Early mugshots of the Kray twins

Items belonging to Ronald 'Ronnie' Kray

(World History Archive / Alamy)

Karen:

The Kray twins

Episode sources:

1. “Our Story” by Ronnie Kray, Reggie Kray, and Fred Dinenage

2. “The Profession of Violence: The Rise and Fall of the Kray Twins” by John Pearson

3. “In Their Own Words 2” (National Archives)

4. “The Kray Twins: Brothers in Arms” by Thomas L. Jones (Crime Library) 2013

5. “In Their Own Words 2: More letters from history” (National Archives/Bloomsbury)

6. “The Selling of the Krays: how two mediocre criminals created their own legend” by Duncan Campbell (The Guardian) 2015

7. “Obituary: Reggie Kray” by Duncan Campbell (The Guardian) 2000

8. “‘Persons of the Worst Possible Character’ – The Story of the Kray Twins as Told By Our Newspapers” by Rose Staveley-Wadham (The British Newspaper Archive) 2021

9. “14 amazing facts about the Kray twins” (GQ) 2017

10. “How The Kray Twins Ruled The Underworld Of Swinging Sixties London In Style” by Daniel Rennie (All That’s Interesting) 2023

11. “The Krays in London: Your Questions Answered” by Pippa Jackson (London Walks) 2021

12. “The Double R Club” (The Kray Twins Wiki)

13. “The Kray Twins” (Wikipedia)

14. “Discovering Britain: The vanished communities of London’s East End” by Rory Walsh (Geographical) 2024

15. “Inside starstruck Judy Garland’s night with Ronnie and Reggie Kray as she performed in family home” by Rishma Dosani (MetroUK) 2021 

16. “The Krays in London: 15 sites associated with the twins” by Oliver Smith (The Telegraph) 2015 

17. “What ‘cultured’ Krays told doctor” by Alan Travis (The Guardian) 2000

Georgia:

The Tenerife airport disaster

Episode sources:

1. “Survivor remembers deadliest aviation disaster in Tenerife” (CBS Sunday Morning, March 27, 2017)

2. “The Deadliest Plane Crash” (NOVA, 2006)

3. “Spanish Report”

4. “Mama, I’m Alive: An Incredible Story of Survival” by Pat Rice (Daytona News-Journal, October 1, 2018) 

5. “Pan Am and KLM 747 Crash in Canaries” (The Daily News, March 28, 1977)

6. “California Man Says Explosion Threw Him Out“ (UPI, March 28, 1977)

7. “Probers Seek Cause of Air Liner Collision” (The Los Angeles Times, March 29, 1977)

8. “City Resident on Jet ‘Among the Lucky Ones’” (The Patriot-News, March 29, 1977)

The Pan Am 747 involved in the Tenerife airport disaster

(Gado Images / Alamy)

The KLM Boeing 747-206B involved in the Tenerife airport disaster

(KLM 747 / clipperarctic / CC BY-SA 2.0)

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