LOVE ME VOODOO Revealed: How the Kray twins cursed Beatles manager for snubbing them
THE Kray twins put a voodoo curse on Beatles manager Brian Epstein, their old publi- cist has claimed.
The notorious London gangsters cast the “spell” after Epstein refused to let them take over managing the Fab Four.
According to their former PR man James Campbell, the Krays had a bizarre interest in the dark arts and voodoo rituals.
The curses – which they would put on anyone who stood in their way – involved dancing with snakes around their shoulders and chanting.
James, who is writing a book about his 20-year friendship with the gangsters, said: “Ron was an absolute psychopath. He was into black magic and voodoo, having read books on the subjects.
“He’d be chanting these curses with his snakes wrapped around his neck. If he couldn’t kill you, he’d put a curse on you.
“If you crossed Ronnie Kray you disappeared or suffered in one way or the other.”
It is believed the pair had been planning to blackmail Epstein over a gay affair they suspected he was having and force him to hand over his business.
James added: “It was the next best thing to put a curse on him. Ron never did the curses in public.
“He said he had performed the black magic, chanting and the casting of spells numerous times.
“Ron truly believed that through the black magic he had the power to devastate lives one way or another.
“Another person Ron cursed was the judge who had sentenced them.
He couldn’t kill the judge at the time as he was being sentenced and couldn’t get anyone to do the job for him – so he put a curse on him.”
The judge, Sir Aubrey Melford Steed Stevenson, sentenced the twins to life imprisonment in 1969.
James, now in his late 70s, got to know the twins after they were sentenced for their crimes.
He added: “Ron was in Broadmoor and Reggie was in Lewes.
“I was introduced to them by a friend and over time they came to trust me.
“I became a go-between on their behalf helping to negotiate newspaper, film and book deals for them.
“These were highly lucrative deals and earned them a fortune while in prison.”
Ronnie died in 1995, aged 61, and Reggie died five years later, shortly after being released.
DAILY STAR SUNDAY, March 15, 2020