Gangs of England: The Real Peaky Blinders and...

He might just be the biggest US drug smuggler you’ve never heard of. 1.3 billion in product moved. 16 different aliases. Bank accounts in 10 countries. A phantom, and a logistical genius. Stewart Newton quietly built what feds called the biggest ever drug smuggling operation in N ...  Show more

Bolivia's Cerro Rico has been spewing out tons of silver for centuries. It was the economic bellows of the Spanish Revolution, whose lust for the precious metal came at the price of some eight million slaves. Some of the empire's earliest gangs formed around the Cerro. They were ...  Show more

Between the 1890s and 1910s, the British city of Birmingham was in the grip of a gang: the Peaky Blinders. Their crimes – from stone-throwing and petty assault to murder – were unpredictable and senseless, and the police seemed powerless to stop it. So what’s the true story behin ...  Show more

Who were the real Peaky Blinders? Did they really exist? Carl Chinn reveals the true story of the notorious gangs that roamed Birmingham's streets during the city's industrial heyday.

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The Peaky Blinders were a violent gang that terrorised the streets of Birmingham in the late 19th century. 

Who actually were these men, what did they do, to who and why, and were the "real" Peaky Blinders anything like the ones in the TV ser ...

The Peaky Blinders are one of Birmingham's most feared criminal organizations, run by Tommy Shelby. But the family business isn't enough for him. After he finds a crate of guns, Tommy sees an opportunity to move up in the world and will do whatever it takes to rise above his r ...