Forty Elephants - Wikipedia
The Forty Elephants or Forty Thieves were a 19th to 20th century all-female London crime syndicate who specialised in shoplifting. [1] This gang was notable for its longevity and skill in …
London's notorious female gangster who terrorised the city …
Nov 25, 2021 · Unless you were Alice Diamond, London's notorious female gangster and leader of infamous criminal girl gang "The Forty Elephants". Diamond and her loyal gang became the …
London’s Notorious Female Gangsters: The 40 Elephants
Oct 28, 2022 · Victorian London was rife with gangs and many lasted well into the 20th century. The 40 elephants, an all-girl gang of thieves, was perhaps the most notorious.
Story of Victorian girl gang who raided Selfridges is be new …
Mar 26, 2023 · Erin Doherty is starring as Mary Carr, leader of all-female The Forty Elephants gang in upcoming Disney+ drama A Thousands Blows. The most famous 'queen', Alice …
All-female gang terrorised London for 200 years robbing and …
Apr 4, 2021 · The crime syndicate known as the Forty Elephants, was a criminal group that have been referred to as the “biggest and most feared” all-female gang in the London underworld. …
Women-only crime gang that ran amok in South London for over …
Nov 29, 2022 · Nearly all born and bred Londoners will have heard of the Kray Twins, identical twin brothers Ronald and Reginald Kray who spearheaded organised crime in East London in …
Female Gangsters: How The Powerful 40 Elephants Gang Robbed …
Mar 9, 2023 · While the Peaky Blinders ruled Birmingham, one real-life rival gang of female gangsters ruled London: the Forty Elephants. Alice Diamond and her cronies took London by …
Inside dark world of Forty Thieves girl gang who wore diamond …
Aug 6, 2023 · But by the 1920s, the grim terraces of Waterloo and the tenements of the Elephant and Castle provided a plentiful supply of girls desperate enough to join The Forty Thieves. …
Alice Diamond and The Forty Elephants - Southwark News
Nov 5, 2015 · The shoplifting, blackmailing, house-breaking and fast living of the band of women known as the Forty Elephants (because members originated from around the Elephant and …
How fearless Forty Elephants girl gang terrorised 19th century London
Jan 8, 2011 · New research has revealed London was in the firm grip of the ruthless girl gang which, between the 1870s and the 1950s, was responsible for the biggest shoplifting racket …