Karen Kilgariff

But then it's like, you could do that. That's fucking brutal as shit. To someone in your own game. Right. This murder is seen as a terrible, needless, and very sloppy move, and it alienates the craze from members of their own gang. It's also out of character for Reggie, who's typically more of the strategic and thinking one.

But then it's like, you could do that. That's fucking brutal as shit. To someone in your own game. Right. This murder is seen as a terrible, needless, and very sloppy move, and it alienates the craze from members of their own gang. It's also out of character for Reggie, who's typically more of the strategic and thinking one.

Years later, he blames this decision to murder Jack on his poor mental state because his beloved wife Frances had recently taken her own life. Oh, no. Yeah. Still. No, no. Oh, no. For her. Yeah. Strictly. Like the oh, no. Stop. Yeah. Firmly there. So both the murders of Jack McVitie and George Cornell happened in front of witnesses over at Scotland Yard.

Years later, he blames this decision to murder Jack on his poor mental state because his beloved wife Frances had recently taken her own life. Oh, no. Yeah. Still. No, no. Oh, no. For her. Yeah. Strictly. Like the oh, no. Stop. Yeah. Firmly there. So both the murders of Jack McVitie and George Cornell happened in front of witnesses over at Scotland Yard.

There's a detective named Leonard, quote unquote, Nipper Reed. Nipper. That's your new nickname. Is it? The hat. Nipper in the hat. Nipper in the hat. That's our new Tuesday show. No. So the Nippers are determined to bring down the craze, essentially. In 1968, Ronnie Reggie and about 15 members of the firm are arrested for various illicit activities.

There's a detective named Leonard, quote unquote, Nipper Reed. Nipper. That's your new nickname. Is it? The hat. Nipper in the hat. Nipper in the hat. That's our new Tuesday show. No. So the Nippers are determined to bring down the craze, essentially. In 1968, Ronnie Reggie and about 15 members of the firm are arrested for various illicit activities.

Reed's plan is to bring them all in and then flip someone from the inside. Yeah. He holds separate interrogations with each gang member and offers them legal protection in exchange for their testimony about the murders of Cornell and McVitie. And the plan works. After about a decade of getting nothing but silence, Reed is finally able to turn members of Cray's own inner circle around.

Reed's plan is to bring them all in and then flip someone from the inside. Yeah. He holds separate interrogations with each gang member and offers them legal protection in exchange for their testimony about the murders of Cornell and McVitie. And the plan works. After about a decade of getting nothing but silence, Reed is finally able to turn members of Cray's own inner circle around.

who are finally willing to speak in court. The twins' 1969 trial is a true media sensation. Ooh, I bet.

who are finally willing to speak in court. The twins' 1969 trial is a true media sensation. Ooh, I bet.

Thanks to all the damning evidence, and most crucially, the consequential testimony against them, it ends with both Ronnie and Reggie being found guilty of the murders of George Cornell and Jack McVitie, respectively, as well as all the unprovable crimes that no one would or could talk about up until that point.

Thanks to all the damning evidence, and most crucially, the consequential testimony against them, it ends with both Ronnie and Reggie being found guilty of the murders of George Cornell and Jack McVitie, respectively, as well as all the unprovable crimes that no one would or could talk about up until that point.

The Krays are sentenced to life sentences in separate prisons. They're both 35 years old. At their sentencing hearing, the judge tells them, quote, But they don't get arrest from the Kray's activities. Instead, Ronnie and Reggie maintain a very public profile once they're in prison.

The Krays are sentenced to life sentences in separate prisons. They're both 35 years old. At their sentencing hearing, the judge tells them, quote, But they don't get arrest from the Kray's activities. Instead, Ronnie and Reggie maintain a very public profile once they're in prison.

Duncan Campbell reports that, quote, once jailed, they devoted their considerable energies to their image as gangland stars, always open to visitors from the outside. The twins are able to generate a decent income by feeding stories to visitors who would then sell them to British tabloids and then bring the money back to the Krays in jail. Oh, that's smart. Right?

Duncan Campbell reports that, quote, once jailed, they devoted their considerable energies to their image as gangland stars, always open to visitors from the outside. The twins are able to generate a decent income by feeding stories to visitors who would then sell them to British tabloids and then bring the money back to the Krays in jail. Oh, that's smart. Right?

They also have more elaborate ways of capitalizing off their imprisonment. In 1985, for example, Ronnie gets engaged to a woman named Elaine who's been writing him letters during his incarceration. There's always these Alaines. These Alaines. By this point, Ronnie's been transferred to Broadmoor, a famous London psychiatric hospital we have talked about on the show many times.

They also have more elaborate ways of capitalizing off their imprisonment. In 1985, for example, Ronnie gets engaged to a woman named Elaine who's been writing him letters during his incarceration. There's always these Alaines. These Alaines. By this point, Ronnie's been transferred to Broadmoor, a famous London psychiatric hospital we have talked about on the show many times.

Ronnie and Alaine decide to get married at the facility's chapel. But there's an ulterior motive here. It's not love? I mean, it could have been the greatest Valentine's Day of all time, but no, it's not real. When the tabloids catch wind about this upcoming wedding, the son offers 20,000 pounds, which is nearly how much in today's U.S. dollars? 20,000 in the 80s?

Ronnie and Alaine decide to get married at the facility's chapel. But there's an ulterior motive here. It's not love? I mean, it could have been the greatest Valentine's Day of all time, but no, it's not real. When the tabloids catch wind about this upcoming wedding, the son offers 20,000 pounds, which is nearly how much in today's U.S. dollars? 20,000 in the 80s?