£6 Million Bank Robber Part 1: Ian ‘Blink’ MacDonald | True Crime Podcast 7

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  • @shaunattwoodOFFICIAL
    @shaunattwoodOFFICIAL  3 роки тому +14

    Watch part 2 here: ua-cam.com/video/ZY0M1emTeBg/v-deo.html
    Blink's book: books2read.com/u/bPQ68J

    • @GratifyMeNow13
      @GratifyMeNow13 3 роки тому +2

      Good to see Ian again after such a long time and refreshing the stories and characters around the dispersal system in the 80’s and 90’s!

  • @jackdavies5271
    @jackdavies5271 3 роки тому +24

    This guy is an original old school legend. If he’s got more stories get him on he’s brilliant. Love the Scots well done Shaun

  • @getitupye8909
    @getitupye8909 5 років тому +568

    Wean = child
    Wulnae = will not
    Ma sell = myself
    Ma = my
    Oot = out
    Didnae = didn’t
    Aw = All
    Pult = pulled
    Doon = down
    Tae = To
    Wee = little
    Ken = know
    Hink = think
    Wan = one
    Canny = cannot
    Fur = for
    Just a wee key fur folk who canny make anything of this.

    • @shankill178
      @shankill178 5 років тому +4

      El jefe canny = can not. lol

    • @nealdew71
      @nealdew71 5 років тому +17

      Not many say ken in Scotland.

    • @benwrong6855
      @benwrong6855 5 років тому +4

      roll anurra' wan ya bam, waur aw gaun radge

    • @benwrong6855
      @benwrong6855 5 років тому +31

      @@nealdew71 really? I ken loads a folk that say it

    • @nealdew71
      @nealdew71 5 років тому +6

      @@benwrong6855 Waur dae ye bide 😂😂😂😂

  • @rubenrocks6735
    @rubenrocks6735 5 років тому +17

    The" I'm Going to be polite" love it! My grandparent's accents were thick "Glaswegian". Immigrated to Canada in the 'mid 50s and never lost it. Hearing "Blink" tell his stories brings me back listening to my Grand.

  • @hshshshsbnshshsbsbse7333
    @hshshshsbnshshsbsbse7333 5 років тому +80

    the best ever guest, this story had me from the first sentence. Brilliantly narrated, such an intelligent yet engaging character, thank you for sharing this captivating story

  • @allnightmike8374
    @allnightmike8374 4 місяці тому +3

    Blink is a proper name he’s been there and done it could listen to him all day. ❤

  • @joeclutton9379
    @joeclutton9379 5 років тому +170

    Shaun get this guy on again. He's a true legend good guy and great storyteller. Keep up the good work Shaun and enjoy the wee bairn blink

    • @NeptuneReturnz
      @NeptuneReturnz 5 років тому +7

      Joe Clutton Yeah, he's a lovely guy isn't he?

    • @andycolbert6969
      @andycolbert6969 3 роки тому +1

      Hetalks some shite honest its all bullshit a should know

    • @andycolbert6969
      @andycolbert6969 3 роки тому +3

      Whopper bljnk Mcdonald

    • @dereksmallsuk
      @dereksmallsuk 3 роки тому +1

      @@andycolbert6969 My arse.

    • @ChawkDee
      @ChawkDee 3 роки тому +1

      INdeed, the thingmy you what I mean

  • @ednamode2334
    @ednamode2334 5 років тому +353

    I think you should change the seat positions because the lack of eye contact feels weird

    • @dentyph5169
      @dentyph5169 5 років тому +40

      Edna Mode i was thinking the same thing, maybe shauns just scared to look him in the eye 😂😂

    • @dunkindoughnut167
      @dunkindoughnut167 5 років тому +41

      I feel it's less weird, eye contact is weird.

    • @lemo761
      @lemo761 5 років тому +8

      Shaun to used to checking His sixes while having a convo.

    • @noeledmonds12
      @noeledmonds12 5 років тому +3

      Was awkward to watch

    • @theimmortalsleazus8057
      @theimmortalsleazus8057 5 років тому +7

      I like this aetup

  • @TAG247
    @TAG247 5 років тому +16

    Never thought I’d sit through 3.5h of an interview but I just have. Unreal video - he’s a proper guy hope everything looks up for him going legit

  • @detonixfanpage3747
    @detonixfanpage3747 5 років тому +30

    Love how Shaun is good at not interrupting the guests on his podcasts but knows what questions to ask when

    • @roberthemingway9553
      @roberthemingway9553 4 роки тому +1

      I agree... this is why I love Shaun's channel. 👍

    • @cherrycupcake6327
      @cherrycupcake6327 4 роки тому

      Me too 😆😆

    • @rickbrowne9559
      @rickbrowne9559 Рік тому

      How can anyone let a known drug dealer host a show like this. He seems to constipated as he gets the words out and seems to think these thugs he's interviewing are cool...fucking disgraceful...

  • @scottshearer4151
    @scottshearer4151 5 років тому +4

    Got to love the fact how kind Shaun is he’s straight away offered blink help with a new book deal and other ways to help him make money

  • @fionacunningham5104
    @fionacunningham5104 5 років тому +5

    Mr MacDonald comes across really well, charming , warm, excellent narrator, I was completely engaged the whole time. Excellent podcast, congrats Shaun

  • @jamiebruce4924
    @jamiebruce4924 5 років тому +19

    Massive thank you to Ian for sharing his story! Awesome!

  • @lindaannforrester7413
    @lindaannforrester7413 5 років тому +14

    Love this channel and live hearing Ian tell stories, I’m Glaswegian and he’s getting more slang the more he gets relaxed and talks. Fab stories on here Shaun xxx

  • @samuraihardware7435
    @samuraihardware7435 5 років тому +17

    I listened to the full 3 hours at work sat on a forklift whizzing around chuckling to myself like a deranged gibbon, nice one blink and Shaun...:)

  • @TheIrishman124
    @TheIrishman124 5 років тому +52

    One of the best podcasts I've ever seen. those 3 and a half hours flew by. Great stuff 👍

  • @JamesEnglish
    @JamesEnglish 5 років тому +31

    Yes love it blink’s story’s are class 👍🏼Looking forward to having you on my show soon Shaun 😀🔥🔥🔥

    • @stoneislandcasualgcfc1778
      @stoneislandcasualgcfc1778 5 років тому +2

      Minted James can't wait 💯❗

    • @AynsleyPaterson
      @AynsleyPaterson 5 років тому +1

      @@shaunattwoodOFFICIAL great work all round lads. Nice stuff

    • @urdeforaging7626
      @urdeforaging7626 3 роки тому +2

      Hink u might wanty change ur comment jamesy boy 😂😂😂😂😂 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

    • @Evan-Sean.Osborne.67
      @Evan-Sean.Osborne.67 2 роки тому

      And then there was the podcast war 😂😂

  • @andycrusader7326
    @andycrusader7326 5 років тому +13

    Ian “blink” MacDonald is an absolute legend.

  • @davidkennedy1077
    @davidkennedy1077 5 років тому +115

    Hes a great storyteller, you can tell just by looking at him that hes a proper villain that's been there, done that. A big lump of a guy but he has the intelligence to make him even more dangerous. Definitely my favourite guest (I've seen him before on documentaries about Scottish crime, and he always makes a great interviewee)

    • @bigt4241
      @bigt4241 5 років тому +3

      I've spoke to him a few times. He's always been pleasant. Funny guy too but he's nobody's fool.

    • @davidkennedy1077
      @davidkennedy1077 5 років тому

      @@WeeKev1910 well I wouldn't know the score on that front, but hes retired from that life now so wouldn't want to risk getting banged up again, plus hes not a young man anymore. If you are talking back in the day, then losing a couple of fights hardly makes you weak. My knowledge about the guy is pretty limited, but I'm definitely gonna read his book to hear about some of his exploits.

    • @jantonsen7480
      @jantonsen7480 5 років тому

      lol

    • @gb-jk7sx
      @gb-jk7sx 5 років тому +3

      Intelligence ha ha ha ha ha ha

    • @gb-jk7sx
      @gb-jk7sx 5 років тому

      Fings

  • @Oldgold-zo3et
    @Oldgold-zo3et 5 років тому +5

    Blink is old school. Big respect this is one of my favourites. Great story iv just downloaded the book. Keep em comin Shaun

  • @maxhostility7055
    @maxhostility7055 3 роки тому +4

    It does Americans good to hear a fella like this.
    They need to understand that we don't all talk like Hugh Grant or Ray Winstone.

  • @user-jz9on4ek1e
    @user-jz9on4ek1e 5 років тому +5

    Good podcasts , great listen..listened to a few now and really like how shaun ask the right questions at the right times and really clears things up for the listener...Not so much in this one but certainly in the rest of them...Thanks guys!!

  • @SmeetCoProductions
    @SmeetCoProductions 5 років тому +1

    Have spent my entire evening - making and eating dinner, a few chores, preparing for work tomorrow, shaving etc - listening to this 3 1/2 hour video.Unable to tear myself away from listening to Blink talk. What a character, oooh he’s a wild one, I bet there are still plenty of stories he could tell....

  • @TheScouseassassin
    @TheScouseassassin 4 роки тому +5

    Great interview, Ian is hard as titanium, fearless, involved in shootings, stabbings, all sorts of villainy, but bless him at 43.23 he asks Shaun if he minds him swearing!!! LEGEND.

  • @terrystube3371
    @terrystube3371 Рік тому +2

    Great listen Shaun , could listen to this guy for hours .

  • @Scree1972
    @Scree1972 5 років тому +70

    I Can Understand him perfectly and i'm English too ;) :).

    • @alexryan8601
      @alexryan8601 5 років тому +1

      Obviously you would, idiot

  • @peteearles1937
    @peteearles1937 5 років тому +5

    Top interview Shaun. I’m from Leeds living in Spain but lived in Glasgow in the early nineties. Great city , great characters and Blink is deffo one of them. Well done 👍

  • @JT-bz9if
    @JT-bz9if 5 років тому +54

    Stayed in Glasgow all my life and heard all the stories about this growing up, good to hear it from the horses mouth himself, good podcast 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

    • @JT-bz9if
      @JT-bz9if 5 років тому +4

      @@johnmckee7640 no your cup of tea then, aw this stuff was local to me so I was interested, even Strathclyde Park is like 2 minutes away from me ahaha.

  • @enrobsorussell
    @enrobsorussell 5 років тому +1

    Great story. Need to get this bloke on again...he`s got a way of telling a story, kept me watching all the way thru, didn`t even get up to go get a coffee. Nice one you two.

  • @lewiskent4448
    @lewiskent4448 4 роки тому +4

    One of the best I’ve watched great memory this man and real weight to his story! Wish him all the best

  • @Kenny-yz1em
    @Kenny-yz1em 5 років тому +2

    Great podcast Shaun this is one of my favourites, not just being biased from being Scottish. What a guy.

  • @shadow-Sun
    @shadow-Sun 5 років тому +6

    I am English and can fully understand what Blink is saying you just need to pay attention ..................interesting story teller with his life experiences thanks for the upload Shaun

  • @tonymcfadyen8302
    @tonymcfadyen8302 5 років тому +2

    Great interview again, Shaun. The best one yet. He's getting a lot of respect in the comments.

  • @haggisneepsandhatates5892
    @haggisneepsandhatates5892 4 роки тому +16

    "a piss pot for those who dont know its a pot you piss in" comedy gold haha

  • @denzilite
    @denzilite 4 роки тому +2

    More podcasts with Blink please. Good stories and good humour to go with it. Superb

  • @paullangton-rogers2390
    @paullangton-rogers2390 2 роки тому +3

    Great interview with Ian, love the accent and way he tells his story. Looks like a standup guy you wouldn't want to mess with!

  • @stevebuffinton1094
    @stevebuffinton1094 5 років тому +1

    Just recently found you and your story, I've been fascinated. My wife is from Phoenix, and used to be a raver. She would tell me about this dude English Shaun and you were rad and had the best parties. She remembers you fondly and when she'd talk about you she always bring up the quote "a spoonful of sugar". I was stoked to realize that was you I've been listening to. Great job on all the success. Wife says your an awesome guy. Were going on 20 years this year. Keep it up man, you found your lane.

  • @thecraftyscot7124
    @thecraftyscot7124 5 років тому +18

    This was truly one of the most interesting stories you have covered Shaun, Ian was fantastic, I really would love to see him back on the channel.
    I actually cannot believe that was 3 hours, it has flown in!!

  • @Right2Censor
    @Right2Censor 4 роки тому +1

    What a guest. Could listen to Ian all day.

  • @Bigh9700
    @Bigh9700 5 років тому +6

    Awesome Interview to see how things work in a different country great content. Much Love From Houston Texas.

  • @biggiesmalls3096
    @biggiesmalls3096 Рік тому +1

    What a legend this fella is. Storytelling has me in stitches here

  • @Aldo187_
    @Aldo187_ 5 років тому +13

    Good to see a fellow scot on the podcast, especially a man like 'Ian Blink Macdonald' class example of a man. Turned his life around on crime, and now we reap the benefits of his great stories. Props to you on this guest Shaun top video!

    • @punkit743
      @punkit743 5 років тому +1

      Think the police are just using any opportunity to harass him to get a reaction from him and put him in the paper's, they even went to a function place his Mum's funeral was held trying to stir thingsl

    • @Aldo187_
      @Aldo187_ 5 років тому

      Sorry Cok3 Mcd I meant he turned his back on the likes of serious crime, he's not out there in the barrel of the underworld anymore and he isn't up to his old tricks. Like you say though with the Tesco and plane altercation, trouble will always follow a man of his calibre especially with a history like blinks.

  • @adrianbates5780
    @adrianbates5780 5 років тому +1

    There’s stories and there’s that, a fascinating life story. I could listen to more hours of Ian. Excellent from start to finish. What a listen.....

  • @demontongue9893
    @demontongue9893 5 років тому +44

    Scottish gangsters are for sure a big step above the usual UK trends a lot more murderous and brutal, crazy crazy stuff...great interview

    • @demontongue9893
      @demontongue9893 5 років тому +1

      AYE AYE CAPTIIN HRHRHRHHRR

    • @ErnstZundel45
      @ErnstZundel45 5 років тому +5

      @Bog Standard 😂😂OK big man

    • @ErnstZundel45
      @ErnstZundel45 5 років тому +10

      @Bog Standard you've got fuck all, if all you can do is trawl through the comments being snide to cunts ya banger😂😂
      You've got ignorance + false courage in abundance.

    • @Craig-wb4hc
      @Craig-wb4hc 5 років тому +7

      England's full of hip-hop gangsta wannabes. Glaswegians and Irish Travellers are the top dogs in the UK

    • @jamiewilliams685
      @jamiewilliams685 5 років тому +5

      Crime families & cartels in Glasgow, Liverpool, Manchester, Dublin, Birmingham & London contain some serious individuals that you won't see on internet podcasts.

  • @savagehenry4694
    @savagehenry4694 5 років тому +2

    Top work Shawn ... loving blink could listen to these for hours.

  • @TheOriginalLordMike
    @TheOriginalLordMike 5 років тому +33

    Super interesting. I stayed with Ronnie Biggs in Rio for a couple of weeks back in 1998. He told me everything about the Great Train Robbery and his life - before and after the robbery - and we recorded it all on video. Time to upload here I think if people would be interested.

    •  5 років тому +9

      Ballicks ive hrd this exact same comment from a fella before, you're either that person or its a story that fkoats about kinda like 'i was first onto the balcony" ....

    • @fliqyy3257
      @fliqyy3257 4 роки тому +1

      @
      Check there channel asshole he's got the interview recorded 🙄

    • @bainy_blanc0
      @bainy_blanc0 Рік тому

      No really, just keep it for urself 😂😂😂

    • @pauljones8218
      @pauljones8218 9 місяців тому

      you know i was first on the balcony you was right behind me do you remember now who dares wins bravo zero

  • @herrluckehere
    @herrluckehere 5 років тому +7

    Please let's see more of Blink - what a character, have watched this 3 times over now.
    Would also love to see you talk with the Consigliere on the London Underground scene - Toby von Judge

  • @BW1875
    @BW1875 5 років тому +5

    Been looking forward to this since you mentioned it last week

  • @fuckgoogleforever
    @fuckgoogleforever 5 років тому +2

    I just found your Podcasts, I'm new to listening to podcasts in general. I didn't realize you were on spotify so now I can stop blasting through my data lmao
    You are appreciated, thank you.

  • @tomlyon6143
    @tomlyon6143 5 років тому +43

    Scottish Twitter prepared me for this

  • @davewilson3354
    @davewilson3354 5 років тому +2

    I listened to the podcast version and wot a fantastic listen. I subscribe to more podcasts than I care to admit to (I work alone lol) and this is one of the best I’ve listened to period,in any genre. Shaun you’ve nailed your method of interviewing,u let the guest talk and tell his story only interjecting wen necessary. If Ian has appeared on JRE within 20 minutes Joe wud be rattling in bout mushrooms weed and comedy being in a special time.
    I read all the Glasgow crime books back in the day,Tam McGraw,Thompson,Ferris etc and I’ll be getting this one too.
    Great episode,can’t thank you both enough from north east UK.

  • @nathanmarrinan9524
    @nathanmarrinan9524 5 років тому +4

    Please get blink on again Shaun! Proper bloke and tells a good story

  • @bigsby19
    @bigsby19 5 років тому +2

    This is brilliant, Blink’s Glasgow patter is so funny. He could do talks and stand up. You have got to wish him well in the future.

  • @sav283
    @sav283 5 років тому +10

    This is your best interview Shaun. Gold stuff from you and Ian.
    Had seen Ian in a few documentaries interesting guy.
    Also when he mentiones he read Harry potter to his kid in jail...theres a programme you could help promote Shaun its Prison Reading Group. It helps dads in prison connect with their kids over books and help boost their kids reading.
    Shaun get some more Irish, English Welsh and Scottish criminals on.

  • @flip1111
    @flip1111 5 років тому +1

    Brilliant podcast had me captivated from begining to end .
    Great touch at the end for Ian's Ma.
    RIP.

  • @allanhope3275
    @allanhope3275 5 років тому +33

    Blinks sniffed a few grams on this haha quality

  • @joannebrown2346
    @joannebrown2346 3 роки тому +1

    Yeah Shaun mate keep these podcast coming some have court my eye and kept me watching till the Very end,

  • @permiescot1110
    @permiescot1110 5 років тому +5

    I should be in my bed but I'm engrossed. Subscribed as well. Fascinated. Still got over an hour to watch. Looks like a late night.

  • @WMW-82
    @WMW-82 4 роки тому +1

    great podcast shaun, ian is a real genuine bloke who tells his story as it is no bs

  • @dandwrasan2342
    @dandwrasan2342 5 років тому +9

    One hell of a story and one hell of a scar on his face 😳😮 great vid well done lads

  • @Luggiefrank
    @Luggiefrank 5 років тому +2

    Cracking interview, Blink and his old pal Paul are a pair of legends, right old school Blackhill team

  • @Charlieandersali
    @Charlieandersali 5 років тому +8

    How I wish Roy Shaw had of been interviewed. Legend.

  • @lumby5919
    @lumby5919 4 роки тому +1

    Absolutely loving these true crime podcasts, smashing it

  • @benwrong6855
    @benwrong6855 5 років тому +95

    I went tae ma cell and says to ma'sell ;-)

  • @gazriley624
    @gazriley624 4 роки тому

    Glaswegians & Scousers make the best guests always the best stories

  • @deusvultpictures6550
    @deusvultpictures6550 5 років тому +4

    “WHO’S PAYING THIS BILL?!” dying

  • @Hello-hellowearethebillyboys
    @Hello-hellowearethebillyboys 5 років тому +1

    I’ve watched this about 25/30 times. Shaun u will have to get Ian back on again soon please. Love this podcast it’s my favourite

    • @byebye1493
      @byebye1493 5 років тому

      Is 25/30 a fraction?

  • @stevebear7133
    @stevebear7133 5 років тому +3

    Great interview, best one yet. When’s part 2 coming on?

  • @Ghost-hw1on
    @Ghost-hw1on 5 років тому +2

    I thought the scar on my face was big, thats a right shiner!! Good listen, respect to both of you 👊💪💯

  • @kaelinjoel9328
    @kaelinjoel9328 4 роки тому +4

    16:38 "Make a breakfast."
    She says "Make a breakfast?"
    Made me laugh.

  • @asad7470
    @asad7470 5 років тому +2

    Excellent interview Shaun keep up the good work

  • @davidkennedy1077
    @davidkennedy1077 5 років тому +38

    I can tell you 2 guests that have one hell of a tale to hear, Thomas Campbell and Joe Steele. They were put away for 20 years after being falsely convicted (a proper fit up too!) of killing 6 people in a fire. It's a horrendous, scary tale that will blow you and all your viewers away. The whole story is a sad waste of so many lives.

    • @davidkennedy1077
      @davidkennedy1077 5 років тому +4

      A miscarriage of justice that will sicken you.

    • @punkit743
      @punkit743 5 років тому +5

      Thomas Campbell was on James English podcast recently if you haven't watched it.

    • @davidkennedy1077
      @davidkennedy1077 5 років тому +2

      @@punkit743 thanks for the info, I'll definitely check that out. Those 2 got @#$%ed right over, I've read the book McGraw about his involvement and it's a horrendous story.

    • @JamesEnglish
      @JamesEnglish 5 років тому +4

      David Kennedy ua-cam.com/video/WJw5dDdVSDc/v-deo.html

    • @davidkennedy1077
      @davidkennedy1077 5 років тому +2

      @@burants89 and then he just dies in his sleep without facing the repercussions due to him. Theres just no justice in this world.

  • @williamhunter4973
    @williamhunter4973 5 років тому +1

    Best podcast I've seen Shaun blinks a legend, love the underworld interviews

  • @norma3067
    @norma3067 4 роки тому +7

    Pete tong - wrong
    The hingy - that thing
    Hink - think
    Ma Hingmy - my friend
    In- aw- that - as well
    Hoose - house
    Learnt - taught
    Aboot - about
    Oot ma nut - paranoid - wasted
    Efter - after
    Roon - round
    Oors- hours
    Nawt a mean - do you understand
    Mars bar - scar

  • @jbuckley2546
    @jbuckley2546 5 років тому

    I'd moved to Torquay from Manchester in 83 and remember the failed Nat West job. It was big news at the time in a sleepy Devon seaside town. Felt gutted you didn't get the cash. Riveting interview from start to finish. Thank you both.

  • @LexLinux
    @LexLinux 5 років тому +3

    Ian seems like genuinely sound character I would love to hear his early stories! Loved my maws homemade soup tae!

  • @MrSteve3772
    @MrSteve3772 5 років тому +1

    Another great podcast Shaun. Blink definitely knows how to tell a story!

  • @TKilla-gz7oo
    @TKilla-gz7oo 4 роки тому +3

    Im a Yank from Boston, so to anyone having a hard time understanding his Lingo hes speaking English so just listen to what he says, in the Context of what hes saying and ull get the majority of the stories..Dude is fuckin LEGITE

  • @topayistofail9703
    @topayistofail9703 5 років тому

    Shaun you manage complex discussions masterfully mate.

  • @bremnersghost948
    @bremnersghost948 5 років тому +6

    Ian mentioned Peterhead Prison, As a kid in mid 80s I remember seeing riots there on the news, Thatcher sent in the SAS to end one, could be worth a video about it

    • @DrB81
      @DrB81 4 роки тому

      One of the SAS men was imprisoned years later. National news. Pat Patterson.

  • @caragray7010
    @caragray7010 4 роки тому +1

    Blink is great in these things, this stories are crazy and alway kinda funny the way he tells them, a true Glasgow hard man, what a guy on a night out.

  • @ChrisDuffy_82
    @ChrisDuffy_82 5 років тому +29

    Good interview but the bit about Perry Wharrie really wound me up. They killed that innocent policeman in my home town. Remember it well when I was a kid. Can’t blame blink for talking about him but it goes to show that glamorising these turds is just wrong. Going to drop some flowers on Frank Mason’s memorial outside the bank tonight. He might have been a copper but he had a family.

    • @weeman8911
      @weeman8911 5 років тому

      Anthony james fuck off mate fuck the police

  • @danieloliver4558
    @danieloliver4558 5 років тому +2

    Spent so much time watching Shaun podcasts their epic

  • @liamburnett5307
    @liamburnett5307 5 років тому +82

    He looks like he's won a few fights. That's a hardy man that one

    • @davidkennedy1077
      @davidkennedy1077 5 років тому +16

      Yeah he certainly looks the part, a big stocky geezer with a face that tells more than a few stories. Glasgow is a centre of excellence for proper hardcore (and fuckin dangerous) criminals!!!

    • @liamburnett5307
      @liamburnett5307 5 років тому +2

      @@davidkennedy1077 yeah defo. I've watched the Wee Man and read all about them. Even the ice cream wars. Being from Fife it's amazing to think this happened not too far away from me. Although it's scary af it's mega interesting

    • @davidkennedy1077
      @davidkennedy1077 5 років тому +1

      @@liamburnett5307 yeah 'Wee Man' is a great film (I've got it on DVD) for a look into how some of these guys start watch 'Neds', it's about Glasgow knife gang youngsters (I'll admit that I struggled to understand what they were saying a fair bit of the time, I'm shite with accents haha!) but that also a pretty scary story that shows how things can escalate badly. The Scottish gangland books are incredible reads (just like the books about Irelands gangland, usually written by Paul Williams) But you cant beat hearing about the local underworld, the only case I have thats local to me was The Essex Boys (Range Rover/Rettendon Murders) but it all literally happened all around me so its was incredible reading and thinking 'I remember that happening' and the fact that I knew a couple of the people talked about that hadn't been named. Plus through my work I'd met one of the main characters in the story (one of the murderers!) It really brings clarity and makes it kinda more personal.

    • @punkit743
      @punkit743 5 років тому +2

      The scar was from an incident when a few jumped him from behind or when he wasn't expecting it, so they basically outnumbered him. There's a short interview with stv news from the time in which he talks a bit about it.

    • @punkit743
      @punkit743 5 років тому

      ua-cam.com/video/sYxkVtMEzNY/v-deo.html This short video explains a little bit, for those not from Glasgow a rocket is basically someone paid,told, stupidly gets involved maybe trying to get a reputation. It has various meanings though.

  • @crilf5830
    @crilf5830 Місяць тому

    Blink’s got the rizzle yo! What a character!! 😂❤. Thanks!

  • @rossmrmojorisin9579
    @rossmrmojorisin9579 4 роки тому +9

    The glasweigen are the best at telling their mad stories and plus their mad as fuck i haven't came across any English like the Scottish Big shout out to blink your a legend

  • @joehenderson3383
    @joehenderson3383 5 років тому +1

    Such an incredible interview ! Bring him back

  • @andrewbolton8166
    @andrewbolton8166 5 років тому +3

    Would be class to hear his early storys

  • @cozzyfromthepark
    @cozzyfromthepark 5 років тому

    I watched this start 2 finish. Instantly addicted. He nows how 2 tell a story

  • @bigbill74scots
    @bigbill74scots 5 років тому +5

    Met him a few times when working the doors. Always a gentleman to me.

    • @johnmckee7640
      @johnmckee7640 5 років тому

      Did you let him. For free..

    • @bigbill74scots
      @bigbill74scots 5 років тому

      @@johnmckee7640 No. He was barred out by the management. He understood that wasn't any of the door staff decision though and was respectful of it. He had a link to a lady who worked inside the club though hence why he was there so much. Speak as you find though and I found him to be a very genuine guy.

  • @Mikey-gl1je
    @Mikey-gl1je 5 років тому +1

    Brilliant podcast Shaun. Love hearing Blink`s stories .

  • @pauluss1053
    @pauluss1053 5 років тому +8

    UA-cam Auto-Translation got D- in "Fully fledged Glaswegian" :) great vid

  • @blackhole-chan4619
    @blackhole-chan4619 5 років тому +2

    2 minutes in and I already know this is gonna be a banger

  • @BookerDeWitt6
    @BookerDeWitt6 5 років тому +3

    This was fantastic!

  • @gedmcgaffin1255
    @gedmcgaffin1255 4 роки тому

    One of the best interviews Iv seen on your channel.
    All the best from Glasgow.

  • @jake_runs_the_world
    @jake_runs_the_world 5 років тому +12

    Wow this studio is really dope !

  • @michaelwhyte4069
    @michaelwhyte4069 5 років тому +1

    Best pod so far great storys, get Ian back for a talk about the early days.

  • @robashworth2163
    @robashworth2163 5 років тому +19

    Hard bastard. He once got bitten by a cobra and after laying there in excruciating pain for hours.....the cobra died.

  • @RoBRoB1231
    @RoBRoB1231 5 років тому +1

    Great content shaun. It does help I'm half scottish and understand him perfectly.

  • @papakyriakouandreas
    @papakyriakouandreas 5 років тому +3

    The story about Danny Dyer at the end is absolutely priceless -
    Nice tribute to Ian's mum at the end as well,
    Would love to hear more from Blink - Shaun, you should use your publishing company to get Ian's book out again as you mentioned!