Back in the 70's, Monty Python did a satirical bit on the Krays calling them the Piranha Brothers, Doug and Dinsdale. It featured an interview with one of their victims and the interviewer asked him if it was true that one of them nailed his tongue to a coffee table. The victim was obviously still afraid of them and replied, " Yes but I deserved it"
"Well, one day, I was sittin at 'ome, threatenin' the kids, when I look out the 'ole in the wall and I sees this tank drive up. And one of Dinsdale's boys gets out, all nice and friendly like and says Dinsdale wants to have a word with me. So he chains me to the back of the tank and takes me for a scrape round to Dinsdale's. And Dinsdale's there in the conversation pit with Doug, Charles Paisley (the baby crusher), and two film producers and a man called Kierkegaard who just sat around bitin' the heads off whippets. And Dinsdale says, "I hear you've been a naughty boy, Clement," and he splits me nostrils open and saws me leg off and pulls me liver out and I say, "My name's not Clement," and he loses his temper and nails me head to the floor." "He nailed your head to the floor?" "At first, yeah."
The quality of the content on this channel is stellar. I find stories of London in the 1960’s and the era of the Krays to be fascinating. Many thanks to Mr. Franzese for another great sit down.
Michael Franzese you are NOTHING But an inspiration for everyone who is lost, in trouble, thinking that getting in to trouble is the answer, and for those who HAVE been in trouble, as well as the people who just adore you and your desire to just help people and let them know that *this* is the life for everyone. Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart. Thank you.
There are some good documentaries floating around on UA-cam about the Krays too. They are from the 90's or early 2000's I think and there are interviews with lots of their associates who were still alive at the time, including people like Freddie Foreman and Albert Donohue who was probably their main enforcer. Fascinating pair. An interesting subject from Michael here, as usual!
As always, an entertaining and informative vid Mr. Franzese. Thank you. A very famous author named David Cornwell, better known by his pen name John le Carré (Spy who Came in From the Cold, Tailor of Panama, The Night Manager), grew up in a broken household, and his dad Ronny Cornwell had been jailed for insurance fraud and was a known associate of the Kray twins.
Mr Franzese, another great episode, I spent 2 years in England in the Air Force about 60 miles North of London, it was much different back then 82-84, I went to the Tower many times finding it fascinating, I hope you stop in a small village and just go into a pub, some of the nicest people I’ve ever met. It will give you the common man’s view and their local history will be awesome! Thanks for the content, about to join the crew soon. God Bless!
@@klmorg63 Thought so. We live 12 miles north in Peterborough, but are moving to the new estate thats being built on the old RAF Alconbury runway. They have restored the old Watch Tower and its now a Bistro.
Just love hearing this man talk. I like the nuance he seems to use in almost everything. Love the fact that he found religion in a later point in his life. I can really relate to that part. May the Most Merciful give you the patience and compassion you need to stick to your religion, Michael 🙏✌️ Love and blessings to you and your loved ones
The story of the Mafia's struggle getting a foothold in Britain due to the laws and the Firms is a really very interesting and under-discussed part of the history between our nations ...as for the links between celebrities and gangsters, the two professions appeal to very similar mentalities - government, banking and business, too... narcissism, control freaks, insecurity/anxiety, mental instability, the love of "personal legend", the desire for money and influence or to change harsh personal circumstances, proximity to vice etc etc Great video, as ever - love and respect from London UK
one of the best stories about the Kray twins in my opinion is about when Ronnie was serving time for stabbing a member of the Watley Streeters (a rival gang from East London) in an infamous pub brawl. A year later in 1958 Ronnie was sent to prison for the incident but his mental health went downhill fast whilst he was inside and he was eventually transferred to a Mental Hospital in Long Grove, Surrey. Once Reggie discovered his brother's whereabouts he jumped in a car with a couple of others and drove down for a visit. He arrived at the hospital and went inside to see his brother Ronnie, leaving the other guys in the car. Apparently he reappeared moments later, jumped straight into the car and drove off again, with the other guys in the vehicle slightly confused as to his hasty visit and their reasonably quick departure. Nobody spoke for a few minutes, so one of the passengers eventually felt they had to say something - "Was everything alright, Reg?" he asked .... "I ain't Reg, I'm Ron." came the immediate reply. When Reggie had walked in to see his twin brother, they had quickly swapped clothes and Ronnie, pretending he was his brother, walked straight out the front door of the hospital he was supposed to be serving his time at! Meanwhile Reggie sat in the hospital for 20 minutes or so, enough time for Ronnie to get well clear, and then he just stood up and said "I'm Reggie so I'm leaving now!" and he just walked out himself! The staff/guards could not stop him because he was indeed Reg and he had no conviction. Of course the guards were not happy but they didn't really want it to get out how badly they had messed up. They called Reggie and tried to get him to bring his brother back but Ronnie stayed on the run from prison for about 6 months! He then returned and simply served out the remainder of his sentence. Can you imagine if that had happened these days? Crazy!
I used to be fascinated by the Krays, one of my old girlfriends was a South London Richardson (her grandma had stories for days) However, finding out they used to procure young boys for politicians somewhat takes the shine off their legacy. Love your videos Micheal.
I'm an American amateur Cosa Nostra buff, but because my mother's maiden name is Dillinger, as in my grandfather was a second cousin to John Dillinger, the infamous bank robber & first person the FBI ever labeled "Public Enemy No. One, I also took an interest in The Kray Twins & The Firm, & while I'm not defending their actions WHATSOEVER... Their former Firm members did provide the distinction that by "young boys," they actually meant young 'men,' 18, 19 yrs old, no? I know Big Albie Donoghue once said that, at least.
@@matthewrider5906 ua-cam.com/video/QP3_kSjm9Wc/v-deo.html my stories are just that.. second hand.. however this guy... not so much... they took children from care homes. Children... not young men... boys.. and of course which members of the testosterone driven firm are going to admit their boses had a thing for young boys?
I've been doing research in my family tree and I live in Bristol and my ancestors were part of a crime family in Bristol back in the 1700s. They committed majority of their crimes in daylight due to the fear they gave to people. Just having our surname back then automatically made you guilty. It was pretty interesting to read about and a local museum has some of their info about their crime group. Not quite the level of the krays but it was still pretty cool to find out. I do have a letter from Reggie kray though
Hey Michael, if you ever wanted to research some more criminals who had interesting paths, there’s an Irish criminal by the name of Martin Cahill ‘the general’ he was known as who I think has such an interesting story. It would be awesome to hear you talk about him I think you would enjoy how eccentric he was
Great video Michael, my grandfather was a trade union official in the civil engineering sector and had some connections with the twins. My grandfather said The Chiswick flyover is a short elevated section of the M4 Motor way and that underneath are multiple body’s of the Krays victims.
That's not exactly a secret. I come from the West so that's my route into London when I drive. Everyone tells you about it. Whether it's true or not who knows
@Zero Fox...I've Owned It Since 2002. I've Been Watching It On Cable Since 1992...I Think It Is The Best Account, (Despite Its Discrepancies On Who They Were Really Are For Dramatic Effect. Edit: Gary And Martin Kemp Are Brothers Who Looks Alike: But Not Twins). 👍
@@sharolddelilahkelly8005 it's absolute fantasy. The Little Mermaid is closer to the truth about the Krays than that film. Entertaining for sure but should not be called the Krays as its not about them
Hey Michael, great video as always. Just thought I’d point this out- Violet, the mother of the Kray Twins was Romani, which is not the same as being from Romania (as you mentioned). It’s easy to confuse for each other. Romanis are actually Indo-Aryans.
The Romani are what English speaking people call Gypsies. Romaní is is what they call themselves. You are correct about them being of Indian origin however.
How good would it be if Michael could arrange a meeting with Freddie Foreman. Fred is one of the last surviving true gangsters of the Krays era. He's 90 now and living in a care home I believe, but it would be pretty epic to have him, an ex member of the Firm, and Michael, an ex-member of LCN, speak about times gone by.
Recently found you channel Michael and I love your content! From Mob Movie/Story Mondays to your Sit Downs, all your videos are informative, entertaining, and inspirational. Keep up the fantastic work! God bless my friend!
Ron was the King of the East at that time. Great introduction Michael to the Twin Terrors. Continuing to pray for protection and travel mercies. Blessings!
I used to live in the east end of London. My wife worked in the royal London hospital in Whitechapel where they shot someone in the blind beggar pub opposite. Not a bad little pub now. They were still talked about 40 years after they were jailed. If you look into the villains from London the krays were pretty small time. Freddie Foreman, Joe Pyle, the Richardsons and the Nash’s were more respected.
@@nicholasanderson9019 It's the main thoroughfare through Hackney, Bethnal Green, Poplar and Bow taking in The Royal Free London (Hospital) and of course the now famous Blind Beggar alehouse 🇬🇧💯👍
My grandad grew up in Paddington back in the day. His auntie lived over in East London and he told me many a story about the kray twins. Of course the blind beggar pub is really famous. PS thanks for this Michael I'm glad you enjoyed London City so much! And your comment is correct that London is bigger than NY - but if you count the population of both metro areas, New York is I think over 15 million? And London is about 9 million
Another good review Micheal, enjoyed listening again. 👍🏻 Will this Micheal Franzese wine be available in the UK before Christmas please? My family and I would like to sample the full range.
Hey Michael, very informative. keep up the "GOOD" work. Enjoyed the video. Glad to hear your venturing out with the wine. Hope the wine is a as good as the the videos your making. Is that TV show / Series still happening? Let us know. Thanks again, Michael. A "TRUE" soldier of God!!
You are a great story teller Mr. Franzese, and I love the fact that you are a new born Christian and that one of the Kray twins became a Christian, is actually amazing and a joy for us that understand what that means and how it feels. Many blessings to you and your family Michael!
Another phenom episode Michael! As usual, I learned a few things I did not know aboput the Krays which goes to prove that you really put a lot of work into your research and it shows! 👍
Mr. Franzese, Love your channel! They say in the movie that Reggie Kray loved to hear Timi Yuro sing, and she was a frequent performer at their club. Keep up the great stories and may God's Blessings be with you and your family.
My dad's uncle was a bad seed. His parents immigrated to Detroit from Glasgow, Scotland in the late 1920s. Yes, his father was an abusive alcoholic and he grew in a poor crime ridden neighborhood, however, he was wild. My grandad, his brother in law, owned a ranch. He gave him responsibility taking care of a goat. He tried to drown the goat. He also stabbed a teenage friend of his. While in the army he robbed the army payroll and was sent to federal prison. After prison he formed a biker gang that tried to rape my aunt, but he stopped them. (The only admirable thing He ever did). He tried to kill my grandmother, his own sister. He robbed the proceeds of a major stadium in LA in 1968. He pimped out his wives for drugs. He assassinated people with shotguns. He got kicked out of the Hells Angels. He rode with the Diablos. In the end he died in prison in his early 50s. The dumbest thing my grandad ever did was teach him how to shoot a gun.
@Myles Garrett I think you are right. My Grandad was a WW2 combat vet who fought the Japanese in the Philippines. I don't know how much he taught his brother in law about guns. I know from my dad that he taught him quite a bit. The army also taught him about guns as well.
Yes they were the real power crew and run huge areas of London. They were on a totally different level in every way, but at the end of the day they let the Krays make the headlines and they made the money.
Hi Michael, the Romani are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group located in different parts of Europe who are traditionally nomadic, some may refer to them as travellers or gypsies. Violet Kray was half Romani, Romani doesn't mean she was Romanian, thought I'd just clear that up. Great video, check out the Richardsons, they were the power in South East London, some say more powerful than the Krays, there's a movie about them called Charlie, might be good for Mob Movie Monday.
Great info on these twins. I too find the fact that so many people like being around Mob guys interesting. I think it's the danger aspect. These guys are dangerous and there is an adrenaline rush in some just being around it. Thanks Michael. Learned a lot today. God Bless you!!
A few of my friends were gangbangers and they would tell me about some of their comings and goings, I genuinely had a curiosity about it. It was like being in a vice documentary lol.
My grandmother was neighbour of twins....very polite...handsome...kind...she says Ronnie was funny one x God bless michael doing great x UK fans love you brother xxx
Great Video Michael very well done you definitely tried to cover all of the bases on the Kray's. I did a lot of research on them just out of curiosity and it's crazy how they didn't go down earlier in their lives! The things that they did without being careful and their messiness I was shocked that they stayed out of prison as long as they did! I found it interesting that both twins were boxers in their early life and some say that Reggie was really good and could have turned professional! Ronnie on the other hand had a really bad temper and he didn't have the patience to become really good and his temper got the best of him in the ring! I think after their Boxing career was over is when they started going down hill! Between the alcohol and possibly drugs they started getting crazier and crazier and well you know what eventually happened! Anyway peace out and nicely done God bless you and your family brother stay safe! Peace!
They were nonces. They got away with it for so long because they had dirt on all kinds of people in power. Here's a reply to someone's comment that was deleted that might interest you: Got an email for a reply to a comment I made in a thread on this video about the Krays being into trafficking young kids - which they did do, a lot of the time for the elite, and that this is one of the reasons they got away with their crimes for such a long time. The person in the reply asked me "so the American mob was involved with child trafficking?" but i can't find it. Guessing that it was deleted because people don't want to know the truth about the mafia and some of the shadier sides of the rackets they were involved in. Read about Robert DiBernardo - he was targeted by the feds for trafficking in porn, including the illegal kinds, relative to the question I am replying to. Also look into the fact that the mob ran/extorted/"protected" the gay bars and gay hangouts in general in NYC during the time of Stonewall and the riots and all that. There was a bouncer but I can't find his name - he and others were accused of trafficking/pimping by local kids, usually runaways, many of them runaways, and this particular bouncer was an associate of the Genovese family. Another key player in this was a man called Ed "Skull" Murphy (not to be confused with a wrestler of the same name). It's hard to find info on him via Google but he was involved with the bars and was involved in pimping out kids too. Pretty safe bet that this comment will be deleted just as the original comment was, but this is an important part of mob history that people should know about. They were and still are liars, with a well-oiled PR machine. Don't forget that they got away with so much of their racketeering because J. Edgar Hoover refused to acknowledge their existence and instead went after political radicals, mostly black folks (i.e. Black Panther Party). Why is this? Because the mob had pictures of Hoover. Even Michael Franzese admits this. How did they obtain such blackmail information on people in high places? Through people like Roy Cohn - lawyer to many mobsters, gay, into kids and who ran an elaborate blackmail scheme which compromised many politicians, lawyers, judges - anyone you can imagine that was in power, Roy Cohn would have had dirt on them if they were dirty, and he was tight with the mob. He made a lot of money from the mob and not just in legal fees. Oh, and the mob didn't deal drugs either, right? Even though Luciano was a part of setting up the original French Connection and literally had heroin processing plants in Sicily during his exile. But I suppose that that all died with him though, eh? Despite countless prosecutions over the decades. Criminals are criminals and they will make money in whatever ways that they can. Some individual mobsters may have had certain personal morals, and the organisations themselves may profess to have certain moral codes that must be abided by, but is John Gotti going to turn away a big, fat briefcase (let alone envelope!) full of cash because it might have come from illegal trafficking in drugs, humans, p*rn or whatever else? You'd have to be very naive to believe that. In fact, DeBernardo was quite close to Gotti himself. Anyway, enjoy the comment while it lasts because it'll be deleted. Even though we are speaking on the channel of an ex-mobster, he still wants to protect the image of his former organisation inasmuch as he doesn't want to be associated with what DiBernardo was doing, not to mention the pimps who operated around the gay scene in NYC and kicked up to the mob, such as Ed "Skull" Murphy and others.
I wanna let you know that I'm really proud you were patient with me I learned an immense A lot from actually not wanting to disappoint ya . Thanks for being an excellent corner Man . Every Cut ya covered thanks 🙏
I learned about the Kray brothers after I learned more about Michael Petersen a.k.a. Charlie Bronson. I watched the movie made about him (played by Tom Hardy who also plays both of the Kray twins in the film Legend) and was so fascinated with this man I also bought one of his fitness books called Solitary Fitness. In it, he briefly mentioned having spent some time in prison with the Krays and getting to know them.
Hey Michael, love all the organised crime stuff. All the pom and the US Mob stuff. Currently In the middle of Sam Gravano's "Our thing" podcast. I am in Australia and would love to hear you narrate some of our organised crime guys here in Australia being Lenny McPherson who had dealings with Joe Testa, Neddy Smith, The Kane Brothers, Dennis Allen, The Pettingal Family, Cow Hayes, The razor Gangs, Roger Rogerson who was a dirty cop ect. Dennis Allen was a complete nutcase. You would be facinated with the history of these guys. Take care.
Fantastic video Michael, you should do a video on The Richardsons who were rivals to The Krays and equally or even more ruthless. And you can cover the current crime families in London like The Adams crime family (Clerkenwell Crime Syndicate), the Arifs crime family, etc. I am happy you are loving the UK. I am currently in the Old Country until the 14th August before going back to London. Salute paesano. 🇮🇹
I literally just replied to someone with a comment almost exactly like yours. If the Richardson's didn't finish them before the law did, the Adams family certainly would have. Both groups were absolutely brutal. And the Adams family being Irish were able to and often did bring in sleepers from Ireland to do hits for them. No one knew where they were going to be shot from. Patsy is an absolute psycho too who everyone was terrified of.
@@themightyatom1031 yes they are still going. The arifs had a major war with the notorious Brindle family in SE London, and the Adams family were going at it with the Reilly's in north London at the same time. Crazy time filling the power vacuum left behind the Krays and Richardson's.
Hello Michael great information. My uncle had a pub (bar) in Convent Garden London in the 60's. He was a no nonsense Irishman but he told me himself he dreaded they would come knocking for protection. Thanks for your videos
Another great commentary I was sent to prison with cancer 2009 for driving I put my trust in jesus christ came out had an organ removed been cancer free 13+ years a compete turn around in my life and divine protection in my life seen people healed through prayer command after the lady my friends mum forgave a family member after a 60 year grudge. I have she went to her specialist for her checkup no residue of cancer she had her both lymph nodes removed and no residue of diabetes. When we repent and surrender to christ miracles are possible salvation being the greatest miracle God is a good father who takes care of his children and he's never to late was hoping to hear micheal in Cardiff sadly i missed it was hoping my friend would of been able but is on a curfew love the way Michael gets an encouraging example In his messages God bless you Michael hope there will be another opportunity someday 🙏🏻❤️🔥
I've watched a series about these twins. One was literally insane. Straight up certifiable . P S. There is NO heart hard enough that Jesus can't touch!
@@michaelfranzese Mike love this, but the Kray's were not the biggest, The Nash brothers and Fred Foreman and other faces were probably more wise and as feared and respected , And the Richardson's just as capable the twins ruled the east end and i don't think it was the entire east end.
@@tabsntoot Ron was hardly nasty about McVicar or any of the others . His voice was softly spoken throughout the tapes and he just made his feelings clear about these people . No swearing or raising his voice like you suggest !!
@@alandavies5570 yeah true but it’s nice to get Michaels take on some of them. Most over here were just low level thugs but revered as gods by some. It’s nice to have some balance and objectivity.
One major mistake that the Tom Hardy film made about the Krays was about them swearing. They didn’t like swearing and would rarely swear. They were actually well spoken. The East end of London was also meant to be much safer during that period.
What you said about growing up in a violent home that messes you up mentally as you get older describes my brother in law to a tee. Raised in a cheating violent home life him and his brother turned into alcoholics which just took his brothers life at 48. I’ve hung around with my brother in law for 20 years being friends but just last week I had enough of his mental issues and walked away from being friends with him. My sister will have to contend with him now cause he has no friends. No one wants to be around a disrespectful drunk. I’m praying hard that God saves his soul but he’s so mentally messed up it can only be God who changes him and saves him. I can’t deal with him anymore and it’s causing issues in our family now sadly.
Michael , loving your videos I’m watching them all from the beginning , you said in an earlier video that ‘ your viewers will probs skip through your videos , cos we got other things to look at on you tube ‘ , just to say no way do I do that , I listen to every single second of every video , keep em coming 👍
Another great piece Michael if you get the opportunity you should look into Freddie Forman top drawer villain the krays went to him for help very interesting story and he’s still alive
Hi Michael, I work on one of the ferries between Scotland and Northern Ireland, unfortunately I'm on there working at the minute and I missed you in Belfast. Please come back to the UK again sometime, I'd love to go to one of your events. I binge your videos every night in this old tub👌
Thanks for another great video Michael and I thought Tom Hardy rocked it playing both twins in the movie Legend I mean that's pretty hard to do that is y he got Venom because he could convincetly argue with himself lol
Hi Mike, you’re right, he died in broadmoor, I lived in Reading and Wokingham growing up and every Monday morning you could hear the broadmoor sirens going off in Berkshire (just outside of London as well as parts of Surrey and Hampshire) I think to say it was safe and nothing was untoward. The krays it seems are quite overrated in the grand scheme of things, I’m sure in the east end of London they had power, but from research, there were a lot of bigger fish in that pond up there. Not taking away what they got up to though, they wouldn’t have the reputation to this day for nothing.
The sirens where simply tested at Broadmoor every week at 10am on Monday. 13 sirens were installed which were WW2 air raid sirens with a 2 mile range. If the siren went off at any point outside of the test time, it would mean an escapee was on the loose. All eventually deactivated in 2020 due to extra security measures put in place such as additional security fencing.
The Krays had an image of "East End boys done good" but they were largely bullies, parasites, and, unfortunately, Ronnie was known to (ahem) like young boys. Their appeal came from the fact that they were twins and that they had this aura about them which carried their name around London. But, they weren't the top guys in London, and their story is one of excess, laziness, arrogance, and eventually a lump of bird (that's prison for our American cousins).
@@davidrowan3853 You fool, they were young boys. That means teenagers, around 14,15,16. He was notorious for it. Do your research before you open your trap.
@@prophetascending9021 i know all about it, don't need to research it, they were all adults and above the legal age, not one child. You probably should do a wee bit more research, and stop using the word fool. Typical American.
Great Video Micheal , I think you’d enjoy making a video on the Richardsons who were the Krays main rivals in the sixties who hailed from South London. They were notorious for torturing other villains and financially They were far more successful than the Krays through their long firm frauds and fruit machine enterprises but didn’t seek the limelight and were on the brink of owning a mine in south Africa when the law came for them.
being from the uk ive seen doco about the krays. but ive also seen a doco about the richardson gang who were around the same time. going by the doco i saw the krays were child play compared to the richardson they were real violent. one of their members was mad frankie fraser aka the dentist. wether its true im just going by a doco i seen on sky.
Oh my gosh, I love when you have a chance to incorporate Christianity in your show. If course people in prison sometimes become Christians. For one thing they have the time now to read the Bible. Also, sometimes unfortunately God may have to use any means necessary to get his children's attention. Anyway, love your show and we all love you as well! And your beautiful, beautiful family too !
Pretty good video. You got a couple of facts wrong though, one of them being, they didn't get separated when sent to prison (at first) they spent quite a few years un-separated, but eventually Ronnie was convinced to go to Broadmore (by his brother too) because his mental illness made him struggle in prison. I think the paranoia got to him, and he really did need full time medical help. They was together for quite a few years though, I don't think they got separated until the mid 70's, and they got imprisoned in the late 60's. There is also a guy they was involved with called Freddie Foreman, he was a highly respected criminal, he got rid of the body of Mcvitie and Frank Mitchell. He pulled of some of the largest robberies the UK has ever seen (think Lufthansa level robberies, but bigger, and he was involved with a few) this guy was highly respected. And far more of a successful criminal than the Kray twins. If the Krays where like Scarpa or DeMeo, Foreman was more like your father Sonny Franzese, or Meyer Lanskey, not just a feared psycho, who based his criminal career on pure fear and violence. He actually had respect from people. He would have never Ratted on anyone, and he was respected by people in all walks of life. He was no bully (although a multiple killer), but he was a very clever villain and is still alive today.
Love Michael F pod casts but yeah freddie foreman never turned or spoke and was convicted for conspiracy 2murder even though no body . Tried with them , as nipper wanted it that way .
Thanks for the good video post. The film "LEGEND" is on my list of films to get, but I do have on DVD the 1990 film "THE KRAYS", and the 1971 film "VILLAIN" where the gangster character played by Richard Burton is supposedly based on Ronnie Kray.
Something you forgot to mention in the beginning starting with the nightclub ownership and the first real bit of illegal money the krays actually made which eventually ended up with them getting into clubs and bars and such was protection racketeering. Obviously after a couple years they realised there was more money in owning nice clubs, bars and pubs then protecting them hence the ownership, but overall great story telling from you Michael 👍
My Grand parents grew up around there at that time and it was a very rough place back then. When that generation grew up what we now call abuse would not even been considered abuse, sexual abuse was not even spoken about so that was also a possibility. On top of that they all lived through WW2 which was a appalling time that left people with all kinds of psychological scars. London especially the East End was riddled in poverty and people just grew up hard.
Michael, funny story... we went on a family vacation to Antigua a few years ago at the St. James Hotel and myself and my youngest daughter were at the pool sitting right next to Tom Hardy and his young son. Tom was very gracious as we only talked to him like a normal person about our kids. He seems to be a wonderful person to his fans. It would be great to make one of your grand prizes a chance to view your life story premier with you / family, that would be some prize!
John 3:16 King James Version 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
@@ALLTHINGSJESUSCHRIST Protruding foreheads that hold no spiritual currency only give permission for the gateways of the dark to devour what little left is worthless. When the soul is gone and the entity takes you for a ride.
I must admit (and believe me, this isn't a boast), I met Reggie many years ago in unfortunate circumstances. My life was very different a few decades back and I ended up in real trouble. Reggie knew I was potentially facing a long time in prison, and he took me to one side and give me pearls of wisdom and dos and don'ts that helped give me through that time without a scratch -both physically and mentally. He was a handful back in the day, but when I met him he'd done a long, long time, and I remember him as a true gentleman. Just a footnote; to my surprise he was actually quite small in height, which is very different to the impression that the media projects.
It was great to meet you at dinner, Michael. You were a gentleman when my wife and I introduced ourselves. Thanks so much.
Thanks for teaching me that London is 2x the size of New York City, I didn't know that.
Back in the 70's, Monty Python did a satirical bit on the Krays calling them the Piranha Brothers, Doug and Dinsdale. It featured an interview with one of their victims and the interviewer asked him if it was true that one of them nailed his tongue to a coffee table. The victim was obviously still afraid of them and replied, " Yes but I deserved it"
"Well, one day, I was sittin at 'ome, threatenin' the kids, when I look out the 'ole in the wall and I sees this tank drive up. And one of Dinsdale's boys gets out, all nice and friendly like and says Dinsdale wants to have a word with me. So he chains me to the back of the tank and takes me for a scrape round to Dinsdale's. And Dinsdale's there in the conversation pit with Doug, Charles Paisley (the baby crusher), and two film producers and a man called Kierkegaard who just sat around bitin' the heads off whippets. And Dinsdale says, "I hear you've been a naughty boy, Clement," and he splits me nostrils open and saws me leg off and pulls me liver out and I say, "My name's not Clement," and he loses his temper and nails me head to the floor."
"He nailed your head to the floor?"
"At first, yeah."
@@FullCircleguitar funny stuff
@@FullCircleguitar maybe a parody on the richardsons who were alleged to nail people to the floor (torture gang )
Only Spiny Norman could intimidate Dinsdale!
That’s a great sketch.
The quality of the content on this channel is stellar. I find stories of London in the 1960’s and the era of the Krays to be fascinating. Many thanks to Mr. Franzese for another great sit down.
Michael, your talent for storytelling is incredible. I could watch these videos all day.
Michael Franzese you are NOTHING But an inspiration for everyone who is lost, in trouble, thinking that getting in to trouble is the answer, and for those who HAVE been in trouble, as well as the people who just adore you and your desire to just help people and let them know that *this* is the life for everyone. Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart. Thank you.
P.S. *LOVE* the bottle of Dom in the background! 🍾
There are some good documentaries floating around on UA-cam about the Krays too. They are from the 90's or early 2000's I think and there are interviews with lots of their associates who were still alive at the time, including people like Freddie Foreman and Albert Donohue who was probably their main enforcer. Fascinating pair. An interesting subject from Michael here, as usual!
As always, an entertaining and informative vid Mr. Franzese. Thank you. A very famous author named David Cornwell, better known by his pen name John le Carré (Spy who Came in From the Cold, Tailor of Panama, The Night Manager), grew up in a broken household, and his dad Ronny Cornwell had been jailed for insurance fraud and was a known associate of the Kray twins.
Mr Franzese, another great episode, I spent 2 years in England in the Air Force about 60 miles North of London, it was much different back then 82-84, I went to the Tower many times finding it fascinating, I hope you stop in a small village and just go into a pub, some of the nicest people I’ve ever met. It will give you the common man’s view and their local history will be awesome! Thanks for the content, about to join the crew soon. God Bless!
RAF Alconbury?
@@wjs2394 that’s it bro!
@@klmorg63 Thought so. We live 12 miles north in Peterborough, but are moving to the new estate thats being built on the old RAF Alconbury runway. They have restored the old Watch Tower and its now a Bistro.
Just love hearing this man talk. I like the nuance he seems to use in almost everything. Love the fact that he found religion in a later point in his life. I can really relate to that part. May the Most Merciful give you the patience and compassion you need to stick to your religion, Michael 🙏✌️ Love and blessings to you and your loved ones
Thanks Mr Franzese for the content and may God bless you and your family!! Safe travels
The story of the Mafia's struggle getting a foothold in Britain due to the laws and the Firms is a really very interesting and under-discussed part of the history between our nations
...as for the links between celebrities and gangsters, the two professions appeal to very similar mentalities - government, banking and business, too... narcissism, control freaks, insecurity/anxiety, mental instability, the love of "personal legend", the desire for money and influence or to change harsh personal circumstances, proximity to vice etc etc
Great video, as ever - love and respect from London UK
one of the best stories about the Kray twins in my opinion is about when Ronnie was serving time for stabbing a member of the Watley Streeters (a rival gang from East London) in an infamous pub brawl. A year later in 1958 Ronnie was sent to prison for the incident but his mental health went downhill fast whilst he was inside and he was eventually transferred to a Mental Hospital in Long Grove, Surrey. Once Reggie discovered his brother's whereabouts he jumped in a car with a couple of others and drove down for a visit. He arrived at the hospital and went inside to see his brother Ronnie, leaving the other guys in the car. Apparently he reappeared moments later, jumped straight into the car and drove off again, with the other guys in the vehicle slightly confused as to his hasty visit and their reasonably quick departure. Nobody spoke for a few minutes, so one of the passengers eventually felt they had to say something - "Was everything alright, Reg?" he asked .... "I ain't Reg, I'm Ron." came the immediate reply.
When Reggie had walked in to see his twin brother, they had quickly swapped clothes and Ronnie, pretending he was his brother, walked straight out the front door of the hospital he was supposed to be serving his time at! Meanwhile Reggie sat in the hospital for 20 minutes or so, enough time for Ronnie to get well clear, and then he just stood up and said "I'm Reggie so I'm leaving now!" and he just walked out himself! The staff/guards could not stop him because he was indeed Reg and he had no conviction.
Of course the guards were not happy but they didn't really want it to get out how badly they had messed up. They called Reggie and tried to get him to bring his brother back but Ronnie stayed on the run from prison for about 6 months! He then returned and simply served out the remainder of his sentence. Can you imagine if that had happened these days? Crazy!
Great story!
In Poland to Brothers changed clothes when one of them been in prison.It was happen on visit time
😂 you do know they weren’t really twins.
@@il-danny-ll5588 yeah they were
I used to be fascinated by the Krays, one of my old girlfriends was a South London Richardson (her grandma had stories for days) However, finding out they used to procure young boys for politicians somewhat takes the shine off their legacy. Love your videos Micheal.
I'm an American amateur Cosa Nostra buff, but because my mother's maiden name is Dillinger, as in my grandfather was a second cousin to John Dillinger, the infamous bank robber & first person the FBI ever labeled "Public Enemy No. One, I also took an interest in The Kray Twins & The Firm, & while I'm not defending their actions WHATSOEVER... Their former Firm members did provide the distinction that by "young boys," they actually meant young 'men,' 18, 19 yrs old, no? I know Big Albie Donoghue once said that, at least.
@@matthewrider5906 ua-cam.com/video/QP3_kSjm9Wc/v-deo.html my stories are just that.. second hand.. however this guy... not so much... they took children from care homes. Children... not young men... boys.. and of course which members of the testosterone driven firm are going to admit their boses had a thing for young boys?
They bullied and raped a lot of young men who were straight, that's why people were scared of them.
I've been doing research in my family tree and I live in Bristol and my ancestors were part of a crime family in Bristol back in the 1700s. They committed majority of their crimes in daylight due to the fear they gave to people. Just having our surname back then automatically made you guilty. It was pretty interesting to read about and a local museum has some of their info about their crime group.
Not quite the level of the krays but it was still pretty cool to find out. I do have a letter from Reggie kray though
My dad's harder than your dad
I completely enjoyed this, thank you Michael and God bless you and your family and all of us who watched this 🙏
Thanks for the video, especially the last 17 - 18 minutes. I'm a bit teary. Keep posting, and everyone keep watching 🇿🇦🙏
Those boys were nuts!! Your videos are always excellent!! Entertaining and informative!!
Yo Odin's in the house 😁👌🏻
Hey Michael, if you ever wanted to research some more criminals who had interesting paths, there’s an Irish criminal by the name of Martin Cahill ‘the general’ he was known as who I think has such an interesting story. It would be awesome to hear you talk about him I think you would enjoy how eccentric he was
They made the spoof film about him with Kevin spacey, ordinary decent criminal.
My Gran was a Relation of Mad Dog Coll
@The Big kahuna yeah I know, I like to that film better and the film I mentioned spoofed that 1 but I think he's more chance of hearing about that 1
Lenny McLean would smash him. Up the guvnor
Count Dankula did a doco on the general.
Great video Michael, my grandfather was a trade union official in the civil engineering sector and had some connections with the twins. My grandfather said The Chiswick flyover is a short elevated section of the M4 Motor way and that underneath are multiple body’s of the Krays victims.
Lol and under hotels , airport runaways!
That's not exactly a secret. I come from the West so that's my route into London when I drive. Everyone tells you about it. Whether it's true or not who knows
New subscriber. Brilliant video 💪🏻🏴
Great vid Michael, as always. Hope you're enjoying it here in the UK 👍
Michael you should definitely watch “The Krays” with Twins Martin and Gary Kemp playing Ron and Reg. It’s a all time British Gangster great!
I will, thanks 😊
@Zero Fox...I've Owned It Since 2002. I've Been Watching It On Cable Since 1992...I Think It Is The Best Account, (Despite Its Discrepancies On Who They Were Really Are For Dramatic Effect. Edit: Gary And Martin Kemp Are Brothers Who Looks Alike: But Not Twins). 👍
It's definitely a lot better than Legend that's for sure.
You are cockanies😊...Great movie
@@sharolddelilahkelly8005 it's absolute fantasy. The Little Mermaid is closer to the truth about the Krays than that film.
Entertaining for sure but should not be called the Krays as its not about them
Very enjoyable sit down Mike. One or two moments I had to laugh out loud, but a good chat. Thank you.
The Krays!!! Thank you for this! Ever since I saw the movie Legend and read their books, I was hoping you would do a video on them. Awesome job!
John Pearsons book Profession of Violence is the most read and honest account of this pairs short term terrorising of their area. 👍
@@michaelfranzese can u do a video on the Irish criminals in Ireland Michael
Problem is these gangsters are dangerous but London feels more dangerous now then ever. The amount of random stabbing were getting is terrifying.
We love you Michael ! Keep up the good work !!!
11:46 as an Englishman to hear the way Michael pronounces the word "puff" had me cracking up 😂😂😂
Hey Michael, great video as always. Just thought I’d point this out- Violet, the mother of the Kray Twins was Romani, which is not the same as being from Romania (as you mentioned). It’s easy to confuse for each other. Romanis are actually Indo-Aryans.
And Part Irish!!! The Irish are tough people!!!!
Romanis are gypsy's. So these guys were half Irish half gypsy. They really didn't have a chance of a normal life.
The Romani are what English speaking people call Gypsies. Romaní is is what they call themselves. You are correct about them being of Indian origin however.
@@dc56789 separate ethnic groups
Define Indo-Aryans. I have never heard the term.
How good would it be if Michael could arrange a meeting with Freddie Foreman. Fred is one of the last surviving true gangsters of the Krays era. He's 90 now and living in a care home I believe, but it would be pretty epic to have him, an ex member of the Firm, and Michael, an ex-member of LCN, speak about times gone by.
Recently found you channel Michael and I love your content! From Mob Movie/Story Mondays to your Sit Downs, all your videos are informative, entertaining, and inspirational. Keep up the fantastic work! God bless my friend!
Hey Michael. So glad you had a good trip to the Uk. Couldn't get the opportunity to met you, but am pretty sure it will happen. God Bless!!
Ron was the King of the East at that time. Great introduction Michael to the Twin Terrors. Continuing to pray for protection and travel mercies. Blessings!
I used to live in the east end of London. My wife worked in the royal London hospital in Whitechapel where they shot someone in the blind beggar pub opposite. Not a bad little pub now. They were still talked about 40 years after they were jailed. If you look into the villains from London the krays were pretty small time. Freddie Foreman, Joe Pyle, the Richardsons and the Nash’s were more respected.
Even more notorious these days yes, love Commercial Road 👌😎
@@DaveSCameron what's commercial road?
@@nicholasanderson9019 it’s just a road the other side of the royal London when you go east. I used to get the bus that way home.
@@nicholasanderson9019 It's the main thoroughfare through Hackney, Bethnal Green, Poplar and Bow taking in The Royal Free London (Hospital) and of course the now famous Blind Beggar alehouse 🇬🇧💯👍
@@michaelfranzese Do you have any good Sinatra stories Mr. Franzese?
My grandad grew up in Paddington back in the day. His auntie lived over in East London and he told me many a story about the kray twins. Of course the blind beggar pub is really famous. PS thanks for this Michael I'm glad you enjoyed London City so much! And your comment is correct that London is bigger than NY - but if you count the population of both metro areas, New York is I think over 15 million? And London is about 9 million
Yet another awesome video. Hope you and your family are doing well Mr. Franzese!
Glaz Go, Michael. Keep it real my man!
Classic mob story from an old school OG, respect to you sir
I’m definitely looking up ur wine , thanks for telling us about it too
Another good review Micheal, enjoyed listening again. 👍🏻
Will this Micheal Franzese wine be available in the UK before Christmas please? My family and I would like to sample the full range.
Hey Michael, very informative. keep up the "GOOD" work. Enjoyed the video. Glad to hear your venturing out with the wine. Hope the wine is a as good as the
the videos your making. Is that TV show / Series still happening? Let us know. Thanks again, Michael. A "TRUE" soldier of God!!
Glad you're enjoying the UK Mike, people like to complain but there's worse places to live
AT LEAST THEY HAVE SNUFF
Dude I loved the last bit of the video! Thank you
You should interview some English Gangsters like Freddie Foreman
Very honest and upfront and non brazen my friend 🙏
Hey Michael, how come you haven’t done a sit down with Pacino, De Niro or Pesci?
That would be awesome!! Sit down with all 3 would be legendary!
That would be Epic 😎
You are a great story teller Mr. Franzese, and I love the fact that you are a new born Christian and that one of the Kray twins became a Christian, is actually amazing and a joy for us that understand what that means and how it feels. Many blessings to you and your family Michael!
Another phenom episode Michael! As usual, I learned a few things I did not know aboput the Krays which goes to prove that you really put a lot of work into your research and it shows! 👍
Not really I was doing prison time from 92 and I picked up the book in them . There reputation has lasted through decades.
God bless Texas
Very well presented, as always. wishing you the best, Mr. Franzese!
Great job brother! It never ceases to amaze me. These videos keep getting better. The total opposite of the Yankees pitching staff .
Mr. Franzese,
Love your channel! They say in the movie that Reggie Kray loved to hear Timi Yuro sing, and she was a frequent performer at their club. Keep up the great stories and may God's Blessings be with you and your family.
My dad's uncle was a bad seed. His parents immigrated to Detroit from Glasgow, Scotland in the late 1920s. Yes, his father was an abusive alcoholic and he grew in a poor crime ridden neighborhood, however, he was wild. My grandad, his brother in law, owned a ranch. He gave him responsibility taking care of a goat. He tried to drown the goat. He also stabbed a teenage friend of his. While in the army he robbed the army payroll and was sent to federal prison. After prison he formed a biker gang that tried to rape my aunt, but he stopped them. (The only admirable thing He ever did). He tried to kill my grandmother, his own sister. He robbed the proceeds of a major stadium in LA in 1968. He pimped out his wives for drugs. He assassinated people with shotguns. He got kicked out of the Hells Angels. He rode with the Diablos. In the end he died in prison in his early 50s. The dumbest thing my grandad ever did was teach him how to shoot a gun.
wow.
He sounds lovely.
@@MrTubularBalls 💀
Interesting 👍
@Myles Garrett I think you are right. My Grandad was a WW2 combat vet who fought the Japanese in the Philippines. I don't know how much he taught his brother in law about guns. I know from my dad that he taught him quite a bit. The army also taught him about guns as well.
Who ever edits your videos is, in my opinion, the best editor ive seen 💯
You should talk about the Richardson's they were more powerful than the krays
Freddie Foreman, that’s all I’m saying
Bullshit
Yes they were the real power crew and run huge areas of London. They were on a totally different level in every way, but at the end of the day they let the Krays make the headlines and they made the money.
@@hogey4876 who went to jail first?
@@shanewhite4868 brown bread Fred had the body dumped outside his pub to get rid off.say something about that
Hey Michael, your shows are very interesting,plus you have a unique way of saying them...
Hi Michael, the Romani are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group located in different parts of Europe who are traditionally nomadic, some may refer to them as travellers or gypsies. Violet Kray was half Romani, Romani doesn't mean she was Romanian, thought I'd just clear that up.
Great video, check out the Richardsons, they were the power in South East London, some say more powerful than the Krays, there's a movie about them called Charlie, might be good for Mob Movie Monday.
Thank you.
Romani are Indians
@@yurichtube1162 yes, Indo-Aryan
They were gypsi?
@@luisvega666 their mother violet was half Romani gypsy
Michael, I really enjoy this segment on the Kray twins. Have you done any segments on the Canadian mafia/mob? Keep up the great content!
Great info on these twins. I too find the fact that so many people like being around Mob guys interesting. I think it's the danger aspect. These guys are dangerous and there is an adrenaline rush in some just being around it. Thanks Michael. Learned a lot today. God Bless you!!
A few of my friends were gangbangers and they would tell me about some of their comings and goings, I genuinely had a curiosity about it. It was like being in a vice documentary lol.
My grandmother was neighbour of twins....very polite...handsome...kind...she says Ronnie was funny one x God bless michael doing great x UK fans love you brother xxx
Great Video Michael very well done you definitely tried to cover all of the bases on the Kray's. I did a lot of research on them just out of curiosity and it's crazy how they didn't go down earlier in their lives! The things that they did without being careful and their messiness I was shocked that they stayed out of prison as long as they did! I found it interesting that both twins were boxers in their early life and some say that Reggie was really good and could have turned professional! Ronnie on the other hand had a really bad temper and he didn't have the patience to become really good and his temper got the best of him in the ring! I think after their Boxing career was over is when they started going down hill! Between the alcohol and possibly drugs they started getting crazier and crazier and well you know what eventually happened! Anyway peace out and nicely done God bless you and your family brother stay safe! Peace!
They were nonces. They got away with it for so long because they had dirt on all kinds of people in power. Here's a reply to someone's comment that was deleted that might interest you:
Got an email for a reply to a comment I made in a thread on this video about the Krays being into trafficking young kids - which they did do, a lot of the time for the elite, and that this is one of the reasons they got away with their crimes for such a long time.
The person in the reply asked me "so the American mob was involved with child trafficking?" but i can't find it. Guessing that it was deleted because people don't want to know the truth about the mafia and some of the shadier sides of the rackets they were involved in. Read about Robert DiBernardo - he was targeted by the feds for trafficking in porn, including the illegal kinds, relative to the question I am replying to.
Also look into the fact that the mob ran/extorted/"protected" the gay bars and gay hangouts in general in NYC during the time of Stonewall and the riots and all that. There was a bouncer but I can't find his name - he and others were accused of trafficking/pimping by local kids, usually runaways, many of them runaways, and this particular bouncer was an associate of the Genovese family. Another key player in this was a man called Ed "Skull" Murphy (not to be confused with a wrestler of the same name). It's hard to find info on him via Google but he was involved with the bars and was involved in pimping out kids too.
Pretty safe bet that this comment will be deleted just as the original comment was, but this is an important part of mob history that people should know about. They were and still are liars, with a well-oiled PR machine. Don't forget that they got away with so much of their racketeering because J. Edgar Hoover refused to acknowledge their existence and instead went after political radicals, mostly black folks (i.e. Black Panther Party). Why is this? Because the mob had pictures of Hoover. Even Michael Franzese admits this. How did they obtain such blackmail information on people in high places? Through people like Roy Cohn - lawyer to many mobsters, gay, into kids and who ran an elaborate blackmail scheme which compromised many politicians, lawyers, judges - anyone you can imagine that was in power, Roy Cohn would have had dirt on them if they were dirty, and he was tight with the mob. He made a lot of money from the mob and not just in legal fees.
Oh, and the mob didn't deal drugs either, right? Even though Luciano was a part of setting up the original French Connection and literally had heroin processing plants in Sicily during his exile. But I suppose that that all died with him though, eh? Despite countless prosecutions over the decades.
Criminals are criminals and they will make money in whatever ways that they can. Some individual mobsters may have had certain personal morals, and the organisations themselves may profess to have certain moral codes that must be abided by, but is John Gotti going to turn away a big, fat briefcase (let alone envelope!) full of cash because it might have come from illegal trafficking in drugs, humans, p*rn or whatever else? You'd have to be very naive to believe that. In fact, DeBernardo was quite close to Gotti himself.
Anyway, enjoy the comment while it lasts because it'll be deleted. Even though we are speaking on the channel of an ex-mobster, he still wants to protect the image of his former organisation inasmuch as he doesn't want to be associated with what DiBernardo was doing, not to mention the pimps who operated around the gay scene in NYC and kicked up to the mob, such as Ed "Skull" Murphy and others.
I wanna let you know that I'm really proud you were patient with me I learned an immense A lot from actually not wanting to disappoint ya . Thanks for being an excellent corner Man . Every Cut ya covered thanks 🙏
I learned about the Kray brothers after I learned more about Michael Petersen a.k.a. Charlie Bronson. I watched the movie made about him (played by Tom Hardy who also plays both of the Kray twins in the film Legend) and was so fascinated with this man I also bought one of his fitness books called Solitary Fitness. In it, he briefly mentioned having spent some time in prison with the Krays and getting to know them.
Hey Michael, love all the organised crime stuff. All the pom and the US Mob stuff. Currently In the middle of Sam Gravano's "Our thing" podcast. I am in Australia and would love to hear you narrate some of our organised crime guys here in Australia being Lenny McPherson who had dealings with Joe Testa, Neddy Smith, The Kane Brothers, Dennis Allen, The Pettingal Family, Cow Hayes, The razor Gangs, Roger Rogerson who was a dirty cop ect. Dennis Allen was a complete nutcase. You would be facinated with the history of these guys. Take care.
Fantastic video Michael, you should do a video on The Richardsons who were rivals to The Krays and equally or even more ruthless. And you can cover the current crime families in London like The Adams crime family (Clerkenwell Crime Syndicate), the Arifs crime family, etc. I am happy you are loving the UK. I am currently in the Old Country until the 14th August before going back to London. Salute paesano. 🇮🇹
Awesome! I'd love to see that too!
I literally just replied to someone with a comment almost exactly like yours. If the Richardson's didn't finish them before the law did, the Adams family certainly would have. Both groups were absolutely brutal. And the Adams family being Irish were able to and often did bring in sleepers from Ireland to do hits for them. No one knew where they were going to be shot from. Patsy is an absolute psycho too who everyone was terrified of.
That would be interesting. I've heard of the Arif brothers too. I wonder if they're still active
@@themightyatom1031 yes they are still going. The arifs had a major war with the notorious Brindle family in SE London, and the Adams family were going at it with the Reilly's in north London at the same time. Crazy time filling the power vacuum left behind the Krays and Richardson's.
@@roymunson1 blimey 😳
Thanks for an interesting and informative video, Mr. Franzese. I have subscribed and look forward to watching more of your videos.
Hello Michael great information.
My uncle had a pub (bar) in Convent Garden London in the 60's. He was a no nonsense Irishman but he told me himself he dreaded they would come knocking for protection.
Thanks for your videos
any idea what it was called patrick ?
@@anthonymitchell8893 hi Anthony
It was called The Peacock on Maiden Lane
Covent Garden is brilliant bet he made a killing there!
Hi Michael, really sorry I missed your show in Belfast. Hope you got a good crowd and it was enjoyable..
Another great commentary I was sent to prison with cancer 2009 for driving I put my trust in jesus christ came out had an organ removed been cancer free 13+ years a compete turn around in my life and divine protection in my life seen people healed through prayer command after the lady my friends mum forgave a family member after a 60 year grudge. I have she went to her specialist for her checkup no residue of cancer she had her both lymph nodes removed and no residue of diabetes. When we repent and surrender to christ miracles are possible salvation being the greatest miracle God is a good father who takes care of his children and he's never to late was hoping to hear micheal in Cardiff sadly i missed it was hoping my friend would of been able but is on a curfew love the way Michael gets an encouraging example In his messages God bless you Michael hope there will be another opportunity someday 🙏🏻❤️🔥
So how to explain the terrible things that happen to innocent children
I'm glad you find comfort in Christianity and I'm even more glad that you stayed out
For driving?
@@karkkimarkkinat2109 and sent in with cancer? Harsh sentence!!
That was super relevant. "Random guys life story" was the title of the video. Thanks for that.
I watch all of your videos. Great stuff! I love your message to the people too .
I've watched a series about these twins. One was literally insane. Straight up certifiable . P S. There is NO heart hard enough that Jesus can't touch!
That would of been Ronnie kray , listen to his tapes in Broadmoor on UA-cam well intriguing 👍👍
@@michaelfranzese Mike love this, but the Kray's were not the biggest, The Nash brothers and Fred Foreman and other faces were probably more wise and as feared and respected , And the Richardson's just as capable the twins ruled the east end and i don't think it was the entire east end.
Yea he was getting in a rant off on mc vicar he didn’t like him much it’s a rare glimpse of when he could get nasty very interesting tapes
what was the series called?
@@tabsntoot Ron was hardly nasty about McVicar or any of the others . His voice was softly spoken throughout the tapes and he just made his feelings clear about these people . No swearing or raising his voice like you suggest !!
Thanks for your great video Michael! Great for your informative video, especially on the Krays.
Did you ever know anyone from the Buffalino family? Were they a family or a crew?
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Just saw this .... happy was able to help with the visit Michael .. :) and no stress with the border lol
Love to hear you speak about British guys. Could you do a video on Freddie Forman? This guy really was the business 👍🏻
There is plenty of English people talking about English gangsters on UA-cam
@@alandavies5570 yeah true but it’s nice to get Michaels take on some of them. Most over here were just low level thugs but revered as gods by some. It’s nice to have some balance and objectivity.
@@andiholman2543 yes mate it’s nice that he acknowledged British history as some Americans think nothing exists outside of the U.S
One major mistake that the Tom Hardy film made about the Krays was about them swearing. They didn’t like swearing and would rarely swear. They were actually well spoken. The East end of London was also meant to be much safer during that period.
What you said about growing up in a violent home that messes you up mentally as you get older describes my brother in law to a tee. Raised in a cheating violent home life him and his brother turned into alcoholics which just took his brothers life at 48. I’ve hung around with my brother in law for 20 years being friends but just last week I had enough of his mental issues and walked away from being friends with him. My sister will have to contend with him now cause he has no friends. No one wants to be around a disrespectful drunk. I’m praying hard that God saves his soul but he’s so mentally messed up it can only be God who changes him and saves him. I can’t deal with him anymore and it’s causing issues in our family now sadly.
Michael , loving your videos I’m watching them all from the beginning , you said in an earlier video that ‘ your viewers will probs skip through your videos , cos we got other things to look at on you tube ‘ , just to say no way do I do that , I listen to every single second of every video , keep em coming 👍
Another great piece Michael if you get the opportunity you should look into Freddie Forman top drawer villain the krays went to him for help very interesting story and he’s still alive
He shits all over the overatted Krays
and mad Frankie Fraser the crazy Richardson's henchman
Hi Michael, I work on one of the ferries between Scotland and Northern Ireland, unfortunately I'm on there working at the minute and I missed you in Belfast. Please come back to the UK again sometime, I'd love to go to one of your events. I binge your videos every night in this old tub👌
Thanks for another great video Michael and I thought Tom Hardy rocked it playing both twins in the movie Legend I mean that's pretty hard to do that is y he got Venom because he could convincetly argue with himself lol
I agree he did an amazing job
@@jenniferdouglass336 most definitely lol I can't even win a argument with my mirror and this guy can win a argument against himself lol
Really appreciate all the Hope you give; reminding us that its never too late. Thank you, Strength and Honor.
Hi Mike, you’re right, he died in broadmoor, I lived in Reading and Wokingham growing up and every Monday morning you could hear the broadmoor sirens going off in Berkshire (just outside of London as well as parts of Surrey and Hampshire) I think to say it was safe and nothing was untoward. The krays it seems are quite overrated in the grand scheme of things, I’m sure in the east end of London they had power, but from research, there were a lot of bigger fish in that pond up there. Not taking away what they got up to though, they wouldn’t have the reputation to this day for nothing.
The sirens where simply tested at Broadmoor every week at 10am on Monday.
13 sirens were installed which were WW2 air raid sirens with a 2 mile range.
If the siren went off at any point outside of the test time, it would mean an escapee was on the loose.
All eventually deactivated in 2020 due to extra security measures put in place such as additional security fencing.
It was good to see you on nana akua the other day!
The Krays had an image of "East End boys done good" but they were largely bullies, parasites, and, unfortunately, Ronnie was known to (ahem) like young boys.
Their appeal came from the fact that they were twins and that they had this aura about them which carried their name around London.
But, they weren't the top guys in London, and their story is one of excess, laziness, arrogance, and eventually a lump of bird (that's prison for our American cousins).
Nonces too
Young men, not boys, not peado age. Do a (ahem) bit of research
@@davidrowan3853
You fool, they were young boys.
That means teenagers, around 14,15,16.
He was notorious for it.
Do your research before you open your trap.
@@prophetascending9021 i know all about it, don't need to research it, they were all adults and above the legal age, not one child. You probably should do a wee bit more research, and stop using the word fool. Typical American.
Great Video Micheal , I think you’d enjoy making a video on the Richardsons who were the Krays main rivals in the sixties who hailed from South London. They were notorious for torturing other villains and financially They were far more successful than the Krays through their long firm frauds and fruit machine enterprises but didn’t seek the limelight and were on the brink of owning a mine in south Africa when the law came for them.
being from the uk ive seen doco about the krays. but ive also seen a doco about the richardson gang who were around the same time. going by the doco i saw the krays were child play compared to the richardson they were real violent. one of their members was mad frankie fraser aka the dentist. wether its true im just going by a doco i seen on sky.
Great Video Michael , Fan from Ireland 🇮🇪
Oh my gosh, I love when you have a chance to incorporate Christianity in your show.
If course people in prison sometimes become Christians. For one thing they have the time now to read the Bible. Also, sometimes unfortunately God may have to use any means necessary to get his children's attention.
Anyway, love your show and we all love you as well! And your beautiful, beautiful family too !
Another great chat Michael always enjoy these vids. Enjoyed the run down on the Krays. Enjoy the UK and see you on Scotland man, take care. 😎👍
Pretty good video. You got a couple of facts wrong though, one of them being, they didn't get separated when sent to prison (at first) they spent quite a few years un-separated, but eventually Ronnie was convinced to go to Broadmore (by his brother too) because his mental illness made him struggle in prison. I think the paranoia got to him, and he really did need full time medical help. They was together for quite a few years though, I don't think they got separated until the mid 70's, and they got imprisoned in the late 60's. There is also a guy they was involved with called Freddie Foreman, he was a highly respected criminal, he got rid of the body of Mcvitie and Frank Mitchell. He pulled of some of the largest robberies the UK has ever seen (think Lufthansa level robberies, but bigger, and he was involved with a few) this guy was highly respected. And far more of a successful criminal than the Kray twins. If the Krays where like Scarpa or DeMeo, Foreman was more like your father Sonny Franzese, or Meyer Lanskey, not just a feared psycho, who based his criminal career on pure fear and violence. He actually had respect from people. He would have never Ratted on anyone, and he was respected by people in all walks of life. He was no bully (although a multiple killer), but he was a very clever villain and is still alive today.
And his lad Jamie Foreman is an actor, played in Dr.Who, and oddly enough a few gangster flicks..
This is true , better than most of the posts on here !!
Love Michael F pod casts but yeah freddie foreman never turned or spoke and was convicted for conspiracy 2murder even though no body .
Tried with them , as nipper wanted it that way .
Thanks for the good video post. The film "LEGEND" is on my list of films to get, but I do have on DVD the 1990 film "THE KRAYS", and the 1971 film "VILLAIN" where the gangster character played by Richard Burton is supposedly based on Ronnie Kray.
Something you forgot to mention in the beginning starting with the nightclub ownership and the first real bit of illegal money the krays actually made which eventually ended up with them getting into clubs and bars and such was protection racketeering. Obviously after a couple years they realised there was more money in owning nice clubs, bars and pubs then protecting them hence the ownership, but overall great story telling from you Michael 👍
Soo glad you did this video, I recently asked this question on one of sammys vids, so really chugged, great job, awesome video 👍👍👍
My Grand parents grew up around there at that time and it was a very rough place back then. When that generation grew up what we now call abuse would not even been considered abuse, sexual abuse was not even spoken about so that was also a possibility. On top of that they all lived through WW2 which was a appalling time that left people with all kinds of psychological scars. London especially the East End was riddled in poverty and people just grew up hard.
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Michael, funny story... we went on a family vacation to Antigua a few years ago at the St. James Hotel and myself and my youngest daughter were at the pool sitting right next to Tom Hardy and his young son. Tom was very gracious as we only talked to him like a normal person about our kids. He seems to be a wonderful person to his fans. It would be great to make one of your grand prizes a chance to view your life story premier with you / family, that would be some prize!
Michael it's a good thing you didn't have a twin. Can you imagine how much you guys could have gotten 😆 love your content. May GOD be you too
You should definitely watch “The Krays”. It’s an excellent film starring the twins who were in the band “Spandau Ballet”.
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People don't realise that London is actually twice the size of new York city London is absolutely massive
I must admit (and believe me, this isn't a boast), I met Reggie many years ago in unfortunate circumstances. My life was very different a few decades back and I ended up in real trouble. Reggie knew I was potentially facing a long time in prison, and he took me to one side and give me pearls of wisdom and dos and don'ts that helped give me through that time without a scratch -both physically and mentally. He was a handful back in the day, but when I met him he'd done a long, long time, and I remember him as a true gentleman. Just a footnote; to my surprise he was actually quite small in height, which is very different to the impression that the media projects.