London Crime

The Hackney Turks and Tottenham Turks: London’s Long-Running Turkish Gang War

One of the most disturbing examples in modern London crime is the long-running feud between two rival Turkish/Kurdish organised-crime groups:…

2 months ago

The London Bank Job Inspired by Sherlock Holmes

One of the strangest Sherlock Holmes stories ever attached to Baker Street did not come from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s…

2 months ago

Gypsy Hill: The Queen of London’s Underworld

In that murky half-light between fact and legend stands one of the most vivid figures of the old London underworld:…

3 months ago

Joey Pyle: London Gangster

He may be less famous than the Krays, less tabloid-friendly than Mad Frankie Fraser, but for decades Pyle was regarded…

4 months ago

The Adams Family: Inside London’s Most Feared Crime Syndicate

For decades, whispers of the "A-Team" sent shudders through North London's criminal underworld. The Adams family—no relation to the fictional…

5 months ago

Kenneth Noye: The South East London Criminal Who Turned Gold Into Blood

In his prime, Kenny Noye was one of London's most feared London gangsters.

6 months ago

Dirty Cops & Murder: Stench by G.M. Barden, a Book Review

South East London at the end of the 1980s was a place where money moved faster than truth. Stench, G.M. Barden’s…

8 months ago

Murder, Media, and Met Misconduct: The Daniel Morgan Mystery

South London, 1987. A pub car park. A man with an axe in his head. No, this isn’t a pitch…

9 months ago

Jack “Spot” Comer: The East End King Who Fought the Battle of Soho

If you were to draw a map of London’s criminal underworld in the middle of the 20th century — the…

9 months ago

Newgate Prison: The Ghost Beneath the Old Bailey

Walk long enough through the City of London and you’ll pass ghosts disguised as office blocks. Beneath the glass and…

11 months ago

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