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

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Sean got beaten up in Cuba! To celebrate this, we’ve thrown together a biopoly of crime in the tropics, beginning with the story of how American organized crime flocked to Havana in the 1920s as a Prohibition rum-runner’s paradise. After World War II, mobsters then executed a tak ...  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 ...