The Black Widow

Linda Calvey has been married four times, and all four times she has ended up a widow. Growing up after the war in the East End of London, Linda fell in with local gangsters including the Krays, Freddie Forman and Ronnie Cook. And in 1990, the so-called ‘Black Widow’ was convicted of killing her lover Cook. She served a double sentence because she wouldn’t confess. Her 18 years behind bars made her Britain’s longest serving female prisoner. She moved to 14 different prisons during her time inside, sharing a prison with Rose West and Myra Hindley. Since her release she has led a quiet, low-key life marrying a local businessman called George. Sadly George too is now dead..