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  • Опубликовано: 11 май 2024
  • This week we sat down with Linda Calvey, who is also known as Black Widow, one of the most famous female gangsters in the UK. Linda told us about her life story, crime path and what she thinks of people calling her a Black Widow.
    Linda is now an author of several books, her latest one is out in March 2022, you can find the link in the top comment.
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  • @LADbible
    @LADbible  2 года назад +179

    You can order Linda's new book here: linktr.ee/thegamehb

    • @rafflesxyz4800
      @rafflesxyz4800 2 года назад +30

      No we can't! She just said that crime doesn't pay!

    • @haddingtoniangcp2464
      @haddingtoniangcp2464 2 года назад +9

      @@rafflesxyz4800 🤣🤣🤣🤣I'm hollering

    • @extrm161
      @extrm161 2 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/88yQhk7kd6E/видео.html
      .

    • @christinehedges6502
      @christinehedges6502 2 года назад +5

      @@rafflesxyz4800 can't lie I just had a little pee laughing at that 🤣😂🤣😂

    • @alimuzhussain8394
      @alimuzhussain8394 2 года назад +3

      Won’t be long love until Helen Mirran stars in a film based on you. On a seperate note during the armed robberies how did you manage to run with your high heels

  • @CJ-zi9fg
    @CJ-zi9fg 2 года назад +3110

    Mad how much meeting one person or that one moment can change the entire course of your life completely

    • @Billy.Nomates
      @Billy.Nomates 2 года назад +44

      But some people just have it in them,they would go down the same path regardless.

    • @SandraGarcia-lj3bd
      @SandraGarcia-lj3bd 2 года назад +7

      Destiny

    • @kingbeastie
      @kingbeastie 2 года назад +22

      Life is always like that though. And for most of us those single moments are positive things, for example the night I met the woman who became my wife I had intended to go home a lot earlier, there were also various other circumstances that happened to come together that night as well. I think for most of us those moments tend to be a lot more positive than Linda's example.

    • @apok1980
      @apok1980 2 года назад +11

      I don’t believe in “that one moment” thing with people. I’m sure she believes that going to that party changed her life, but I think it’s a collection of decisions and mindset that will set the course. Either way, she’s had an interesting life. I would watch that movie………. If it was done by Scorsese

    • @offwiththefairiesforever2373
      @offwiththefairiesforever2373 2 года назад +3

      Yes dangerously. Very dangerously.

  • @Leanbean4
    @Leanbean4 2 года назад +2509

    The fact she just slapped Myra Hindley in the face for singing what an absolute beast😂

    • @louisenewson-smith9519
      @louisenewson-smith9519 Год назад +96

      Tbf hearing that made my day just a little bit better lmao, Hindley was a monster

    • @Leanbean4
      @Leanbean4 Год назад +39

      @@redbird9658 sorry let me just move this rock out the way I’ve been living under…yes it’s the audacity to sing after the crimes she committed I understand. not sure why I had to explain that for you😂

    • @meme-bz6iw
      @meme-bz6iw Год назад

      ...for someone like you that think slapping people is cool.....not for the regular mind people.

    • @SW-fn7cl
      @SW-fn7cl Год назад +12

      @@Leanbean4 because so many people just want to disagree and patronise each other on comments sections all the time. It's like they need the conflict 😂

    • @Leanbean4
      @Leanbean4 Год назад +10

      @@SW-fn7cl for real bro😂 as soon as I read it I was like he’s wanting me to not know that information JUST so you can then try make me look dumb for your own self pride??

  • @dropoutmajor
    @dropoutmajor 2 года назад +747

    "Don't go to that party" was a brilliant answer lol
    Like a nice full circle round off to a movie.

  • @MsLindamee
    @MsLindamee 2 года назад +3083

    It never fails to amaze me how the life of an abused child is worth less than money. Pedophiles get let off with short sentences time and again when its a scientific fact that they cannot be rehabilitated. I've more respect for a good old fashioned bank robber than a child abuser.

    • @branthall1787
      @branthall1787 2 года назад +142

      What an irrelevant comment

    • @sircrackerjack-9592
      @sircrackerjack-9592 2 года назад +2

      @@branthall1787 you must be a nonce

    • @asfdasdful
      @asfdasdful 2 года назад +20

      Looked at the abstracts of some studies and it has a depressingly high failure rate that goes up as time goes on. I wish I could unlearn that.

    • @soys8834
      @soys8834 2 года назад +3

      @@branthall1787 irrelevant to you maybe lol pedo sympathiser ?

    • @datguy3338
      @datguy3338 2 года назад +61

      @@branthall1787 I think he’s guilty of something that’s why he wrote the comment

  • @ChrisMinusHumour
    @ChrisMinusHumour Год назад +460

    Not everyone that goes to prison is evil. Myra Hindley was pure evil and even people who have committed other crimes look down on people that lure and murder children. The lowest of the low. It made me happy that Linda gave her a slap.

    • @jmc3893
      @jmc3893 Год назад +3

      Not trying to defend a child abuser and killer but I always found it funny that in prison some people still establish a moral hierarchy and think they are better than someone else. Have you ever spoken to a victim of armed robbery?

    • @elgee6202
      @elgee6202 9 месяцев назад +3

      ​@jmc3893 , there's even a moral hierarchy among thieves, with house burglars being looked down on as the worst of the worst. And among burglars themselves there's a hierarchy. I know one who feels somewhat better than others because "I've never burgled a council house, only people who can afford it".

    • @tentaplayz3691
      @tentaplayz3691 7 месяцев назад

      ​@@jmc3893true

    • @tentaplayz3691
      @tentaplayz3691 7 месяцев назад

      ​@@elgee6202even gang members look down on people who victimise women and children

  • @brookylnvicent9054
    @brookylnvicent9054 Год назад +48

    "Dont go to that party" gives me chillsss man. its crazy how a simple thing can change our lifes!

  • @mediterraneandiet2483
    @mediterraneandiet2483 2 года назад +1576

    She seemed very calm for someone given 18 years for a murder she says she didn’t do.

    • @henloworld514
      @henloworld514 2 года назад +255

      I would imagine you also would have a calm demeanor about such topics if you’ve been involved in criminal activity for a long time

    • @mediterraneandiet2483
      @mediterraneandiet2483 2 года назад +155

      @@henloworld514 The lack of any bitterness or resentment is because she is likely guilty.

    • @jr5296
      @jr5296 2 года назад +200

      @@mediterraneandiet2483 I don't know about that. I have seen plenty of people wrongly convicted and not publicly share their "bitterness or resentment". The DeJesus brothers are a perfect example of that.

    • @650kfit5
      @650kfit5 2 года назад +19

      There's an old offence of being involved in (can't remember exact wording) but it basically says if you know, and they can prove you know but refuse to say, you're found guilty of murder. Basically like the current conspiracy charge or similar
      Seen a few people in for it towards the end of their tariff, we're talking 20 years but even if the person who did it finally admits it, its too late you still do the time and stay on life license

    • @thesatisfiedcustomer4869
      @thesatisfiedcustomer4869 2 года назад +3

      @@TheIrishFoley shut up & dance!

  • @KingDomsKingdom85
    @KingDomsKingdom85 2 года назад +265

    Huh, so this is what Debroah Meaden has been up too in her spare time.

  • @lalaha4241
    @lalaha4241 Год назад +65

    Fantastic videos!!!! The honesty of people you interviewing and their story is a life lesson!
    Most of them really touched me. They make me wanna do more good in life and to benefit others…
    Often the result of our actions come so late that whatever we commit them for is not relevant anymore… people just want to be happy and lost the thread how to do that…
    Please keep it up!

  • @call_in_sick
    @call_in_sick Год назад +286

    I appreciate her sense of humour after what must have been a disturbing life. Note to self avoid parties for criminals coming home from jail. I’d be bound to fall in love with the bad guy!

  • @nephtis84
    @nephtis84 2 года назад +188

    Of course she's charismatic and fascinating. But I don't believe for a moment that she didn't kill that man.

    • @guntertorfs6486
      @guntertorfs6486 2 года назад +15

      A lot of (smart ) sociopaths are charismatic.

    • @Cloud-df3hy
      @Cloud-df3hy Год назад +10

      I don't think she would of done it in her own house lol

    • @robertl9086
      @robertl9086 Год назад

      She could have had someone do it

    • @Black.Sabbath
      @Black.Sabbath Год назад

      Motive?

  • @richieh2006
    @richieh2006 2 года назад +15

    I'm always curious what Maryana looks like. I love this series. I wish Ladbible would do a small video of the crew that assemble these great videos. Putting a face to a voice, so to speak.

  • @himesilva
    @himesilva Год назад +17

    The men who worked under Linda sounded like proper gents. Respecting her as the leader, wanting to give her part of their cut, it's kind of sweet.

  • @darkeyes7444
    @darkeyes7444 2 года назад +6

    Thank you for telling about your life. I can't wait to get your book.

  • @MobstersInc
    @MobstersInc Год назад +3

    Great interview 💯 🍿

  • @mxuk
    @mxuk Год назад +82

    I feel sorry for the people she traumatised when she robbed them. They had to live with that shock and trauma.

    • @menow7903
      @menow7903 Год назад +17

      Very true. I'm glad that she expressed her regret for what she did.

  • @selfiephotobooth
    @selfiephotobooth 2 года назад +70

    Sad she says how her life was wasted in prison etc but not once does she show any remorse for the effect her choices have had on others.

    • @humanoid_freak
      @humanoid_freak 2 года назад +16

      She's done her time, though. She can show remorse without being outright. During her time in prison she could've come to terms with what she did and now (forgive me if this doesn't sound right) doesn't feel the need to any more.

    • @guntertorfs6486
      @guntertorfs6486 2 года назад

      @@humanoid_freak Bullshit. She's a textbook sociopath.

    • @ellie-tk4jy
      @ellie-tk4jy Год назад

      Please shut up. interesting how men love seeing women cry. Do you make these comment so under videos of ex male gangsters? Didn't think so.

    • @videowifie
      @videowifie Год назад +1

      she does show remorse. near the end. when you dont have the attention span for a 16 minute video, dont write judgemental comments.

    • @ianhayes3980
      @ianhayes3980 Год назад

      We have all done things that we are not proud of are we all meant to walk around every second of the day showing remous for those things? No we keep that shit to our self's and just continue on with life the best we can

  • @lisascarrott6142
    @lisascarrott6142 Год назад +3

    Amazing lady I really enjoyed her story and she is inspiration younger ladies and girls can learn a lot from her. My sister was into these kind of men she is amazing and really interesting thank you for sharing

  • @beckylindley2263
    @beckylindley2263 Год назад +46

    Respect to Linda, and thanks for sharing her story. The loss she has suffered is heartbreaking 😢

  • @willgoodall1529
    @willgoodall1529 2 года назад +160

    "Crime doesn't pay."
    Now buy my book in which I talk about all the crimes what I've done

    • @nap.of.the.earth...
      @nap.of.the.earth... 2 года назад +4

      @@Kameleonic exactly lol

    • @nap.of.the.earth...
      @nap.of.the.earth... 2 года назад +6

      Don't be THAT guy ffs😒

    • @ksam5673
      @ksam5673 2 года назад

      lool

    • @KonradCurves
      @KonradCurves Год назад

      Yeah it doesn't she lost years of her life behind bars and she managed to make good out of a bad life. Unless you think 2 decades of your best years behind bars is worth money when your in your later years

  • @download351
    @download351 Год назад +17

    It fascinates me that most of the men telling these stories say that they wanted to prove something. They wanted to be the best of the best. Linda got into what she did because the police lied about murdering the man that she loved and she was suffering from grief.
    I'm not saying that makes it ok. Being around a person who was a criminal would have made the transition pretty easy, it was a world that she understood. But it's interesting that the reasons for getting directly involved seem so very different for her vs. the other men that have been interviewed.

  • @touriel8943
    @touriel8943 2 года назад +193

    How bizarre that the prison went through the palaver of finding an inmate to do Hinley's hair. It's the last thing you'd have thought people were entitled to.

    • @JsDs1020
      @JsDs1020 2 года назад

      gotta trust the person cutting your hair, especially if they're all criminals. If you don't, thats how you get whacked.

    • @JamieReynolds89
      @JamieReynolds89 2 года назад

      @@JsDs1020 stabbed you mean

    • @JamieReynolds89
      @JamieReynolds89 2 года назад +13

      It's a joke. They get TVs, Playstation's, Xbox's in their cells, get to play darts, pool etc in the prisons...

    • @MissFost
      @MissFost 2 года назад +14

      Exactly what I was thinking! Why does she deserve to 'have her hair done'?!

    • @frankfrank6631
      @frankfrank6631 2 года назад

      @@JsDs1020 whacked 😂

  • @Belfastboi
    @Belfastboi Год назад +1

    Love you Linda 💪🏻Thankyou for your honesty and strength

  • @CrimeBustersUK
    @CrimeBustersUK Год назад +3

    Fascinating story 🙌

  • @adelecampisi5328
    @adelecampisi5328 Год назад +35

    Her main concern for not wanting to go to the party was that he might be ugly, not that he did an armed robbery 🤦🏻‍♀️

    • @xbrandi12345x
      @xbrandi12345x Год назад +1

      Maybe when he got ugly he hit her, who knows. Clearly she had become desensitized at that point to the fact that armed robbery is seriously wrong. Or maybe she never really understood how bad it actually is until she was already skin deep in it.

  • @mcmwarhawk
    @mcmwarhawk 2 года назад +419

    I know it's sad her first partner got shot dead but the guy spent his life robbing people at gun point. Taking everything that people have. Whether he was shot lawfully or not you can't cry victim when he was treating people with violence his whole life. Sooner or later the scales balance out. Love is a powerful thing though. Intriguing interview to listen to, thanks for the insight!

    • @iSugarHeart
      @iSugarHeart 2 года назад +25

      Yeah but at the same time during those times would he get employed by anyone who knew he went to prison? Even now people struggle and some of them do try , but then give up and turn back to crime. I liked one quote from documentary on jail systems '' i am judged for the rest of my life by the worst day of my life''. To say people had it coming just feels off.

    • @CouvadeShark
      @CouvadeShark 2 года назад +93

      A police officer isnt supposed to lie about his actions no matter who they are against.

    • @Tonnnnia
      @Tonnnnia 2 года назад +33

      I think it was the fact that they lied about how and why he got shot. I think she would have been cool if he got shot by a victim or If the police did it because he was posing a threat. In those instances I see her chalking it up to the game, the cost doing business. But that was not this.

    • @franciscvmpbell
      @franciscvmpbell 2 года назад

      @@iSugarHeart if you live by the sword, don’t be surprised when you die by it.

    • @humanoid_freak
      @humanoid_freak 2 года назад +5

      @@iSugarHeart Precisely... And do any of us have any insight into her husband's upbringing? Probably not. I'd wager that he had a pretty difficult childhood and felt crime was the only thing he could resort to. I'm not going to waste people's time by listing a bunch of criminological theories now, but any of them could fit to him when we don't know his backstory. (also spent the day revising criminology so I don't rly wanna start talking about it again now lol)

  • @morriganwitch
    @morriganwitch 8 дней назад

    Thank you for being so honest

  • @eloiseav4337
    @eloiseav4337 Год назад +48

    What an inspiration. And I totally understand how she ended up in crime. One traumatic experience after another.

  • @richardpickering2452
    @richardpickering2452 Год назад +30

    In case you ever read this Linda, Janet from Lincoln passed away last August, quickly and peacefully, aged 74 :( We both know what a remarkable lady she was, whose story will never be told !

    • @elgee6202
      @elgee6202 9 месяцев назад

      Why don't you tell it for her? It sounds interesting.

  • @orion8835
    @orion8835 Год назад +23

    Well she had everyone fooled. It’s very sad. Her entire life turned into a rather dark way. Crime hurts everybody. It’s hard to explain to people who are often entertained by it all. Gangland is truly a damaging environ. The shit she would had been initiated into would had been damaging. The respect is not earned without killings and extreme depravity.

  • @robosborne5489
    @robosborne5489 2 года назад +194

    this Lady slapped Myra Hindley. She may have done things in her past . But slapping Myra Hindley she has my respect

    • @Simon1985_
      @Simon1985_ 2 года назад +7

      @Black Coffee Now a bank robber smacking a multiple child killer is respect worthy. Maybe you endorse Hindley’s behaviour and are sympathetic towards nonces?

    • @alisonmercer5946
      @alisonmercer5946 2 года назад

      I hope that's true

    • @LM-ge2sf
      @LM-ge2sf 2 года назад

      I don’t think you can compare the two at all, she also regrets her crimes, Myra didn’t regret hers and she helped in the rape torture and murder of little kids mate.

    • @SteakBaked99
      @SteakBaked99 2 года назад +13

      @Black Coffee Now idk who slapped Myra, but if anyone deserves it she does. Calm yer chicken

    • @worsignor8519
      @worsignor8519 2 года назад

      @@SteakBaked99 👏👏👏

  • @nickoffury
    @nickoffury 2 года назад +322

    the amount of people wishing the best for her are quick to forget that she's killed a man point blank and forget about all the lives affected by her actions. but yeah, she seems fucking lovely 🙄

  • @aliward1646
    @aliward1646 2 года назад +30

    What sort twisted world is it when an armed robber is given respect.

    • @georgerobert4709
      @georgerobert4709 2 года назад

      Only amongst her own kind or those with an IQ lower than their shoe size.

    • @guntertorfs6486
      @guntertorfs6486 2 года назад

      A murderer even...

    • @summer8941
      @summer8941 Год назад

      My friend has a family full of criminals, his nephew got locked up for conspiracy to rob a bank and he got his ass kicked left right and centre 🤣

  • @show_me_your_kitties
    @show_me_your_kitties Год назад +20

    I like the whole murdering was glossed over in one sentence 🤣

  • @toyafan0111
    @toyafan0111 Год назад +4

    when she said “how do you sing when you did what you did” I burst out laughing omfg

  • @alisonalibongo3177
    @alisonalibongo3177 Год назад +96

    so much respect for this women. She has been through a lot. So sad in a corrupt world..

    • @ivartheboneless5969
      @ivartheboneless5969 Год назад

      What? She’s a criminal? She is the corrupt in the world lol.

    • @andyneilson3301
      @andyneilson3301 Год назад

      💯💯

    • @el29
      @el29 Год назад +13

      yeah she is such a big innocent victim :(.... All those crimes she did =((

  • @devilsmenutv2621
    @devilsmenutv2621 Год назад +9

    I met Linda in the 90's in the kitchen of Holloway Prison, she was in charge of the salad section. Very nice lady she made a deadly Caesar salad. So funny looking back now that they actually allowed me in that place to work. lol

  • @pollyseip
    @pollyseip Год назад +46

    Moral of the story, always listen to your gut, never second guess your gut instincts.
    15:22 Had she listened to her gut and paid heed to her instinct of not wanting to go that party, her life could’ve been much different.

  • @andyt204
    @andyt204 2 года назад +84

    That was very interesting, but 100 percent she killed that dude, she has just lied about it so long she can't go back on it

    • @kyla2095
      @kyla2095 2 года назад

      I know right both of her boyfriends got shot 🤔

    • @psychosoma5049
      @psychosoma5049 2 года назад +2

      Thankyou random stranger for your informed decision on someone's guilt.....

    • @guntertorfs6486
      @guntertorfs6486 2 года назад

      @@psychosoma5049 Random stranger who has a lot more common sense and insight into a sociopath like her than you...

  • @Bijou
    @Bijou 2 года назад +6

    Oh yay so I can now listen to a gentle grandmotherly voice with nice accent to put myself to sleep.... and also learn about crime. RUclips has it all.

  • @sk1dr0w
    @sk1dr0w Год назад +4

    Flawless! Best to her, and all wonderful story-tellers.

  • @lucyk.5163
    @lucyk.5163 Год назад +24

    Now, I have respect for her. She seems down to earth and I can understand her rage that made her decide to become a criminal, when they murdered her husband, even if he was a criminal himself, so well, the odds of him meeting a bitter, unfair end was pretty high. I'm guessing the second boyfriend was either another criminal being killed for revenge, or someone killed him to get revenge on her, so yeah. Like, it's sad, but it's a hazard of the profession.
    The other grandpa gangster, that one with strong sociopathic narcissistic tendencies and hates to be called for what he is, a gangster, has zero morals and extorted innocent people, that one I don't. At all.
    Actually, her life seems to be a life full of losses. She lost all the 3 men she loved the most. She lost almost 3 decades in prison (I think? I don't know how many years she had to serve). Lost precious time with the kids she loves so much. Lost so much time she could've done something good for herself, with her life.
    But it's strange how she naturally attracted respect and deference from the men who worked with her, and even in prison, though. I thought she was gonna say they didn't respect her much or tried to take advantage of her because she was a woman but even hardened criminals such as one of the Kray Brothers respected her. She attracted chivalry lol. I don't think many criminal women can say they had men offering bonuses from their own bounty!!
    One thing I don't understand. Why was a cold-blooded child murderer getting her hair done in prison and why it had to be done by someone she knew? Was it part of a deal she made with the police? Like, "I want some prison benefits if you want me to talk" ? Or do all the prisoners get to have their hair colored by someone they know if they want to?

    • @otto16121970
      @otto16121970 Год назад +3

      I don’t have respect for this calculated woman who caused a lot of grief to other people..

    • @Hey-jw3dm
      @Hey-jw3dm Год назад

      She IS doing an interview.

    • @robmarkworth5377
      @robmarkworth5377 Год назад +1

      husband was "murdered" ... yeah right

    • @kellymckeever.6
      @kellymckeever.6 Год назад

      Must of been hard for her to be forced to do that evil myra hindleys hair .... why the hell was that myra being allowed to have her hair done in the first place...the only thing she deserved was a death sentence...

  • @semnalexandruvoina2011
    @semnalexandruvoina2011 Год назад +1

    I love this story!

  • @pablovalentine8976
    @pablovalentine8976 Год назад +6

    Good onya Linda your right when you look back on it crime doesnt really pay i done 34 years in and out of jails in Australia armed robberies drugs etc etc, It was a wasted life but i had a lot of fun along the way . But i would never cross that line again . at 64 now i work hard on construction sites and enjoy my grand kids on weekends . . Good luck in your future

  • @richtee5932
    @richtee5932 2 года назад +4

    Great story!

  • @oakesiii3412
    @oakesiii3412 2 года назад +168

    When a person lies about a story multiple times they start to believe there own bs

  • @kingpuppet5881
    @kingpuppet5881 Год назад +60

    Wow what a story. You can tell she is a really nice person who went down the wrong path due to bereavement. I don't think she murdered her second partner.

    • @Black.Sabbath
      @Black.Sabbath Год назад +1

      She called him boyfriend yet said she had a third husband

  • @zacbroxson1223
    @zacbroxson1223 2 года назад +23

    Conveniently misses that part where she briefly marries the guy who was jointly sent down with her for the murder of her second husband

  • @boogaloo8134
    @boogaloo8134 2 года назад +42

    Talk is cheap..... this evil woman does not tell the whole story. She is responsible for other innocent peoples deaths!

    • @wys10
      @wys10 2 года назад

      Cry

    • @user-lv1zo5vp9t
      @user-lv1zo5vp9t 2 года назад +2

      @@wys10 you got to be problematic....

  • @pufferlumpp3855
    @pufferlumpp3855 Год назад +4

    Damn! I thought this was gonna be an interview with Margret Thatcher

  • @chardonmay
    @chardonmay Год назад +30

    it's fascinating that she had so much respect from everyone, everywhere she went. it must've been hard, but to me it doesn't sound like she wasted her life at all. it sounds almost like some sort of karmic path she had to go through. i'm not pro crime but it doesn't sound like she had an agenda either. it's weird when your family wants you to meet a criminal lol like how was she going to judge that this is actually nothing good for your future?

    • @himesilva
      @himesilva Год назад +2

      A lot of poor communities look out for eachother even if they're not criminals, because they all receive the same kind of scorn and fuckery from the police and society at large.

  • @caitlin7160
    @caitlin7160 Год назад +23

    She doesnt seem too angry about serving 18 years for a crime she didnt commit..

    • @justinlast2lastharder749
      @justinlast2lastharder749 13 дней назад

      18 years is a long time to come to grips with it and realize that you were guilty of other crimes that should have gotten you that time anyways.

  • @76-UVB
    @76-UVB Год назад +6

    It is really quite thought provoking how just a couple of hours can alter the course of an entire lifetime .

  • @nunyabidnez9004
    @nunyabidnez9004 Год назад +48

    First, I like her! She seems like someone’s straight shooting grandma. Second, crooked cops killed her first husband, and those same crooked cops probably put her in jail the second time around. It never fails to amaze me at how justice really isn’t blind.

    • @elgee6202
      @elgee6202 9 месяцев назад

      Her first husband was an armed robber. Who gives a shit that he got wasted? It's not as if he didn't deserve it.
      And her being innocent of the murder she was convicted for is only her version of events. Presumably there was enough evidence at the time to convince a jury that she was guilty.

  • @kycklingklubba5749
    @kycklingklubba5749 Год назад +5

    My life is not perfect, I´m not near the life I want my life to be, but I´m so glad I have this life I could have ended up on the streets. It does not takes much, one wrong move, wrong friends, timing, and your life can be over.

    • @johnmoore9862
      @johnmoore9862 Год назад +3

      I count my blessings that’s for sure.

  • @scousesuperman1112
    @scousesuperman1112 2 года назад +14

    Always makes me laugh when these people name drop the Krays but in the countless books about the Krays none of these people are mentioned 😂

    • @steviegee8413
      @steviegee8413 2 года назад +1

      So true. A relative of mine, their neighbour is a supposed former Gypsy, claims he was a bare knuckle fighter and also knew the Krays. But from talking to him, you know he's a Billy B*llshitter so all of it could be made up. He showed me a picture of him at the funeral of one of the Krays but of course, thousands of people showed up in the streets, doesn't mean he actually knew them. He wasn't in funeral attire, just stood in the street, proved nothing to me, lol!

  • @max12211
    @max12211 2 года назад +119

    “She paid a hitman, Daniel Reece, £10,000 to kill Cook. However, he lost his nerve at the last minute and Calvey picked up the gun herself, shooting the victim at point blank range, whilst he knelt in front of her.[5]
    She spent 18 and a half years in prison for the murder of Cook and had also previously served three and a half years for an earlier robbery.” Only from Wikipedia but we’re only hearing her side of the story here

    • @nickoffury
      @nickoffury 2 года назад +51

      haha people are sheep, they see 16 minutes and they're like "oh I hope the best for her, hope she has a peaceful life" not thinking about the people that have been affected by her actions. it's crazy.

    • @Yos115
      @Yos115 2 года назад +10

      *Fine I'll do it myself*

    • @magdalena_dewinter
      @magdalena_dewinter 2 года назад +2

      ah yes wikipedia famous fir veiny completely reliable

    • @loonzuk
      @loonzuk 2 года назад

      She’s done Atwood and English..Unilad are late

    • @zacbroxson1223
      @zacbroxson1223 2 года назад +1

      @@magdalena_dewinter it has references. Sources. She eventually married the bloke sent down for marrying her second husband.
      Wiki is an encyclopedia - it isn't a source

  • @lynsey08lynsey80
    @lynsey08lynsey80 20 дней назад

    I loved this vid

  • @tylynsmith
    @tylynsmith Год назад +2

    So proud of her

  • @user-qe4zh5iq5v
    @user-qe4zh5iq5v Год назад +80

    I'd love to see a film about her as her story is really interesting and I'd love to see a female gang boss

    • @RippleDrop.
      @RippleDrop. Год назад

      It would be fantasized as any film and derail of what real people are like. They are just humans. Not glorified figures in reality.

  • @angeln2550
    @angeln2550 2 года назад +178

    Should do more interviews with female criminals! 🦹‍♀️🧛‍♀️
    Love it 🔥👏🔥

    • @stevovimy
      @stevovimy 2 года назад +10

      Stunning and brave.

    • @realstoriesuk89
      @realstoriesuk89 2 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/TU3Td2xnFVI/видео.html

    • @loldragon2359
      @loldragon2359 2 года назад

      There arent that many you dolt

    • @ChromeLuxx
      @ChromeLuxx Год назад +8

      Rubbish female or male.

    • @linedpaper5374
      @linedpaper5374 Год назад +5

      @@ChromeLuxx real simple - then don't watch.

  • @michaelcooney7687
    @michaelcooney7687 Год назад +1

    Great story

  • @misssecondstar
    @misssecondstar Год назад +10

    I'd love to see evidence or a body language expert react to this. With all due respect, I have a gut feeling that she's lying. Either she's protecting people, concealing details, or possibly making it all up. I just don't know why I think that.

    • @emilywright3454
      @emilywright3454 3 месяца назад +1

      She’s written loaddddds of books so there is a motivation

  • @ChrisW444
    @ChrisW444 2 года назад +89

    I wanted to hear something that made me like her but honestly, I just can't help but just feel very sorry for her. Sad how people can't see right and wrong and either way make the wrong choices. I suppose it's just in them to do the wrong thing isn't it. Sad.

    • @potatofuryy
      @potatofuryy Год назад

      I mean she is a murderer

    • @Sarah-ef2lz
      @Sarah-ef2lz Год назад +12

      Times were very different back then. Her choices aren’t based on reality we live in today though. I liked her.

  • @stewart6156
    @stewart6156 Год назад +15

    Brilliant. We need way more women in these types of videos.

  • @patrickmurphy5842
    @patrickmurphy5842 Год назад +1

    " Dont go to that party"!!! My God there are so many places i went or people I talked to that i wish i could just go back in time and undo....

  • @ezmereldaglutz9151
    @ezmereldaglutz9151 Год назад +1

    Ethel the Frog - my fav Monty Python sketch!

  • @pappy374
    @pappy374 2 года назад +55

    I don't believe her story, and for that reason, I'm out.

    • @MrBluntz
      @MrBluntz 2 года назад +4

      Jenny?

    • @danielandree3947
      @danielandree3947 2 года назад

      Okay Barbra Corcoran… can you for once put money into a business…. 🤣🤣

    • @NatalieCWilliams
      @NatalieCWilliams 2 года назад

      😂😂

    • @zacbroxson1223
      @zacbroxson1223 2 года назад

      @@Kameleonic do you only for opinions on people you've met?

    • @moabfrican2
      @moabfrican2 Год назад

      @Pappy - well, Paps... Pappalappadingdong, Pap Smear, Pappington Bear (idk what I'm saying) What's the haps, Paps? You AREEE, the weakest link. GOODBYE.

  • @zeexox4998
    @zeexox4998 Год назад +8

    She’s pretty I can imagine her being a stunner back in the days having them gangster men drooling whilst she’s calling the shots lol. Would love to watch a film on her life. I don’t know why some people think she’s lying about meeting Myra. Do the math they was locked up at the same time in the same jail. She only did her hair so she could go home earlier. Kind of mad how the prison bribed her early release if she did her hair. They literally protecting child killers and sex offenders

  • @gutz323
    @gutz323 2 года назад +1

    When is the movie coming out?

  • @Taliemiller
    @Taliemiller Год назад +2

    “Don’t go to that party” 😂

  • @skipthegames4237
    @skipthegames4237 2 года назад +99

    Her accent is gorgeous, the English gangsters have such an air of charisma to them

    • @deepwhatever
      @deepwhatever 2 года назад +41

      Robbing, selling drugs, killing..yeah...super charismatic people.

    • @tiii4017
      @tiii4017 2 года назад +13

      @@deepwhatever the best of em are people with a lot of charisma..

    • @paparoach007
      @paparoach007 2 года назад +5

      @@deepwhateverThey might have done some questionable things but some of them are charismatic, there persona and "vibe" about them is likeable in a lower sense. I used to know someone who robbed banks and shops etc. a proper mans man, tough, charismatic and clever up until he was arrested in 2003 for manslaughter. I would never of thought he killed someone or at least be involved in something like that, yes he robbed stores, but killing is on a whole 'nother level. Hope the guy keeps his prison wallet puckered every night.

    • @user-et7gq7qe9k
      @user-et7gq7qe9k 2 года назад +2

      Are you deaf?

    • @dresantorini1770
      @dresantorini1770 2 года назад +8

      Crime went up 80%in East london when the last kray brother went to prison, you do the maths

  • @lb1839
    @lb1839 2 года назад +41

    I can see the evil in her eyes...

  • @shawnamcdonald2463
    @shawnamcdonald2463 2 года назад +2

    Wow what an interesting lady to listen to.Another good video

  • @talk2s5061X
    @talk2s5061X 2 года назад +14

    Without looking her up i know she is lying about her second husband, her story makes no sense at all!

  • @mrbad69
    @mrbad69 Год назад +25

    Crime does pay, you just need to be a politician for it to happen.

  • @tjgoldstein73
    @tjgoldstein73 Год назад +69

    my favourite bit of this interview is when she conveniently forgets about all the people inside the banks she traumatised!! Well done Linda!!

    • @marymanning5150
      @marymanning5150 Год назад +21

      I was in 7 armed robberies working in a bank. Yes it traumatised me and my staff…….I grew up in the east end with a poor education and I didn’t turn to crime…..she could have walked away.

    • @natashab3412
      @natashab3412 Год назад

      @@marymanning5150 did you have a loving family?

    • @natashab3412
      @natashab3412 Год назад +3

      Doesn't sound like she forgot at all

    • @iskilii6877
      @iskilii6877 Год назад

      Grow up it’s over in minutes

    • @lucireyes4164
      @lucireyes4164 Год назад +2

      @@iskilii6877 someone has never had a gun pointed at them :)

  • @mick0846
    @mick0846 2 года назад +1

    " don't go to that party " 🤣👌

  • @vanessariley3710
    @vanessariley3710 Год назад +1

    Wow the BEST interview - she is super interesting I need to read the book.
    - I can relate - my Dad came from the east end - he was rough….

  • @Justmexx
    @Justmexx 2 года назад +10

    Weird how everyone in the comments is praising her for being a "gangster" Lol

  • @misterneckbreaker88
    @misterneckbreaker88 Год назад +6

    my nans carer worked for kray brothers went to jail for them as a hitman. when my nan passed away we found letter from him telling my nan things hes done and asking for a clean slate by having the job as a carer. he set a man on fire. he tried fleeing the country but got refused entry to US silly he bought a one way ticket and tried to join the mormins.

  • @blacksupaman6730
    @blacksupaman6730 Год назад +2

    those random cutaways of their face are hilarious

  • @billy7240
    @billy7240 Год назад +1

    It's so pleasing to see Linda tell her story when all you hear in the media is sensationalism yes the crimes are not to be seen as something to be glorified but most people don't want to look beyond the headlines and the fact is that there is a real person who has a story, to tell Linda your a queen and you have so much dignity and its great to hear you speak good luck

  • @rickbaker5246
    @rickbaker5246 2 года назад +70

    She paid a hitman, Daniel Reece, £10,000 to kill her husband, Ronnie Cook. However, he lost his nerve at the last minute and Calvey picked up the gun herself, shooting the victim at point blank range, whilst he knelt in front of her

    • @erikramaekers63
      @erikramaekers63 Год назад +1

      What was the motive ?

    • @LR-hw4px
      @LR-hw4px Год назад +1

      Interesting any source

    • @xnavigator1
      @xnavigator1 Год назад +2

      She cooked him dinner and shot him in the back o head wile he was eating it, she barely saw a tenna in her life let alone 10 bags🤣

    • @Elbowbanditest2003
      @Elbowbanditest2003 Год назад +1

      ​@@xnavigator1 do you even know what a gangster is apposed to a "gangsta", of course she came across a lot of money during her time

    • @xnavigator1
      @xnavigator1 Год назад

      @@Elbowbanditest2003 what do you know.dya know her?

  • @missloulou4731
    @missloulou4731 2 года назад +6

    Not micky was an armed robber she said it so casually damn. Not me watching this after finishing sn2 of Topboy

  • @damyandiroma2087
    @damyandiroma2087 Год назад +1

    16 min isnt long enough for stories like these

  • @angelagonzalez4789
    @angelagonzalez4789 Год назад +6

    Bruh... metting Reggie Kray
    Also, it's crazy how your life can change with one single "Okay let's go" I can't imagine the pain she must have felt when she lost her husbands

  • @chelseatimmis7487
    @chelseatimmis7487 2 года назад +45

    Anyone that found this interesting have a listen to her audio book, fascinating stuff!

    • @korypo303
      @korypo303 2 года назад

      Thanks Chelsea.

    • @scalare70
      @scalare70 2 года назад

      Id love to hear it. Where can one find it ?

    • @kingdingaling8709
      @kingdingaling8709 2 года назад +7

      Most of what she says is complete fantasy.

    • @chelseatimmis7487
      @chelseatimmis7487 2 года назад +2

      On Audible, called the black widow. She narrates it and she isn't the most fluent speaker but I found it okay as was authentic 👌

    • @chelseatimmis7487
      @chelseatimmis7487 2 года назад

      @Black Coffee Now I actually meant the reading of the book... However who are we to decide whether something we have no idea on is true or not 🤔

  • @isabellas4120
    @isabellas4120 Год назад +15

    She seems like an incredible person. I really respect her for what she became in the end. Glad she spoke about police. Many of them are much worse than the criminals, and that needs to be made aware.

  • @geoffdecorator307
    @geoffdecorator307 2 года назад +10

    So true those words ,if only .I say that to myself looking back at what i once was and compare it to today ,worlds apart i must admit .From early 96 to 2006 i by chance became involved in the male escort business but say no more lets say ! lived a life involved nightly with different women that any guy could only dream of ,today years later i live alone and struggle on decorating and paying bills like we all do and walk about like a bag of rags and im lucky if i ever get a smile off a woman but you sort of become content with it in a strange relaxed manner like Linda has in this show .Its hard to describe really but its a bit like feeling you had a lucky escape and got away with it before it you got hurt ,came very close many times to getting caught with someone you should not really of been with .And everybody i know today looking at me as i am now would never believe for a moment the person i was in those years ,all seems like it wasnt really me so that one chance meeting in your life can and does change it for good or bad reasons but be glad you made it out in one piece and had the sense to leave it all behind .

    • @MeganMegandaughter
      @MeganMegandaughter 2 года назад +3

      I feel the same, mad thing is I'm only 22. I spent a lot of my youth stealing, drinking a doing copious amounts of drugs. I'm already watching alot of people head down dark paths and even seen where they could end up from the older 40/50 year olds I used to know. If you saw me you'd never guess people often think I'm niave because of my age but in reality I've seen the worst of humankind. some of the people I used to know think I'm a "traitor" of some sort because I live in a nicer area now. I stopped when I was 19 I'm glad I got out young and only took knowledge and stories with me and have the chance to resit my GCSEs. Though Id prefer to forget the trauma that comes with it.

  • @sophieandwayne
    @sophieandwayne Год назад +4

    Gonna read that book! Went to Holloway, jam making, swimming (was a champion swimmer before crime) and the only reason I had no problems is because I was remanded on C1 as I used to self-harm so they deemed me a risk. But I have never seen so many drugs as I had at that time 17yrs old in a prison. Mine was small fry TDA’s and TWOC. A bit of a petrol head, nothing like outchasing the police! I could have been your get away driver!

  • @slavebitch1
    @slavebitch1 Год назад +16

    When one takes a shotgun on a robbery and get confronted by armed police, getting shot is a risk one takes so don't go whinging about it.

  • @stuartfurey8824
    @stuartfurey8824 2 года назад +84

    My gran spent time in jail with a woman called the black widow murderer. She killed her husband and child and everyone in the prison feared her…until my gran beat her ass for stealing her food🤣

    • @CEO786
      @CEO786 2 года назад +1

      That didn’t happen as your gran got battered

    • @stuartfurey8824
      @stuartfurey8824 2 года назад

      @@CEO786 it wast this woman if that’s what you mean. I’m from Scotland so it would’ve been a different jail

    • @ryanbane630
      @ryanbane630 Год назад +5

      @JT pure lies

    • @smiffy113
      @smiffy113 Год назад +2

      Yeah alright mate!

    • @stuartfurey8824
      @stuartfurey8824 Год назад

      @JT really not lies tho mate. Just a family story that relates to the title of the video. What’s stuck up your arse?

  • @sghaxzor202
    @sghaxzor202 Год назад +6

    She paid a hitman, Daniel Reece, £10,000 to kill Cook. However, he lost his nerve at the last minute and Calvey picked up the gun herself, shooting the victim at point blank range, whilst he knelt in front of her. shes cold as ice dude....

    • @jaygee3032
      @jaygee3032 Год назад

      Should have shot the hitman too tbh

  • @missvegan2607
    @missvegan2607 Год назад

    Message to young kids "don't go to parties" poor lady, when she said she doesn't recognise that person from young ages l felt soo sorry for her😥 life is really hard and full of sadness

  • @a5teroth
    @a5teroth Год назад +22

    Be a good sensible citizen all your life, work, pay your taxes, pay your bills, tow the line and no one will remember you. Become a gangster, rob banks, intimidate, organize hits etc and you're treated like a celebrity, hang with the cream of society and politicians, and remembered for decades. Funny how that works.

  • @niroshbhaskaran3428
    @niroshbhaskaran3428 Год назад +7

    Deborah Meadon on smoke

  • @Felix-rising
    @Felix-rising 2 года назад +14

    7 years for stealing working peoples wages. That’s a crime there

    • @bramstagator
      @bramstagator 2 года назад +3

      Are you talking about Linda or the bank lol.

    • @deadcell00
      @deadcell00 Год назад +1

      @@bramstagator Or the tax man?

  • @robertfrench2807
    @robertfrench2807 2 года назад +82

    She’s lying a lot here. Which is a shame as people could learn a lot from her mistakes.

    • @bhuvi402
      @bhuvi402 2 года назад +9

      what are the lies she’s telling?

    • @srenfrkjr1032
      @srenfrkjr1032 2 года назад

      @@bhuvi402 The official story on how her second husband got killed is quite substantially different. From Wikipedia; "She paid a hitman, Daniel Reece, £10,000 to kill Cook. However, he lost his nerve at the last minute and Calvey picked up the gun herself, shooting the victim at point blank range, whilst he knelt in front of her."

    • @robertjoseph5206
      @robertjoseph5206 2 года назад +4

      @@bhuvi402 If you can't tell what she's lying about you need too do some studying And learn the street life you won't make it anywhere in life if you cant tell if someone is lying and you well get over on Constantly

    • @Rae-xd2yb
      @Rae-xd2yb Год назад

      @@robertjoseph5206 lmao shutup😂 this isn't a gangter movie, and that person isn't a lie detector. they asked a simple question. answer it or dont, no need for the wannabe 'street life' lesson💀

    • @XpRnz
      @XpRnz Год назад +25

      @@robertjoseph5206 Tell us then Einstein, what did she lie about? Sure we need to do some 'studying' but might as well learn from the master here right.