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Slaughter Horse Wiki

## Welcome

Slaughter Horse is a mafia-styled video game for both PC and Android which is formerly known as 'Pinkamena'. It features the notorious serial killer Pinkarella (based on 'Pinkamena') and the Changelings as their antagonists.

## About Slaughter Horse

'Slaughter Horse' is a single-player version of the popular 'Mafia' genre of game, particularly taking its roles and gameplay from 'Town of Salem'.

As a Captain of the Royal Guard, your mission is to use the abilities of the various townsponies to seek and eliminate a gang of shape-shifting Changelings and the serial killer Pinkarella. For their own part, the changelings are trying to eliminate your townsponies with their various abilities and Pinkarella is a wild card who will attack anypony almost at random.

Identification of the evil characters among your ponies is seldom straightforward, but with clever use of the townsponies abilites and some deduction work it is possible, but never easy.
Party Pony

Party Pony's icon in-game

Given as a choice by the Gumshoe

The Party Pony is one of the Townsponies, with the ability to roleblock other ponies.

## Mechanics

* The Party Pony can roleblock a target, preventing the target from performing her role on the latter's intended target.
	+ Roleblocking Pinkarella - or the Changeling Queen when the Changeling Drone is dead - will lead them to attack the Party Pony instead of their target.
* Ordering the Party Pony to roleblock herself will lead her to reveal her role.
* The Party Pony is not immune to roleblock; the Changeling Consort or Jailor can roleblock her.
* Ordering the Party Pony to roleblock a pony that gets killed on the same night before she roleblocks the target will lead the Party Pony to report that her attempt fails, in the same way that she reports when she has been roleblocked by the Changeling Consort.
* The Nurse can save the Party Pony from death if the latter attempts to roleblock Pinkarella or a voracious Changeling Queen. The Bodyguard can also save the Party Pony in this case, and will lead to the deaths of both the Bodyguard and the aggressor, unless the Bodyguard is healed by the Nurse.
* Roleblocking an activated Veteran will lead the Veteran to kill the Party Pony.

## Strategy

* Use the Party Pony to roleblock the Changeling Forger, Drone, or Consort when you failed to hang them during the day.
* Using the Party Pony with the protection of the Nurse to roleblock Pinkarella or a voracious Changeling Queen will prevent the target aggressor from killing anybody. In the same way, the protection of the Bodyguard will lead both the aggressor and the Bodyguard to die, unless the Bodyguard is healed by the Nurse.
* The Party Pony can also be used to discover townsponies when the Changeling Consort is dead. However, plan this carefully as the target might be doing an important role, or that the target might be an activated Veteran.

## In-Game

### Role

The Party Pony is a townspony useful to stop the minor Changelings' shenanigans.

### Weaknesses

#### **Vulnerability**

Although she can roleblock, she herself is not immune to being blocked. The Consort or Jailor could always prevent her from doing anything, resulting in a failed attempt. Most of the role blocking roles can protect their client, however, this does not go towards the Party Pony.

### Appearance

Just like any of the other working Townsponies, the Party Pony's box identity is colored grey/black.
Town Drunk

The Town Drunk is a townspony who likes to get drunk. The townsponies all like her, as she goes around at night to cheer some ponies up. However, this makes her not safe as the Changeling Queen, Pinkarella, or the Veteran can kill her, the Watchpony can label her visits as suspicious, or the Changeling Forger can frame her and have her hanged.

If she is killed at night, there will be the normal lowering of morale as when a townspony is killed. However, if she is hanged, there will be a catastrophic decrease in morale.

## Mechanics

* The Town Drunk will visit any living pony every night, which includes the townsponies, the Changelings, and Pinkarella.
* The Town Drunk will die if she visits Pinkarella, a voracious Changeling Queen, or an activated Veteran, unless protected by a Bodyguard or healed by a Nurse.

## Strategy

* When a Watchpony sees a visit on her target and the target did not die, always use the Reporter - or Gumshoe when Reporter is dead - to investigate the visitor when the Town Drunk is alive, because the consequences of hanging the Town Drunk is more severe than the delay in hanging the Changeling Forger or Changeling Consort. The same should be observed when there are multiple visits to the same target.
* When there are no confirmed townsponies and Pinkarella or a voracious Changeling Queen is still alive, use a Bodyguard or a Nurse on the Town Drunk. This way, when the Town Drunk visits the Changeling Queen or Pinkarella, she will have the protection and you will have an extra day to find out who the evils are.

## In-Game

### Abilities

#### **Cheering townsponies**

The drunkard is able to cheer up townsponies by visiting their house to cool off their head. Being popular among the townsponies is what makes the Town Drunk dangerous because of the large-scale effect of her being hanged.

### Flavor Text

* "***Yesterday I was given secret orders to dish up some dirt on {first name} {last name}. Having sifted through her garbage, I can report that it was entirely made up of empty liquor bottles.***" - Reporter's report upon investigating the Town Drunk's garbage.
* "***You sentence {first name} {last name} to death on the charges of conspiracy and murder. She seems dazed and confused as she is led to the scaffold. As she is executed, you realize you have made a terrible mistake. {first name} {last name}'s role was Town Drunk.***" - Text shown when hanging the Town Drunk.

### Appearance

The game will randomize the characters' roles, so the Town Drunk can be anypony. Her box identity is colored dark olive along with The Mule.
Changeling Drone

The Changeling Drone is the Queen's second-in-command and the primary killer of the Changelings.

## Mechanics

* The Changeling Drone will *always* kill a townspony (which does not include the Mule and the Town Drunk) every night unless roleblocked.
* Like all other Changelings, the Drone is aware of the identities of The Mule and the Town Drunk, and will never attack them.
* The Changeling Drone can be killed by Pinkarella, but the Drone has a chance to escape from Pinkarella.
* Sometimes when the Changeling Drone dies during the night, the Changeling Queen (if still alive) will attack on the same night.

## Strategy

* Use the Gumshoe, Reporter, and Watchpony every night for maximum chances of spotting the Changeling Drone. When one of those 3 townsponies dies, use the Bodyguard and Nurse to protect confirmed townsponies. When out of options, activate the Veteran until the evils are killed.

## In-Game

### Role

The Changeling Drone works for the Changeling Queen and also her second-in-command, which makes her a major role. She has the ability to kill anypony except The Mule and Town Drunk, aware of them being a major target for the Changeling Forger's forgery. Her strength results in a chance of avoiding Pinkarella's attacks when she is targeted.

### Abilities

#### **Brute Strength**

With the Drone's brute strength, she can fight off Pinkarella with a fair chance of survival. She also uses this ability as means to kill the Townsponies, draining them of love and serving it to the Queen as proof of loyalty.

### Flavor Text

* "***This pony seems a little shady to me, always sneaking around. Could be a changeling drone, or a reporter.***" - the Gumshoe's options.

### Appearance

The Changeling Drone is bald and has a similar appearance to that of MLP:FiM's Changelings, having gray coat, a horn, and bright blue eyes. The Changeling Drone seemingly holds an aggressive expression. Like the rest of the Changelings, her role box is colored green.
Preacher

The Preacher is a role for the upcoming sequel 'Slaughter Horse 2'.

## Trivia

* It is stated that the Preacher is a 'book-thumping zealot that everypony considers a bit crackers'. She suspects that a Changeling is infesting the town, therefore making a mission to hunt the Changeling down. The battle may help or hinder you.
Brick Lane

**Brick Lane** is a street in east London, England, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It runs from Swanfield Street in the northern part of Bethnal Green, crosses Bethnal Green Road in Shoreditch, passes through Spitalfields and is linked to Whitechapel High Street to the south by the short stretch of Osborn Street. Today, it is the heart of the city's Bangladeshi-Sylheti community and is known to some as Banglatown. It is famous for its many curry houses. Jimmy Kray was known to have a stall down the street, where the twins helped out.
Christopher Eccleston

**Christopher Eccleston** (/ˈɛkəlstən/; born 16 February 1964) is an English actor. He is known for portraying the Ninth Doctorin the British television series *Doctor Who* and Matt Jamison in the American drama series *The Leftovers* on HBO. He has also appeared on stage and in films such as *Let Him Have It*, *Shallow Grave*, *Jude*, *Elizabeth*, *Gone in 60 Seconds*, *The Others*, *28 Days Later*, *The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising*, and *Thor: The Dark World*. Other British television series he has appeared in include *Cracker*, *Fortitude*, and *The Shadow Line*. More recently, Eccleston is starring in the 2016 drama *The A Word* about a young boy with autism, in which he plays the boy's grandfather. Series 2 began airing in November 2017. The show also airs in the U.S. on SundanceTV; season 2 also began airing in November 2017. He portrayed Nipper Read in Legend (2015).
The Krays (film)

Original UK theatrical release poster

***The Krays*** is a 1990 British drama film based on the lives and crimes of the English gangster twins Ronald and Reginald Kray, often referred to as The Krays and was the first cinematic production about the twins. The film was written by Philip Ridley and directed by Peter Medak. Charlie Kray acted as senior consultant during production and the twins received £255,000 for the film.

## Plot

The film charts the lives of the Kray twins from childhood to adult life. The plot focuses on the relationship between the twins and their doting mother (Whitelaw). Ronald (Gary Kemp) is the dominant one, influencing his brother Reginald (Martin Kemp) to perform several acts of violence as they rise to power as the leaders of a powerful organised gang in 1960s London.

## Main cast

* Billie Whitelaw as Violet Kray
* Tom Bell as Jack McVitie
* Gary Kemp as Ronnie Kray
* Martin Kemp as Reggie Kray
* Susan Fleetwood as Aunt Rose
* Charlotte Cornwell as Aunt May
* Kate Hardie as Frances Shea
* Avis Bunnage as Helen (Mary Lee)
* Alfred Lynch as Charles Kray
* Gary Love as Steve (Teddy Smith)
* Tom Bell as Jack McVitie
* Steven Berkoff as George Cornell
* Jimmy Jewel as Cannonball Lee
* Alfred Lynch as Charles Kray

## Awards

* **Nominee** Best Supporting Actress - BAFTA (Billie Whitelaw)
* **Winner** Best Film - Evening Standard British Film Awards (Peter Medak)
* **Winner** Most Promising Newcomer - Evening Standard British Film Awards (Philip Ridley)
* **Winner** Best Actress - International Fantasy Film Awards (Fantasporto) (Billie Whitelaw)
* **Nominee** Best Film - International Fantasy Film Awards (Fantasporto) (Peter Medak)
* **Winner** George Delerue Prize for Music - Ghent International Film Festival (Michael Kamen)

## Soundtrack

The film soundtrack came out on the Parkfield music label and featured:

* Chris Rea – "Bitter Sweet"
* The Zombies – "She's Not There"
* Jimmy Jewel – "Balling the Jack"
* Matt Monro – "Walk Away"
Tom Driberg

**Thomas Edward Neil Driberg, Baron Bradwell** (22 May 1905 – 12 August 1976) was a British journalist, politician and High Anglican churchman who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1942-55, and from 1959-74. A member of the British Communist Party for more than 20 years, he was first elected to parliament as an Independent, and joined the Labour Party in 1945. He never held any ministerial office, but rose to senior positions within the Labour Party and was a popular and influential figure in left-wing politics for many years.

The son of a retired colonial officer, Driberg was educated at Lancing and Christ Church, Oxford. After leaving the university without a degree, he attempted to establish himself as a poet before joining the Daily Express as a reporter, later becoming a columnist. In 1933 he began the "William Hickey" society column, which he continued to write until 1943. He was later a regular columnist for the Co-operative Group newspaper Reynold's News and for other left-leaning journals. He wrote several books, including biographies of the press baron Lord Beaverbrook and the Soviet spy Guy Burgess. He retired from the House of Commons in 1974, and was subsequently raised to the peerage as Baron Bradwell, of Bradwell juxta Mare in the County of Essex.

Driberg made no secret of his homosexuality, which he practised throughout his life despite its being a criminal offence in Britain until 1967; his ability to avoid any consequences for his risky and often brazen behaviour baffled his friends and colleagues. Always in search of bizarre experiences, Driberg befriended at various times the occultist Aleister Crowley and the Kray twins, along with honoured and respected figures in the worlds of literature and politics. He combined this lifestyle with an unwavering devotion to Anglo-Catholicism. After his death, allegations were published about his role over many years as an MI5 informant, a KGB agent, or both. The extent and nature of Driberg's involvement with these agencies remain uncertain.

## The Krays

Driberg embraced enthusiastically the climate of the 1960s and the social and cultural freedoms that the decade introduced. In 1963 he met the Kray twins, prominent London gangland figures, and began a lengthy friendship with them and their associates. In July 1964 two backbench Conservative MPs reported to their Chief Whip that Driberg and Lord Boothby (a well-known Conservative peer) had been importuning males at a dog track, and were involved with gangs of thugs.

At parties which Driberg and Boothby attended at the Krays' flat, "rough but compliant East End lads were served like so many canapés", according to Wheen. While Driberg avoided publicity, Boothby was hounded by the press and forced to issue a series of denials. After the twins had been convicted of murder in 1969, Driberg frequently lobbied the Home Office about their prison conditions, requesting that they be given more visits and allowed regular reunions. Driberg was alleged to have been in a relationship with Teddy Smith.
Masterman House

**Masterman House** is a block of 1960s flats on New Church Road in Camberwell, South London. It was the registered address of George Cornell in 1966.

At the time of his death, Cornell was living at Masterman House, New Church Road, Camberwell, with his wife Olive and their two children. He had already been out for much of that day and had been drinking for a while with brothers Ron and Billy Webb and their cousin in the Old Basing House pub on Kingsland Road, Haggerston.
David Thewlis

**David Thewlis** (born **David Wheeler**; born 20 March 1963) is an English actor, director, screenwriter, and author. His most commercially successful role to date has been that of Remus Lupin in the *Harry Potter* film series. Other notable performances include the films *Naked* (for which he won the Best Actor award at Cannes Film Festival), *Dragonheart*, *Kingdom of Heaven*, *The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas*, *The Theory of Everything*, *Black Beauty*, *Macbeth* (as King Duncan) and *Wonder Woman*. He has also done voice work in the films *James and the Giant Peach* (1996), *The Miracle Maker*(2000), and *Anomalisa* (2015). Thewlis has combined major motion picture work with prominent television roles, including playing Cyrus Crabb in the television miniseries *Dinotopia* and antagonist V.M. Varga in the third season of *Fargo.* He portrayed Leslie Payne in *Legend* (2015).
Harry Abrahams

**Harry Abraham** was a brief member of The Firm, initially becoming a regular at The Regal, but according to Hamilton, Abrahams began to distance himself from the Krays around 1960 and set up his own firm specialising in security van robbery. His firm included Lenny Hamilton and Albert Donoghue, two later associates of the Krays.

## History

### Early life

Born in the East End, Abrahams lived with his mother, father and two younger brothers, His father was of Jewish descent and his mother was born in Swansea, Wales. His father Joe Abrahams was an ex-professional boxer and an army champion. Harry took up boxing in his early teens and had become a very good amateur, winning all his fights. He won most of them by knockout.

### The Krays

One night, Reggie and Ronnie were having a drink with Harry Abrahams, one of the regulars from the Regal, in a club in Tottenham Court Road and Abrahams was given some money to get a round of drinks. A thick-set African man started manhandling Abrahams after he had accidentally bumped into him at the bar and so the twins came to Abrahams’ defence. Both were ‘tooled up’ – Ronnie had a long knife tucked into the waistband of his trousers and Reggie had a wooden police truncheon – and set about the African with frightening ferocity. Reggie was first, smashing the man across the head with the truncheon so hard that it broke and then Ronnie contributed to the mayhem, stabbing the African in the side twice as he lay on the ground bleeding profusely from the serious head wound. As the twins and Abrahams dashed out of the club to a car, they were followed by a few friends of the injured man, but a few punches settled the score and before long Reggie, Ronnie and Abrahams were away, heading for Vallance Road.

Lenny Hamilton had become part of Harry Abrahams’ gang of robbers after Abrahams had begun to distance himself from the Krays’ activities at the end of the 1950s. One evening in the Regency Club in Stoke Newington, Hamilton was with Abrahams and a number of his gang when an altercation broke out between Hamilton and a man named Bonner Ward (Buller Ward's son): this resulted in Ward attempting to cut Hamilton across the back with a razor in the toilets, failing, and having his nose broken in return. After Lenny Hamilton was burnt by Ronnie Kray, it was through working alongside the likes of Harry Abrahams and Lenny Hamilton that Albert Donoghue got to know about the incident with the latter at Esmeralda’s Barn. Hamilton, however, had not told anybody in the Abrahams gang who had actually burnt him, so when Donoghue spoke out about the incident, he was blissfully unaware that it had been committed by the most dangerous member of what, at that time, was probably the most dangerous criminal organisation in London.

According to Hamilton, Abrahams began to distance himself from the Krays around 1958 and set up his own firm specialising in security van robbery. Abrahams had a wife called Jean who divorced him when she found out he had been attending all night parties with Albert Donoghue and a couple of other gang members and was using prostitutes.
Gorsuch Street

**Gorsuch Street** formerly known as **St John’s Terrace** until 1908, is a tiny little thoroughfare squashed off Hackney Road in Hoxton, North East London. The Kray family settled down at 40 St John’s Terrace (called Gorsuch Street after 1909) during the early 1930s, and the street would be home to several generations of the Kray family in the decades to come. Nothing is now left of the street as the original buildings that once stood were demolished or bombed during the war. Charlie Kray was born at number 26 on the 9th July 1926. The family then moved to 68 Stean Street where the twins were born.

## History

The young Violet Lee and Charles Kray married on the 6th March 1926, and with Violet lying about her age (as she was not yet eighteen), the couple had sneaked off to the registry office in Kingsland Road with Charlie’s friend and close neighbour Harry Hopwood as best man. Here they became man and wife, seemingly without anyone’s blessing but their own. Jimmy Lee took it badly and, as far as he was concerned, Violet was no longer his daughter. Of course, living with her family after the wedding was not an option for Violet and her new husband; however, there was obviously a place for them back in Hoxton and they moved in with Charlie’s aunt Betsy and her husband George Cook at Charlie’s childhood home at 40 Gorsuch Street. There were a number of branches of the Hopwood family in Gorsuch Street at this time. Harry lived at No. 28. Also by this time, James and Louisa Kray, Charlie’s parents, had moved a few doors down to 26 Gorsuch Street.

It is clear that Violet was pregnant by this time, and this may explain the secrecy and swiftness of the marriage. On 9 July 1926, four months after the wedding, she gave birth to a son, Charles James. The new arrival, probably to Violet’s relief, produced a softening in her father’s attitude; secretly he would ask the family how his grandson was getting on, although – stubborn as ever – Jimmy Lee still refused to talk to Charlie. In fact, he was determined that he would get his Violet back whether she was married or not, and one night he went with his eldest son, Joe, to ‘rescue’ her. On arriving at the house in Gorsuch Street, it sounded as though a party was going on inside. After knocking at the door, Jimmy shouted out that he wished to speak to his daughter, only to hear the voice of old Jimmy Kray say, “Tell the old bastard to fuck off.” Jimmy began kicking violently at the front door and if Joe hadn’t talked him out of it, he undoubtedly would have smashed the door in and wreaked havoc.

They say a change is as good as a rest and, by the early 1930s, Violet had begun to tire of living amidst the Kray family in Gorsuch Street. Her brother Joe had found vacant rooms at 68 Stean Street, Hoxton and moved in with his wife Cicely (Cissy) and young son Joe.
Ronnie Knight

**Ronald "Ronnie" Knight** (born Hoxton, 1934) is a former nightclub owner who was married to Barbara Windsor (1964-85) and jailed for receiving stolen goods and later for his involvement in a £6m armed robbery at a Security Express depot in east London. He was acquitted of the murder of a man who had stabbed his brother.
The Lion

The pub in 1967, and 2016

**The Lion** also known as **The Widow's** was a public house at 8 Tapp Street, Bethnal Green, off Brady Street. The Lion was close to Whitechapel and was shut and converted into housing in 2002 after increasingly decreased footfall.

## History

A Victorian pub that had been established in the 1850s and for most of its history was a Truman’s Brewery house. Somewhat of a backstreet pub, the pub was amongst the poorest of parish of Bethnal Green's Victorian slums.

### 1960s

In the 1960s the Lion was known as the Widow's as it was run by the widow of the previous licensee whom was commonly known as Marge, a slim and tall red haired lady in her early fifties and was always very well dressed. She was like a second mother to the twins, as the pub was just round the corner from 178 Vallance Road. Never a particularly enticing place, it was briefly run in the late 1960s by the Krays and was described as “dingy and evil-looking”. The Krays had something of a monopoly over the pubs around Bethnal Green, and would usually go in and start using a pub, get friendly with the landlord, and invite other members of The Firm in. They would help the bar staff out with money for stock and the management would let them use rooms, until eventually, they had almost complete rein.

The Richardson gang were believed to be planning a raid on the pub (where it was thought the Krays had a weapons store) in 1966, but the Krays got in first with a pre-emptive strike on Mr Smith’s club in Catford; but Kray gang member Richard Hart was killed in the process.

### The Murder of George Cornell

On thr 9th March 1966, Ronnie Kray was drinking heavily at The Lion when he recieved a phone call message that Richardson gang member George Cornell (also a former associate of theirs) was drinking nearby at The Blind Beggar and he set out from here to have his revenge. Ronnie suddenly announced that he was ‘gonna do Cornell’ and proceded to get in the car with Ian Barrie, drove to 178 Vallance Road to get his gun, and then the short distance to the pub. After the shooting, Ronnie then returned to the Lion to finish his pint, where the group then drove to The Chequers.

### Recent years

The pub’s Kray association lasted into the 1970s and it is said that this was a ‘no-go’ area for the police in those days. The pub struggled on until its closure in 2002. It is now in private residential use with the To Let signs almost always on the frontage. There is still a Truman's notice board on the north side of the building facing the railway. Manor Taxis now use the side of the pub underneath the railway arch as a taxi rank.

The pub in c. 1968.The Lion at the end of Tapp Street, 1986.The pub in the late 1980s.The pub, dated 1999.Close up of the frontage of the pub in 1999.Tapp Street, looking towards the pub, 1999.
Albert Dimes

**George Albert "Italian Al" Arthur Dimeo** was a Scottish-born criminal and enforcer, who operated in Clerkenwell, East London, England.

## History

### Early life

Born in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire to an Italian father and Scottish mother, he moved to London with his family and grew up in Clerkenwell which was dubbed "Little Italy" at the time. He went on to work for gang leader William "Billy" Hill, who was involved in bookmaking and loansharking during the 1940s and 1950s.

### Criminal career

In July 1941 Dimes was convicted with Joseph Collette of attacking Edward Fletcher at a Soho Club in Wardour Street. The Recorder noted that the incident took place "under the shadow of a graver offence. One man had lost his life and another man was under sentence of death." He dismissed any prejudice against second generation Italians. Harry Capocci was acquitted and Dimes was bound over for three years. In the same incident, Harry "Little Hubby" Distleman was stabbed to death by Antonio Mancini.

In August 1955, Dimes was arrested with rival gangster Jack Spot during a knife fight in Soho. Neither man was charged. As a result of his arrest, Spot's power in the city's underworld declined. The battle almost spread to politics when Dimes tried to use National Labour Party members against rivals Bud Flanagan and Spot, Jewish gangsters involved in funding the 43 Group.

In 1966, Dimes helped to arrange a conference between New York mafiosi and the Corsican Francisci brothers, apparently regarding investing in London casinos. An associate of Charlie Richardson, his presence in Soho delayed the Kray twins from moving into the area for several years. The character Johnny Bannion, played by Stanley Baker in the 1960 film The Criminal, was reportedly claimed by director Joseph Losey to be partly based on Dimes.

### Death

Dimes died in November 1972 at his home on Oakwood Avenue, Beckenham, South London from cancer. Death records exist in both his birth name of Dimeo, and the adopted Dimes. His funeral was held on 20 November 1972 in Beckenham. The Kray twins sent a wreath that read "To a fine gentleman – From Reg & Ron Kray". The wreath was reportedly destroyed by friends of the family who believed the association brought shame. Dimes may have been survived by his wife Rosie L.(née Southey), whom he married in 1945 see GRO Vol 1 B Page 702. Albert and Rosie had at least two daughters see GRO births 1945 Q2 and 1951 Q4.
Krayology

"*An independent examination of the rise and demise of the brothers Kray: 1933-68*"
―John Bennett in *Krayology's* Synopsis 2016
**Our Story** is a 2016 biographical book by John Bennett. It was first released in 2016 by Mango Books.

## Synopsis

The book offers a factual and informative insight into the rise of the twins. Many books on the Krays are opinion based accounts from associates. This book becomes the first to offer a detailed account of the events using facts only.

"Looking at the rise of the Kray twins with a historian's eye, using a range of sources from memoirs, press reports and significantly, official files held at the National Archives and elsewhere, John Bennett takes a fresh approach to the Kray legend.... Along the way he dispels many of the myths, presents a wealth of previously unpublished information about some of the key players and major incidents in the story and independently reassesses the Kray twins' lives, activities and legacy. This is the often-told story of the Krays as you've never heard it told before."
The Regal

The Regal Club in the 1950s, Ronnie Kray (right) stands with Chunky Morgan outside.

### Location

Eric Street
 Mile End, London E3 4SR

### Status

Demolished

**The Regal** was a Billiard Hall in Eric Street, Mile End, and was the twins first career move when they acquired it in 1954, both aged twenty.

Initially very run down, the twins renovated it and turned it into not only their base for The Firm, but a moderately successful billiard hall.

## History

Originally the 702-seater Forrest’s Electrodrome Cinema in 1910, it served as a cinema until June 1940. Shortly after it served time as a factory and a warehouse. It was a billiard hall for a while where the twins would visit with Dickie Morgan in 1953 after their release from the army, it was situated in a busy area just off the Mile End Road with many cafes and pubs around.

Ronnie and Reggie first came to know of the run-down hall, when news spread that local small-time gangs were meeting there. Unloved and unpainted, it was a meeting place for gangs who fought there and tried cadging money from the manager. The insurance companies were wary of ensuring it, and there were rumours of it closing down. The twins had recently left the army, and had more time on their hands they paid the hall a visit. The manager soon payed the twins five pounds a week to manage the hall.

Weekly violence soon stopped, and the twins became the legal tenants of The Regal Billiard Hall in 1954.

The hall slowly became popular again after a smart refurbishment by Reggie. They soon became the main attraction to the hall, with local villains and ex-cons visiting them on a regular basis. Ronnie cutlassed members of a Maltese gang that tried to extract protection money from them. The Regal gave the twins a foothold and made money by being used as a storehouse for other criminals' knock-off gear and weapons. The hall has long since been demolished and an old people's home now stands peacefully on the site.
Bobby Ramsey

**Robert Ramsey**, more commonly known as **Bobby** was an ex-boxer and early associate of the Kray twins and was there during the formation of The Firm.

He was imprisoned for seven years in 1957, along with Ronnie Kray, after the attack on Terry Martin in The Britannia in Stepney. He fell out with the twins after he was attacked by them. In later life, he worked as a film extra for many years.
Jimmy Moody

**James Alfred "Jimmy" Mood** was an English gangster and hitman who worked closely with The Richardsons. His career spanned more than four decades and included run-ins with Jack Spot, Billy Hill, "Mad" Frankie Fraser, The Krays, The Richardsons and the Provisional IRA.

Described by Police Detectives as "extremely professional" and "extremely intimidating", Moody's speciality was robbing armoured trucks and would use a chainsaw to saw through the side of security vehicles.

## History

### Early life

Moody was born in Looe, Cornwall to a mother who was a wartime evacuee from Camberwell, London. His father was killed during World War II after his ship was torpedoed by a German U-boat.

### Criminal career

Moody was an enforcer for the Richardsons and did freelance "work" for the Krays. He was considered by many of his peers to be "the hardest man in London". In the 1970s, he joined a team of criminals to form the Chainsaw Gang who went on to become that decade's most successful group of armed robbers.

Moody was convicted, along with his brother Richard, of manslaughter in 1967 for the killing of William Day, a young merchant navy steward. He was released in 1972, but sent in 1979 on remand to Brixton Prison to await trial for armed robbery. His cellmate was Provisional IRA member Gerard Tuite. The two men and fellow-robber Stan Thompson escaped Brixton Prison on 16 December 1980, which put them to the top of Scotland Yard's Most Wanted list. It was alleged that Moody had been paid £10,000 by the IRA to help get Tuite out of prison. Fleeing to Northern Ireland, Moody worked with the Provisional IRA. It was there that Moody coined the expression of awarding someone an OBE (One Behind The Ear) as in to shoot them in the head, a play on an OBE Award. The expression would reportedly be used by killers in Belfast for the next decade or so. Tuite was later arrested in Dublin.

Still on the run, Moody returned to London in the late 1980s where he was now known as "Mick the Irishman". By now, his list of enemies included the police, the Royal Ulster Constabulary and the British security services.

## Death

He was shot dead on 1 June 1993 in the Royal Hotel (now Royal Inn on the Park) in Hackney, East London by an unknown assailant, who was described as being in his late forties and wearing a leather bomber jacket. The assailant fled in a stolen Ford Fiesta.

### Aftermath

Following his death, Mood was linked to multiple unsolved murders including that of gangster David Brindle in August 1991, of businessman Terry Gooderham and his girlfriend Maxine Arnold in Epping Forest, and that of a couple, the Dixons, walking the Pembrokeshire coast in June 1989 who had potentially unearthed a cache of weapons owned by the Provisional IRA. Pembrokeshire-based serial killer and rapist John Cooper was found guilty of the murder of the Dixons in May 2011. The police had been unable to establish what Mood had been doing since his return to England, nor who had arranged a council flat for him. His flat was only traced three weeks after his death, by which time it had been completely emptied.
Billy Donovan

**Billy Donovan** was a member of The Firm in the late 1950s and early 1960s serving as the main doormen at The Double R Club. He was also the brother-in-law to Albert Donoghue, as the pair married two sisters.

## History

Billy Donovan, whose silence after being assaulted by the twins in The Coach and Horses in the Mile End Road several years before had earned him their respect and a place in their inner circle, as well as a job on the door of The Double R Club. It was alleged that he nearly lost an eye during the fight with Ronnie Kray, with Johnny Carter also being involved.

Albert Donoghue’s brother-in-law was Billy Donovan, a member of the Kray Firm and one-time doorman at the Double R Club, and over the course of a couple of years, the twins would drift in and out of Donoghue’s criminal life as a consequence. It was through working alongside the likes of Harry Abrahams and Lenny Hamilton that he got to know about the incident with the latter at Esmeralda's Barn. He allegedly got into a drunken fight with George Cornell (then Myers) at some point, in a pub called the Barley Mow and had a row with a South London figure called Johnny Carter, who was associated with Jack Spot, when he ventured up to the east end to see the Twins at the Double R. The source said a Donovan was one 'tough, tough man'.
Fred: The Godfather of British Crime

British theatrical release poster

***Fred: The Godfather of British Crime*** is a 2018 biopic of the life of Freddie Foreman, a somber and intimate portrait of notorious villain, now aged 85 and seeking a catharsis from his sins.

## Plot

One of the last living gangsters of a bygone era, Freddie Foreman, now 86, made his name on the streets of the East End. Tried on two separate occasions for murder with convictions for armed robbery and disposal of a body – this is a film about the man behind the notorious gangster nickname, ‘Brown Bread Fred’. Once regarded as the godfather of the Sixties criminal scene, Freddie is clearly a shrewd operator, yet in this film, as much is learned from a sideways glance, his hesitations and broken retractions. As the film unfolds, you begin to wonder how he really feels now as he looks back on his life; with the years spent in prison, the wrecked relationships, the untold destruction to his victims – does he feel it was all worth it?
Jack Spot

**Jack "Spot" Comer** born **Jacob Colmore** was an English gangster from Mile End and Whitechapel, and was active from the mid-thirties to the mid-fifties. The Krays looked up to Spot, who influenced them heavily on their life of crime.

## History

### Early life

Born Jacob Colmore in Mile End, London the youngest of four children, Comer's father was a Jewish tailor's machinist who had moved to London with his wife from Łódź, Poland in 1903. To assimilate more into English society, the Comacho family changed their name from Comacho to Colmore, and later to Comer. His mother's maiden name was Lifschinsky.

Jack Comer grew up in a Jewish ghetto street in Fieldgate Mansions, Whitechapel, along the east side of Myrdle Street, across from the Irish in terraced houses along the west side. At age of seven Jack had joined his first gang, which was made up of boys from the Jewish side of Myrdle Street who fought their Catholic rivals from the other end of the street. "Spot" soon started being called "spotty" because he had a big black mole on his left cheek.

"Spot" Comer claimed to have taken part in the Battle of Cable Street. In his version of events, Spot and his mob charged into the fascists with full power injuring as many Blackshirts and police as possible. "Spot" found himself alone and was surrounded by police with truncheons. He was badly beaten and sent to hospital, then prison. However, the Battle of Cable Street was fought virtually entirely between police and Jewish communists, the reason for this was that police had directed the Blackshirts away from the planned route of the march. Mosley instead held his rally in Hyde Park, making Comer's story extremely unlikely. In the post-war era however Comer was involved in funding the 43 Group, a Jewish street gang that clashed with the equally violent supporters of the Union Movement and other more minor far-right groups.

   Comer allegedly financed and masterminded the raid on BOAC's secure warehouse at Heathrow Airport, on 28 July 1948. The raid was foiled by the Flying Squad in what became known as 'The Battle of Heathrow".

### Decline and later years

Spot's control of the East End rackets waned in 1952 when Comer's former partner, gangster Billy Hill, was released from prison after Jack Spot's failed £1.25 million heist on Heathrow Airport. Off-course bookmaking was also about to become legalized at this time, creating another dent in Spot's income.

In 1954 Comer attacked Sunday People crime journalist Duncan Webb and was fined £50. He was accused of possession of a knuckle-duster and convicted of grievous bodily harm. In 1955 he was arrested following a knife fight with Albert Dimes. That Spot was cleared of the stabbing charge, he put down to ‘the greatest lawyer in history’, his barrister Rose Heilbron.

   In 1956, Spot and his then wife Rita were attacked outside their Paddington home - by "Mad" Frankie Fraser and Bobby Warren. Both Fraser and Warren were given seven years in prison. Spot "retired" and progressively withdrew from crime.
206a Barking Road

The flat on 25th June 1968 and again in 2016

### Notable events

Frank Mitchell was held here the weeks leading up to his death on 24 December 1966

### Status

Still present today

**206a Barking Road** is a flat in East Ham, London where in 1966, the criminal Frank Mitchell was temporarily held here by the twins. They supplied him with Liza Prescott, a blonde nightclub hostess. The flat was then owned by Lennie Dunn.

## Frank Mitchell

*Main article: The Murder of Frank Mitchell*

Frank was picked up by Albert Donoghue, 'Mad' Tommy Smith and Billy Exley from Dartmoor. As the car sped back to London, Frank changed into some clothes provided by Tommy 'The Bear' Brown an ex-boxing champ. They were all elated at how smoothly things had gone, all except Frank Mitchell who didn't show any emotion at all.

It was arranged that he should be taken to Nobby Clark's flat but when they got there he had second thoughts and said that the plans had been changed and that he had to be taken to Lennie Dunn's flat in Canning Town. It was over five hours before Mitchell was reported missing.

Mitchell was later lead out of the flat, and into a van waiting around the corner by Albert Donoghue. After entering the van, Mitchell was shot dead by Freddie Foreman.
Manny Fryde

**Emmanuel "Manny" Fryde** was a qualified solicitor who worked as a clerk in the criminal practice of Sampson and Co, near the Old Bailey.

## History

Old Manny Fryde was the Kray's legal representative in various cases throughout their criminal career, and also represented Albert Donoghue and many other members of The Firm in the trail in 1969. He can be seen in the BBC News interview footage from 5th April 1965, speaking about the trail for interrogation with the twins.

Fryde had long acted for some of London's major criminals, and his clients included the Nash family and the Kray twins. In 1964, Fryde was involved in the Krays' defence against allegations of blackmail in the Hideaway Club case, of which they were acquitted. In 1969, although Fryde was still nominally in charge, it was Ralph Haeems who prepared the twins' defence against the murder charges of Jack McVitie and George Cornell. Fryde retired in 1973.
Laurie O'Leary

**Laurie O'Leary** was a lifelong friend of the twins, writing a book in 2002 titled, *Ronnie Kray: A Man Among Men*. Although not a gangster himself, he maintained a strong relationship with both Ronnie and Reggie, eventually becoming one of their closest friends.

## History

Born in London's East End, Laurie has known the Kray family all his life, and worked for the twins until the 1960s. He remained close friends with Ronnie, visiting him in prison until the day he died.
John Lee

**John "Johnny" Lee** was the youngest of the five Lee's and sister to Violet Kray. The maternal uncle of the twins, he worked as a lorry driver, mechanic, part-time racing driver, and was owner of Maude's cafe with his wife, in Vallance Road. He lived in Wilmot Street, Bethnal Green with his in-laws.
The Birdcage

The pub in c. 1930, and 2013

**The Birdcage** is a bar and former Victorian public house at 80 Columbia Road, in Bethnal Green, East London.

Charlie Kray, the elder brother of Reggie and Ronnie Kray, is said to have frequented The Birdcage in the years before his death in 2000.

## History

This pub was established by 1760 and may have been called the Kings Head in its earliest days. The Bird Cage, Virginia row in the 1849, 1854 and 1878 license transfers. The 1861 census lists the address as 1 Birdcage Walk. It is mentioned as being in Barnet street in an 1852 newspaper article, and again in Barnet Street in 1869 and 1873 directories, and 1 Wellington Row in 1871 census. Earlier address is at 68 Columbia Road. In 1831, the Bird Cage is in Crabtree Row, near Novia Scotia Gardens. In the 1841 census, the address of the Bird Cage is between Wellington Row Cottages and Barnet Street.

Along with The Royal Oak at 73 Columbia Road, The Birdcage has a close association with the famous Colombia Road Flower Market and operates as an ‘early pub’, serving traders and customers of the market from nine o’clock on Sunday mornings. There has been a street market on Columbia Road since the C19, and it gradually evolved as a flower market, moving from Saturday to Sunday as the area’s Jewish population increased. By 1900 it was one of the largest flower markets in London, and in the post-war period it grew in popularity and fame, and by the 1980s was of international repute.
Connie Whitehead

**Cornelius ‘Connie’ Whitehead** was a member of The Firm in the later years. He was present at the death of Jack McVitie at 97 Evering Road, although he took no part in it.

## History

### Early Life

Whitehead was born in 1937 and originated from the East End. Whitehead owned a gambling club in Aldgate and the Astor Club in Canning Town. In 1963, Whitehead was a suspect during the ‘Jack the Stripper’ murders. He had known Gwynneth Rees and had had a fight with her before the pair separated. After being found dead, this lead to Whitehead being a suspect, but there was little evidence against him.

### The Firm

Towards the end of 1965, he had become close friends with the twins, and established himself in The Firm, working occasionally as a driver for both Ronnie and Reggie. By the time he joined the twins, he had several previous convictions, including two for dishonesty and one for assaulting a police officer. He had formerly worked as a docker, a porter and a labourer, and occasionally worked as a pimp.

He acted as Ronnie's driver for a short while, but he soon became suspicious of Whitehead during the events leading up to George Cornell's death at The Blind Beggar and was dismissed as a driver and he also received death threats from Ronnie Kray.

### Arrest and conviction

   During the time leading up to the trial, the twins despised Whitehead and were at one time thinking of having him killed off. At the time of his arrest, Whitehead was living at Rosefield Gardens, Tower Hamlets, nearby to Charlie Kray. Despite this, Whitehead remained loyal to the twins and received seven years imprisonment as a consequence. He was sentenced to 2 years for the gun and 7 years for the complicity charge, aged 30 at the time.

### Later life

It is known he became a successful businessman after his prison sentence and featured in a 1990 interview on the twins, and lives in Swanley, Kent. After he was released, he featured in another 2002 documentary on The Richardsons and gangland activity in 1960s London.

## References

* Bennett, John. *Krayology* (2015). Mango Books.
Limehouse Willy

**Alfred Willey** or more commonly known as **Limehouse Willy** came from Limehouse and was an ex-merchant seaman. He was an integral part of the Firm's security and worked on the doors for many of the Kray's nightclubs.

## History

Willy was born in 1923, in Limehouse. He was a professional gambler over six-feet tall and was another member of the firm. He had scars on his cheek from a past brawl in a nightclub with Teddy Berry and worked as a doorman for The Kentucky during its heydey.

According to Albert Donoghue, after The Murder of George Cornell, the first port of call was the Stow Club, a gambling club managed by Limehouse Willey on the High Street in Walthamstow. He later gave evidence against the twins at their trial in 1969 after an argument over a fight with the twins, being forty-six when he was arrested. Willy allegedly lived down the Roman Road in a tower block and drank in various pubs such as The Duke of York, Bow E3. He later moved out to Essex in later life.

Despite being well photographed and documented throughout the 1960s with his time with the Krays, there is limited information known about Willy.