I don't mean Alan and Georgie.

The titled people are the most devious

Lucas couldn't have cared less about young boys being abused he was concerned about people at the top being exposed

Interesting the number of villains who spoke badly of them after they died. Saying they were poofs ,mugs,grasses etc would they've done this when they were living?

Wasn't anyone brave enough to tell Charlie about his hairdo?

30:47 the sound cut out on the narration and interviews.

Sound problem from 30-50 to 38-00 and 40-00 to 42-40 and also 44-20 to 45-12. Spoilt an otherwise excellent video

Different level back then the country is fckd now

I bought the Tom Hardy movie, amazing true story.

At 21:05 the man couldn’t be more wrong. Ron didnt shoot George just for ‘show’, he shot him because he kept mocking Ron for his sexuality. Obvious, so it’s weird this man has no clue.

You think they handed over all of the charity money??? Not on your life.

This particular video really puts me in mind of the "Piranha Brothers" sketch by the Pythons! 😂

Brilliant

Someone please sort the dreadful sound levels on this upload

So much shit spoken on here, they were criminals

Reggie and Ronnie Kray legends and always will be

My nan used to write to them in prison. She is gone now but she still has the letters written back by then in my grandads attic

The dark side of alcoholism - it destroys you - permanently😂😂

Sound goes for me late part shame😊

they'd sort khan out lol

When Ronnie walked into the Astor it was like the queen had walked in

Lord Robert Augustus Boothby and Lord Thomas Cornelius Dryberg.

The crazy Crays apparently didn pay off the right sort of toffs? What!😅😮

Everyone on here think they know and can judge people they have never met in there lives over people who clearly knew them better and actually spent time with them. 😂

The interviews with the various nasties are like a comedian playing charactors. The old timer tough guy act is beyond tiresome. 🙄🙄🙄🙄

Terrible audio.

What the hell is going on with Charlie Kray's 'air ! ?

I wonder if Ronnie was carrying out a copy cat Killing of George Cornell to that of Al Capone

my great nan knew them and met them, she's still alive at 94

""She fell down on her knees and grasped my legs" yeah of course she did nipper

Ronnie Kray the legend

According to her memoirs, Barbara Windsor had a fling with all three Kray brothers.

Prison saved the krays life

That’s the thing about the UK, drinking and gambling is legal as long as it’s run by a small group of mainly upper class people. The longer I live in New Zealand the more I wonder why we put up with the class system

My father had the utmost respect for them. He often visited in Broadmoor Hospital. He got to know the men not the criminals.

All the chite I see about these 2 ...they would touch the hard ones like Roy Shaw Albert and bobby reading and Lennie Maclean even though he was a youngster then and the Greeks in west London

If Donaghue was sitting in the cab of the van how could he describe what was happening in the back so accurately?

They say crime don't pay im not sure about that

These gangsters kept order amongst all the criminals. Sex offenders. Home robbers etc was not tolerated like today! They did a lot of the police work for them! Now so called men tolerate sex offenders and home robbers. Expecting our woke police to deal with it which they have no interest in doing.

2 Bob the pair of em.

They were not Mafia Gangster's they were London's Gangster's Original and still Famous now

They were never the "undisputed "rulers of London gangland. Out side of Bethnal green They were just another two hard nuts like most of the villains at the time

Too unstable even for national service!

They are dead and more dangerous lads now that would have shut them up

I met Charlie at a boxing promotion in the Royal garden hotel that JP Snr was promoting . He was an absolute gent different class

Alcohol and mind altering substances is the problem shirt and tie give people a false attitude. 🙏

Both gay...!👻

Couple of irons

When they tried to take over Birmingham, the Fewtrell brothers sent them packing.

Gangster's but also Gentleman and Human Beings not like the Worm's that are around today

As violent as they were & as many people they beat up it's a wonder they weren't assassinated by guys they beat down.

Lucas, Judas trying to save his hierarchy friends!!

TODAY I DONE NOT ANYONE HAS RESPECT FOR ANYTHING BUT I DO

Very like our present government won't you say ,

Kiddy fiddlers

I have full this they were in prison to long Reggie should have been released at least 10 years before he passed away long life the KRAYS they were good .

The Krays were hard. West Ham? They'd fucking shit 'em.

If they didnt get jailed they would have eventually sold drugs. Becouse if another team did and knew all about the drugs market from prices to distributers and retailers and the right sources they would earn millions and build bigger teams to take over. A couldnt see the krays allowing that. Plus guys would take them out as the money involved is alot. More in a year than they had made all there days. If done right. But its a dog eat dog game as big and easy money makes sure of that.

Reggie and Ronnie Kray were bad but they were still human beings not like the Evil Dirty Monsters around today absolute Legends

Both were queer.

R.I.P. Ronnie and Reggie Kray also Charlie Kray

how old is this???? half these people are dead now

Is Charlie Kray joking. There was only one path all 3 brothers were interested in, C R I M E .

When Charley kray speaks you can hear the saliva in his mouth 🤢

Must be old footage, Donaghue doesn't look picked

Born crooks😂 that was just there way of living where they Evil I say NO they helped alot of people aswel the people they hurt wasn't innocent

The kray twins wouldnt mess with the marx brothers groucho was badder than them😅

The dulcet tones of Michael Aspel commentating.

Ahhhhh...i dont believe none of that either ....why dont they leave those poor boys alone ...RIP Reginald and Ronald

Bloody hell that guys a grass for all seasons there's nothing he's not happy to gossip about , & on camera at that, no wonder he thought he was gunna get 1 in the bk of the head.. snitch

Alright nosh

The only gay in the village.

Nipper reed you were wrong what you did to the kray twins they were good boys they went into my dads night club in Watford called the clock house they behaved impeccable well done boys

They became legends through clever media brainwashing and everyone loves a good film..i grew up in there world they were maniplutive through some muscle they had around them...i was lucky i was over the river our south london was more ruthless the twins never ventured into our bandit country Bermondsey it was a no go area for outsiders..👍

Your playing cards for money Charlie its called illegal gambling

The kray fish brothers.

Pair of Puffs

They should be priminister of British in 2024

Reggie Kray the legend

Charlie Kray the legend

one reason why they were not released early was because the authorities knew their ‘businesses’ continued while they were in prison. I heard it evolved from the protection money racketeering. inmates wanted to be part of their ‘gang’. Also criminals who wanted to do business in london would pay good money for a prison meeting and twins would hook them up and get a commission from deals. they also had ‘foot soldiers’ outside affiliated to them also they were always in the press, with books and films out, celebrity figures and people kept claiming to be connected with them when they were not. if they had kept a low profile they would have been let out earlier

Because he was nipper he was