Introducing Gangster: The Story of Viv Graham

Gangster

BBC

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2024

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

A new series of Gangster tells the story of Viv Graham, a man who ran a protection empire which spanned Newcastle and beyond.

Viv Graham, a 17-stone man mountain, a man feared and revered in equal measure, came to dominate Tyneside’s nightlife through brutal and uncompromising violence.

His murder, in an organised hit on New Year’s Eve 1993, sparked recriminations and repercussions which echo to this day. It remains one of the country’s most notorious unsolved murders.

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0:00.0	Lock yourself away with a true crime podcast.
0:04.8	Who is it that's missing?
0:06.1	It's my dad.
0:07.4	Dead man running.
0:08.6	They're now searching for a wanted man who may have staged his disappearance to escape justice.
0:14.6	Intrigue to catch a scorpion.
0:17.0	I'm going to try to track down one of the biggest players in this trade and desperate people.
0:22.2	A very British cult.
0:24.0	They are brainwashing people.
0:26.0	For most wanted podcasts,
0:28.0	listen on BBC Sounds.
0:30.0	BBC Sounds.
0:32.0	Music Radio Podcasts. BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts.
0:34.8	This is where the shooting took place on this high street,
0:41.8	just coming up.
0:44.0	When you think of Wall's End, does it make you think of your dad?
0:49.0	Yeah, of course, yeah.
0:51.0	Viff Graham Jr. has grown up with the unsolved murder of his dad hanging over him.
0:57.0	Viv's dad was Viv Graham, a 17 stone ball of muscle who built a protection empire which spanned Newcastle and beyond.
1:07.0	It was the power, the presence, the aura, the size of him.
1:12.0	There's been no one like him says.
1:14.0	A man feared and revered in equal measure,
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