London's Most Notorious Female Gangster On Her Life Of Crime | Minutes With |
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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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No we can't! She just said that crime doesn't pay!
@@rafflesxyz4800 🤣🤣🤣🤣I'm hollering
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@@rafflesxyz4800 can't lie I just had a little pee laughing at that 🤣😂🤣😂
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
Mad how much meeting one person or that one moment can change the entire course of your life completely
But some people just have it in them,they would go down the same path regardless.
Destiny
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.
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
Yes dangerously. Very dangerously.
The fact she just slapped Myra Hindley in the face for singing what an absolute beast😂
Tbf hearing that made my day just a little bit better lmao, Hindley was a monster
@@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😂
...for someone like you that think slapping people is cool.....not for the regular mind people.
@@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 😂
@@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??
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.
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?
@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".
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@@elgee6202even gang members look down on people who victimise women and children
"Don't go to that party" was a brilliant answer lol Like a nice full circle round off to a movie.
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Tbh I just thought she was going to say that
"Dont go to that party" gives me chillsss man. its crazy how a simple thing can change our lifes!
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.
What an irrelevant comment
@@branthall1787 you must be a nonce
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.
@@branthall1787 irrelevant to you maybe lol pedo sympathiser ?
@@branthall1787 I think he’s guilty of something that’s why he wrote the comment
Huh, so this is what Debroah Meaden has been up too in her spare time.
Pmsl what i thought when saw thimn nail !
Hahahahahahaha I always wondered how she made her fortune 😂
Hah!
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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!
She seemed very calm for someone given 18 years for a murder she says she didn’t do.
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
@@henloworld514 The lack of any bitterness or resentment is because she is likely guilty.
@@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.
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
@@TheIrishFoley shut up & dance!
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!
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.
Of course she's charismatic and fascinating. But I don't believe for a moment that she didn't kill that man.
A lot of (smart ) sociopaths are charismatic.
I don't think she would of done it in her own house lol
She could have had someone do it
Motive?
Thank you for telling about your life. I can't wait to get your book.
Great interview 💯 🍿
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.
Thank you for being so honest
I feel sorry for the people she traumatised when she robbed them. They had to live with that shock and trauma.
Very true. I'm glad that she expressed her regret for what she did.
Fascinating story 🙌
Love you Linda 💪🏻Thankyou for your honesty and strength
Respect to Linda, and thanks for sharing her story. The loss she has suffered is heartbreaking 😢
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.
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.
@@humanoid_freak Bullshit. She's a textbook sociopath.
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.
she does show remorse. near the end. when you dont have the attention span for a 16 minute video, dont write judgemental comments.
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
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
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 !
Why don't you tell it for her? It sounds interesting.
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.
Her main concern for not wanting to go to the party was that he might be ugly, not that he did an armed robbery 🤦🏻♀️
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.
Great story!
I love this story!
I loved this vid
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.
gotta trust the person cutting your hair, especially if they're all criminals. If you don't, thats how you get whacked.
@@JsDs1020 stabbed you mean
It's a joke. They get TVs, Playstation's, Xbox's in their cells, get to play darts, pool etc in the prisons...
Exactly what I was thinking! Why does she deserve to 'have her hair done'?!
@@JsDs1020 whacked 😂
"Crime doesn't pay." Now buy my book in which I talk about all the crimes what I've done
@@Kameleonic exactly lol
Don't be THAT guy ffs😒
lool
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
Great story
Flawless! Best to her, and all wonderful story-tellers.
What sort twisted world is it when an armed robber is given respect.
Only amongst her own kind or those with an IQ lower than their shoe size.
A murderer even...
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 🤣
What an inspiration. And I totally understand how she ended up in crime. One traumatic experience after another.
So proud of her
when she said “how do you sing when you did what you did” I burst out laughing omfg
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
Yeah ok
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.
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.
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
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. KZhead has it all.
Conveniently misses that part where she briefly marries the guy who was jointly sent down with her for the murder of her second husband
Oops
I like the whole murdering was glossed over in one sentence 🤣
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?
I don’t have respect for this calculated woman who caused a lot of grief to other people..
She IS doing an interview.
husband was "murdered" ... yeah right
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...
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!
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.
A police officer isnt supposed to lie about his actions no matter who they are against.
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.
@@iSugarHeart if you live by the sword, don’t be surprised when you die by it.
@@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)
She doesnt seem too angry about serving 18 years for a crime she didnt commit..
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.
Wow what an interesting lady to listen to.Another good video
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.
I count my blessings that’s for sure.
so much respect for this women. She has been through a lot. So sad in a corrupt world..
What? She’s a criminal? She is the corrupt in the world lol.
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yeah she is such a big innocent victim :(.... All those crimes she did =((
Damn! I thought this was gonna be an interview with Margret Thatcher
Ethel the Frog - my fav Monty Python sketch!
this Lady slapped Myra Hindley. She may have done things in her past . But slapping Myra Hindley she has my respect
@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?
I hope that's true
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.
@Black Coffee Now idk who slapped Myra, but if anyone deserves it she does. Calm yer chicken
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It is really quite thought provoking how just a couple of hours can alter the course of an entire lifetime .
“Don’t go to that party” 😂
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….
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
I know right both of her boyfriends got shot 🤔
Thankyou random stranger for your informed decision on someone's guilt.....
@@psychosoma5049 Random stranger who has a lot more common sense and insight into a sociopath like her than you...
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.
She called him boyfriend yet said she had a third husband
" 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....
A real OG thanks for your story
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 🙄
Nick, I agree. She's a wolf in sheep's clothing.
Lol
I bet your no older than 15
Wikipedia isn't a reliable source
So? People die every day..people make mistakes
When a person lies about a story multiple times they start to believe there own bs
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those random cutaways of their face are hilarious
" don't go to that party " 🤣👌
Brilliant. We need way more women in these types of videos.
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
It would be fantasized as any film and derail of what real people are like. They are just humans. Not glorified figures in reality.
When is the movie coming out?
Respect.
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 😂
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!
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?
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.
True words Xx and thankyou xx
Talk is cheap..... this evil woman does not tell the whole story. She is responsible for other innocent peoples deaths!
Cry
@@wys10 you got to be problematic....
Crime does pay, you just need to be a politician for it to happen.
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.
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.
16 min isnt long enough for stories like these
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.
She’s written loaddddds of books so there is a motivation
I can see the evil in her eyes...
Facts
You have never seen evil
@@sdronesnl lmfao 🤣 dramatic much?
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!
Best gangster video seen genuine Lady good on her sounds very true & regrets her past good luck future
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
Not micky was an armed robber she said it so casually damn. Not me watching this after finishing sn2 of Topboy
Should do more interviews with female criminals! 🦹♀️🧛♀️ Love it 🔥👏🔥
Stunning and brave.
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There arent that many you dolt
Rubbish female or male.
@@ChromeLuxx real simple - then don't watch.
Wow what a story😯 and im only half way
Please let there be a movie on her life!?!
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
I don't believe her story, and for that reason, I'm out.
Jenny?
Okay Barbra Corcoran… can you for once put money into a business…. 🤣🤣
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@@Kameleonic do you only for opinions on people you've met?
@Pappy - well, Paps... Pappalappadingdong, Pap Smear, Pappington Bear (idk what I'm saying) What's the haps, Paps? You AREEE, the weakest link. GOODBYE.
“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
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.
*Fine I'll do it myself*
ah yes wikipedia famous fir veiny completely reliable
She’s done Atwood and English..Unilad are late
@@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
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.
Agreed!
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.
Liar
Krayfish 🦐
I grew up in east London too
Such a lovely Lady 🌺
Weird how everyone in the comments is praising her for being a "gangster" Lol
Anyone that found this interesting have a listen to her audio book, fascinating stuff!
Thanks Chelsea.
Id love to hear it. Where can one find it ?
Most of what she says is complete fantasy.
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 👌
@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 🤔
Well done! What a life you are living, your strong! I have the upmost respect for you.
Deep truly deep story
Without looking her up i know she is lying about her second husband, her story makes no sense at all!
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
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
What a legend 👏 😘
She's Tracy from Birds of a Feather......