Freddie Foreman: The Terrifying British Godfather (Mobster Documentary) | Real Stories
Attached to almost every unsolved gangland murder in London over the last 50 years - to Britain's criminal underworld Freddie Foreman is "The Godfather". In this special documentary, Foreman reveals the audacious details of the heists, double crossings, shootouts, murders and betrayals he was involved in and ultimately, what has made him 'Gangster No. 1'.
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My assessment is that Freddie had a lot more of the old grey matter , than your average villain.
And more decency than most MPs
Freddie was a real one, of all the old timers who tell a story, he's one of the few who was more than he says he was, no glamour, no embellishing just the truth as he saw it.
definetly ,balls of steel
Very insightful , great documentary very well done.
Great video, thank you
Excellent - thanks!
Brilliant video.
Very enjoyable, thanks
Reminds me of my mother's stories during the blitz.. my father and mother survived this war.. my father in Europe my mother in London got married the 1945
Brilliant bit of London history, great to see the loyalty to his crew when their arch nemesis was mentioned. 'That old wanker!' lmao
Loyalty until he wanted to 'iron them out' of course
@@MrAlancarew Derek branings dad
Bernard was nothing more than a doorman employed by Tony Tucker just as important as the other 20-30 doorman that Tony employed but somehow he's made out that he lucky he wasn't in the range rover that night? Bernard was as important to the Essex boys as the man that cleaned the toilet.
can confirm: I am Tony Tucker's cat. I'm lucky I wasn't in that Range Rover, that night.
@@labrador-fx3fb yep he's made his own little story out of this for the simple reason to make money and nobody wants to listen to a foot soldier they want to hear it from one of the general's so that's what he done and it's working for him so it is what it is but the people who was around that time know the truth about him and his part he played and his part was just a doorman nothing more. So you was 1 of his cats and what was your role? I never met Tony and only met pat in prison but know people that new the them all.
Maybe maybe not...but il ask u this ..be honest....someone says too yiu...listen u.knew tucker and co right?u have a few snaps took with them?your word against the rest..AND THE MAIN 4 ARE SILENT..what ya say bernie m8?ching ching????
@@shaunarmstrong1125 What?
WELL DONE OLD SON
Great documentary 👏
He doesnt interrupt Fred, he lets him speak he knows freddie was a proper criminal... to do the security express robbery in his late 40s as well what a lad
Brilliant!!
I find these so fascinating...
Can't help but like Freddie Foreman
I've always known who Fed was lived close to him throughout the sixties I never heard a bad word about him. He was respected by everyone straight or crooked
Great documentary
He's the verbal equivalent of writing without punctuaction.
😂😂😂😂
Brilliant comment hes quite the man i like eating candy and my dogs
Seriously?
it's funny becasue when he was interviewed as a younger man he wasn't quite so scatter-gun and waffly. He always came across very well. We all get old in the end lol.
Eu não sei mais o que pensar de psicopatas. Manipulação natural é o que penso da minha ignorância.
Omg take a breather!!!! I've never seen anyone talk like this
Excitement, or maybe a breathing condition?
He used to come across differently, age has taken its toll. I'm honoured to have been in his company on numerous occasions however, true gentleman.
He doesn't talk too much or fast...you just listen too slowly.
@@allancerf9038Derek brannings dad !!
"streams of consciousness",love...Could listen for a week,because I lived it.
Wow the council estates I grew up with my four brothers back in the 90s. Used to pass here on the way to school. Such history
His son Jamie was in EastEnders as Derek Branning
He should of been in Hammer House of Horrors the boat on him.
Lives in Chigwell see him alot
That's why he plays those roles so well i guess
He's been in lots more , Layer Cake was one
No way i never realised that was his son
Lovely! Philadelphia USA
Freddie Foreman was and still is the best of the lot....
SOUNDS ABOUT RIGHT YOU CAN TELL WHEN REALITY IS BEING SPOKEN
Freddie is the real Don of Great Britain respected the length and breadth of these shores and beyond 👀🥊.
The disarming thing about him is he is very polite and reasonably quitely spoken.but he didn't need to shout ,his nickname was brown bread Fred in rhyming slang.
One of the best docs yet , this former gangster is actually likeable
Yeah - the vid should be called 'The Actually Likeable British Godfather'. ...... but not much click bait value in that....
Freddie always had that look !! Always had a look of menace about him !!
@@TheSqeela Haha
@@TheSqeela Fk clickbait its just a silly term.The British Godfather would of sufficed.
@@Ickie71 With the devil god being the god of the title Godfather.
Any gangster is probably a horrible human being and it's strange how people look up to or say how decent these people are.
Poverty is a magnet to a moral compass
@@oxycuntin2059 poverty isn't an excuse to be a terrible human.
Spot on word sound .Its disgusting so many on here are lauding this guy .He tortured and murdered countless people and to condone that is totally sick.
They were horrible wicked people he should’ve been on the end of a rope.
@@marksmith7425 Freddie Foreman never tortured anybody for a start. And the "countless" people he killed were Ginger Marks and Frank Mitchell. That's 2 people. Marks was killed for shooting Foreman's brother with a shotgun, and Mitchell was killed for threatening to kill the Krays, who were Fred's partners. I don't think anybody other than teenage boys look up to these guys, but the rest of us are interested in the stories and history of it. World War 2 was a terrible thing, yet people are fascinated by it, from the weapons used to the battles won. But I don't think many people are lauding Hitler. This is no different.
GREAT INSIGHT GREAT GUY REAL OLD SCHOOL
Kin el its like watching something on TV with all the ads.
Respect mate 👍 👏 👌
Brown Bread Fred. The Man who notorious gangsters turned to for help !!
Dis is a great documentary listen 2 Freddie tellen his side and the Richardson's DERS very interesting love it great
In my eyes Freddie Foreman was king of the old school gangsters. Love hearing the old stories I've ever heard. Good stuff. Life was different back then, no cameras everywhere and proper gentlemen too.
Yes. A gentle man is always the sort of villienous thug who'd resort to shooting a man in the head rather than use straight talk and tell him to his face 'To beat it, that he is no longer wanted'.
@@MikeGreenwood51 Clearly you need to learn quite a lot if think a Michael Jackson song would work on a real gangster.
I could listen to Freddy all day!
You can't help but love this guy.. A proper english gent, a geezer.
Thanks Dave, much appreciated mate
@@senecaknowledge2274 is that you?
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IT AND HAVE YOU NOTICED, THE OLDER GANGSTERS FROM SAY THE 50'S,60'S AND EVEN 70'S WERE SORT OF GENTLEMEN CROOKS IT SEEMS AS IF LATER ON IT JUST BECAME MORE TACKY
Always asked after your mum before he had you gutted....
Why do people give the krays so much credit ? Foreman was their 'Go to Man' when they needed heavy work done ? Is there a film about him ? If not there should be !
Gr8. ty
The real boss. When will we get the film about this guy. Could be a 2parter. The 60z and then the robbery and Spain in the second
Old School British Gangster no Civilians no Kids no Women, I came from the same background in Glasgow in the Sixties and seventies and then they looked after there own areas, just saying from Glasgow 😎 🇬🇧
This was eye-opening, but there were too many ads
You must noy have addblock a free download
@scotishjohn Adblock's good for a computer but it doesn't work on a telly
Way too many.
I'm out of breath looking at this man talk 😮💨
Only Freddie can say "unfortunate" with such meaning.
A Principalled Man, NEVER off Your Own, Only Insurance companies. If you have a University Education and you use the system your hailed a fuckin Hero , A Proper Man with a Heart and Morals Bless Him X Mark
Doesnt have much of a heart. Put five bullets into Mitchell’s nut in the back of a van , for money from the twins. Hardly the kindest man on the planet.
@dogs aren't dangerous I was about to say the same thing
@dogs aren't dangerous Lets see where your morals are. An innocent child abuse victim is locked in solitary confinement with a media ban being tortured by child rapist politicians who you vote for. Tereasa May had Melanie Shaw locked in solitary confinement with a media ban 4 years ago. Melanie has had 2 fingers cut off by slamming her hand in a cell door and was force fed psychotic drugs to make her unfit for trial. Treasa Mays dad was in charge of the diocese of the south coast of England. He was also in charge of the biggest child rapist ring in the history of the English church and his priests were charged with thousands of crimes against children. Hubert Brasier was May's dads name, he committed suicide by crossing a dual carriageway in his Marina and smashing head on into a range rover coming the other way. The politicians that English people are voting for have been raping and murdering children in government run care homes since the 1960's. Melanie Shaw is being tortured in prison right now and just because May put a media ban you cannot convince me that's why people are too scared to talk about this. This country and English people are the biggest disgrace ever right now and have no morals or empathy or compassion or courage. Even if you say this is the first time you have heard of these facts my bet is you won't even respond let alone speak up for Melanie Shaw and the children of England. Everyone was crying for Steve Bray when he had his megaphone taken off him and he had over 40k likes on twitter, i posted about Melanie Shaw being locked up in solitary confinement for taking to the streets with a megaphone exposing the child rapists and child murderers running England right now on the same post, you can guess not one single like for Melanie. That's the truth about England right now.
Principled? Morals? You have to be joking. He was a thief and a murderer paint it any way you like.
I remember all the coffee stalls Fred mentions especially DAannys a tthe elephant. Clapham Common ,Chelsea Bridge and the one under the railway bridge on Waterloo Road
Great watch bernard
Proper geezer went through hard times growing up Not like the knife in the back culture of today
Lovely bloke true legend proper man!%
Proper killer 😂
If killers are your thing, fair enough.
@@grbbbc I was being facetious 😂😂🙄
@@frances4007 sorry I was speaking to the clown Jamie Oliver above.
@@grbbbc u naive little man !!!
i always wondered if Bob Hoskins Character Harald in The long goodfriday was modaled on Freddie!
You can't dispose of a body in an aluminium smelter, unless you want an explosion. Water turns to steam almost instantaneously, and the resulting explosion throws molten aluminium everywhere. It should be easy to find videos of this happening - it's horrendous...and fast.
That’s not how they really disappeared….it was a “rumour” read Kate krays book “ultimate hard bastards” 👌🏼
@@michaelcostello1053 I've not read the book, but thanks for the recommendation. That's my point - it would have to be a rumour, because throwing a body (parts) into an aluminium smelter would have disastrous consequences. I'm certain that people involved in that life know plenty of ways of making someone disappear, without resorting to dangerous circus acts.
@@ianmacfarlane1241 in the book, find Freddie’s chapter (it’s like a interview in writing not so much a actual book) but read the last line….
Dialect is a Weird One. Grew up and Worked in London. South and East London have never ever wasted Breath or Time, Get it said job DONE. Bless Him and His Morales xx
He doesn’t look his brother George Foreman
absolutley love freddie foreman he is a great history across the history of the most interesting times..reminds me of my familys history
But he killed people
The pickerings?
@@Cookingwithchicken who?
@@bobroberts7029 RONNIE PICKERING.
@@thedude2916 who 😅
Good to see he’s made a fortune in his grilling machine 👏
Lol
19 years inside and broke, who says crime doesn’t pay.
That's rough bro at least u free and still wiv us,,,all the best
I think you just did!
I'm sure he enjoyed millions
The respect he has , is priceless 👌
Crime doesn’t pay but the hours are good
I've met Charlie and Eddie, uncle frankie. They used to drop me a few Bob down the shrimp and winkle stall at the oval. I was only 5. I have watched Freddie, read books I would love to meet him. Take care Fred. Tom.
He sure is the Godfather of crime and the ppl he knew was unbelievable a to Z of names . He did things that noone else would do and more seen this 1 before still good look him up and other gangsters as they say
Oh I see you got The Punch Bowl in at the end. I used to live next door @ 51 South Street,
Funny how in the intro to this video/interview Bernard who has since said he wasn't part of the 'Essex Boys' and was a "once friend of the Krays"... Loved it when Fred said if they didnt get nicked, they were going to be ironed out because they were bringing too much heat to the others and causing problems 😂
freddie out of all the gangster story tellers you know its all nailed on facts
I could listen to Freddie forman all day long, Respect to him
brennie olspud pick n me have had back n forth as freddy kruger i recall
32:12 "Oh, I'm on TV" : )
Charlie Kray had a serious male patterned Mr Whippy hairstyle when he got older, the worst part of his wrap around hairstyle was the mullet part that trailed off to the back down his neck. A syrup would of attracted less laughter behind his back.
Interesting
Freddie was the biz no doubt about it he filled Frank Mitchell full of lead.Brown bread Fred as he was known.
Near the end when he was talking about the police giving him a knock out drug in his drink, i wonder what it was they used, probably an antipsychotic medicine like Chlorpromazine or Haloperidol cos they'd do that.
And that was the sermon according to St Freddy.
BOM was not a member of the Essex boys lol he was lower down the pecking order than rolf he was just a bouncer
Spot on And he disrespected the twins on a TV show badmouthing them
Not forgetting in 2 separate tv interviews 1st one not long after the murders giving it all “my friends this and good bloke Tucker was” blah blah and then the 2nd I think was the Danny Dyer show where he’s like “they were nothing but bullies couldn’t stand them , got what they deserved”. More faces than Big Ben 🕰️
@@heresjohnny1219 Still alive though.
@@ronm9101 Most gansters do not show a lot of respect for peodophiles or nonces. Even in prisons the molesters get segregated wards or cells. So I guess you stand with only a few if you support their molestering rapeophilia buggery crimes. And what do you say about the young male victims? They shouldn't have had chocolate bums?
@@MikeGreenwood51 you have lost me Don't know what you are on about
a REAL gentleman one ocf the few
Some man was Mr Foreman respect
i love freddie a true gent
Real gangsters you never hear about.
You never hear about real gangsters?
Freddie comes across as an amiable old geezer but the persistent rumours of disappearing bodies suggest that he is London's answer to Roy DeMeo.
Nah DeMeo was a Pure Evil, they all was From the Gemini
Just started reading murder machine with Roy demeo and the Gemini crew.also the sins of my father.
He killed an innocent man with learning disabilities frank mitchell
He was on a Roy Demeo level? Really?
All that time in prison away from your children and wife just to get them a good education. A job making a living would have been more productive and he would have had the respect he craved . Instead spending about 14,15, in prison in total. That time he could have had with his family. Don't forget his conscience for his crime. He made life hard for himself.😎☘️
Thats how life works 😅
There's no tales of young boys with this one..🚬😎
Nope just tales 😂
full respect lust love this fella proper old school not a bully at all just a straight up gezza
I used to live near Woking...literally about 5 mins drive away
No way.
What a coincedence, I lived in Battersea, just off Lavender Hill.
@@flamintasty I know someone who lived in London too. Small world.
@@flamintasty I went to London on a school trip
My dad used to be a regular at the Two eyes when he was a young Teddy boy.
He was posh having inside bog and bathroom in the 40's, took til 60's round me mams way.
I never had running hot water or an inside toilet until 1963😅
As a northerner, I have to say that there is still a great distinction between the northern and southern English. That is despite huge amounts of immigration nationwide.
I suppose it is like Blackpool Rock and Brighton Rock. Both sweet but inside the words are different.
I didn't understand half of what the first oh boy said but what I did was pretty interesting..
No body no crime has never existed. Body of Evidence is a legal term for facts, usually indisputable that make up the indictment.
I've no doubt whatsoever that most notorious villains are perfectly nice to 99% of the people they encounter.
A well represented documentary.after war people looked after their own.
yes, really nice lads
@@dejanrakic77 people do whater is needed at the time.picked up on your vibe but lost relating thread
You bet .They where lot better times I’ve noticed comments on here saying .I dnt understand why people look up to these people I’ll tell you .we knew where we stood with them ,The streets where safe if you wherent in the game .unlike today where it’s just pure rogue hooligans thinking they are gangsters .And then you have the biggest crims in the biggest position that these people vote for .Totally clueless to the way the world works or human behavour .
Hardly terrifying
Walter who? I'm from Glasgow and born in 1970 and I've never heard his name until now
Yep the real Glasgow godfather ,some keep there head low .others ponderosa keep it high but talk to the police .
Here's what I wanna know, you know mad Frankie Frasier, well he was on the Richardson side, yet was good friends with the krays, so I wonder how that affected their relationship? Surely there would be a degree of conflict or difficulty
The Krays and the Richardsons were never at war this was made up by the press so there was no conflict of interest. The rivalry was exaggerated after they were all in prison 😂
Would be graet to see jamie forman play his dads life story in film. also thing about these guys then No roids
Viv Graham was the big. Gangster from the northeast , they should make a movie about him
Don't tell me, he was the one who got rid of the Krays when they came up to the North East.
all people are doing by having these narcissist on there show which is what real gangsters are is feeding there ego and giving them narcissistic supply with the attention you give them
True gentleman freddie
What men do you know?????
Better ones than you by the sound of it 🖕
Ahhhhhh criminal’s you mean 👍🙄
If you upset Freddie, he would nail your head to a coffee table.
You'd need a very long nail to do that so I don't believe that was something that he used to do.
But he'd buy you a drink afterwards and send your mum flowers 😅
Geezer reminds me of my grandad
Was your grandpa a murderer
@Frances more of a thief. Not a violent man. He knew all the well known villains, more so the Richardsons.
Thought he had passed but he's still alive. 😉
Why did you think he’d passed lol?
@@henrysmith883because he's ancient ? I had to Google it also.
He's now living in a care home aged 91
@@daniellemorrison9788no he passed a yr ago .
@@Crosshatch1212 last seen down the old kent road trying to cross it but still waffleing a good story
Brown bread lol this guys the real deal.
This was incredible…. They don’t make men like that anymore…
They do, and they’re still as corrupt as the police and politicians
Hard times create tough men
Thankfully they don’t make men like that anymore! Murderers and thugs
@@frances4007 As opposed to the child murderers being released from prison right now and the terrorists cutting people's heads off, why on earth would you not like real men like Fred?
@@wayne3093 because he’s a murderer… I don’t like any murderers
Proper lad.
Typical ❤️ making criminals out the poor ♥️
"They should have been ironed out"
Bernard probably fought as a para on D Day.
He was also the only survivor of custers last stand 😅
It's speculated that the king George the second naval ship is responsible for up to 80% of all dropped bombs where?!
I was introduced to him once,he shook my hand, But he was very cautious so even though I know his mate Alphie Gerard, thought I didn't mention that,I thought it was irrelevant.
I used to go into department stores wearing a warehouse coat carrying a clipboard or some paperwork and scoop up a rack of suits and walk out
And then you woke up