Historian, professor, author, Carl Chinn joins us this week to delve into the history of the infamous Peaky Blinders gangs. Carl was born and bread in Birmingham, is a former bookmaker and the great grandson of a Peaky. He splits fact and fiction from the famous T.V series and explains how the gangs evolved in London and Birmingham during the various turf violent wars of the early 1900's. He is the author of Peaky Blinders - The Real Story and Peaky Blinders - The legacy. Hope you enjoy the episode.
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