What were the Kray Twins REALLY like?

In this week's episode of Minutes With, we sat down with Chris Lambrianou, a former gangster from London's East End who worked for The Kray Twins in the 1960s.

Chris discusses his early ventures into the criminal underworld, reveals details on their personalities of the notorious Ronnie and Reggie, and opens up on his involvement in the murder that led to their eventual downfall.

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[lewisroberts]

60 years on and still this odd fascination with two criminals

[philipwells]

Never should they be admired. They were just a couple of killers who loved their family.

[doug]

You couldn't pick up a newspaper in those days without, celebrities and politicians partying and having their photographs taken with gangster.

[thesaintst]

The fascination with these two criminals is ridiculous..

[j.a.i.]

indeed what they did was awful. but they were polite. when my mother was a baby in my grandparents house, the krays just showed up one day to talk to my grandfather about something. she was in her pram by the front door, and both ronnie and reggie said hello and greeted her, and shook her hand very gently. they respected people and had very good manners. as much as the other side to them is the one everyone knows about, and rightly so, as their actions were awful. but they had a good side to them

[JC-fukg]

His fault was he was a drinker. Was it not a bigger fault that he was an absolute scumbag?

[vg]

The level of violence you're willing to commit for your family isn't an indicator of how much you love your family but your propensity to violence.

[themoanerdroner]

Chris is such a gentleman. Yes he has a history, but now he is a role model

[mohammedqadeer]

I’ve heard many people say if reg didn’t take his medication then things was gonna go bad.

[hunteryf]

Did you hear what he said. He was always drinking gin and taking speed. "There werent no drugs in my day" Yeah right.

[johnanthonycafe]

They sound so well adjusted- where did they go wrong?

[ML]

Both were just scumbags. Don't blame it on the times...times were tough for everyone, but not everyone became thugs and murderers like the Krays

[paulkenneally]

Chris spent years behind bars and kept quiet.. he regretted it later on in life, same thing with his brother.

[Al-ivmb]

There's some good videos featuring Chris on YouTube

[jamesd]

Fred Foreman is on record saying the twins were getting a bullet, if they didn't get sent down when they did..

[patricktimbs]

I forget which one was the most dangerous, but one would nail your head to a coffee table and the other would use sarcasm. Neither a good prospect if you were on the receiving end.

[truckingell]

This is why i doubt that Cornell supposedly battered Ron. Reggie would not have let Cornell get away with it.

[nickydaviesnsdpharms]

As someone who's interested in medication and pharmacology big time, i am extremely curious as to which medicine in particular it was that Ronnie Kray was taking (or not taking as the case may be)??
If I had to guess, it would probably be Chlorpromazine or something similar. Obviously one of the antipsychotic drugs.

[colmd]

His fault was that he was a drinker...
....I thought it was all the murders and criminality

[michaelwalden]

I met Reggie just before he died. 40+ years is a long time in prison for killing another criminal.