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4 unusual facts about Kray twins


Frank Mitchell

Frank Mitchell (prisoner) (c. 1929–1966), English criminal known as "The Mad Axeman" and associate of the Kray twins

Freddie Foreman

He additionally claimed to have intimidated witnesses to the killing of George Cornell in the Blind Beggar pub in Whitechapel by Ronnie Kray and to having been a hitman for the Kray twins.

Roxy Mitchell

Both sisters have been described as glamorous, and have been compared to the Kray twins, Ronnie and Reggie.

The Last of the Famous International Playboys

The song mythologizes the notorious pair of vicious London gangsters known as the Kray twins (Ronnie and Reggie Kray), who held a tight rein on the East End of London during the 1960s.



see also

Jack McVitie

Both wrote best-selling books about their lives and, in 1990, a full-length biographical film entitled The Krays was released (featuring real-life brothers Martin and Gary Kemp as the Kray twins).