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How I tracked down Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs… and was charmed by him!
Manage episode 300292221 series 2815135
When Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs was sentenced to 30 years for his part in the biggest robbery in British history, it wasn’t the end of his story - he disappeared over the wall of Wandsworth Prison and fled abroad, becoming one of the 20th century’s most infamous wanted men. Award-winning Daily Mail crime writer Stephen Wright talks to Colin Mackenzie, the intrepid reporter who tracked Biggs down in Brazil in 1974 about how he found him, why he found himself charmed by the notorious criminal… and what happened next. Brace yourself for a heavy dose of Fleet Street and Scotland Yard nostalgia from a different era.
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Chapters
1. How I tracked down Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs… and was charmed by him! (00:00:00)
2. WHY THEY GOT LONG SENTENCES (00:05:17)
3. FAILURE OF DRIVER (00:05:57)
4. STUDENT RIOTS (00:15:11)
5. BRIAN VINE (00:26:48)
6. HOW HE WAS EARNING MONEY (00:30:16)
7. Marker 17 (00:31:00)
8. PHONE ISSUES (00:33:19)
9. GIRLFRIEND DRAMA (00:34:42)
10. Marker 18 (00:38:07)
53 episodes
Manage episode 300292221 series 2815135
When Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs was sentenced to 30 years for his part in the biggest robbery in British history, it wasn’t the end of his story - he disappeared over the wall of Wandsworth Prison and fled abroad, becoming one of the 20th century’s most infamous wanted men. Award-winning Daily Mail crime writer Stephen Wright talks to Colin Mackenzie, the intrepid reporter who tracked Biggs down in Brazil in 1974 about how he found him, why he found himself charmed by the notorious criminal… and what happened next. Brace yourself for a heavy dose of Fleet Street and Scotland Yard nostalgia from a different era.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Chapters
1. How I tracked down Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs… and was charmed by him! (00:00:00)
2. WHY THEY GOT LONG SENTENCES (00:05:17)
3. FAILURE OF DRIVER (00:05:57)
4. STUDENT RIOTS (00:15:11)
5. BRIAN VINE (00:26:48)
6. HOW HE WAS EARNING MONEY (00:30:16)
7. Marker 17 (00:31:00)
8. PHONE ISSUES (00:33:19)
9. GIRLFRIEND DRAMA (00:34:42)
10. Marker 18 (00:38:07)
53 episodes
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