Ep. 37 - Las Cuarenta Elefantes

Don't tell ANY of these ladies your credit card number, because they'll never forget it! This. is. THE 40 Elephants gang, a gang of clever ladies that had boutiques all over London quaking in their boots. Join us today for an exciting tale that includes gangsters such as Alice Diamond and Babyface Maggie! Resources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forty_Elephants https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Diamond https://www.bitchmedia.org/article/remembering-forty-elephants-gang-cunning-brutality https://thecrimewire.com/institutional/The-Most-Notorious-All-Women-Criminal-Gang-in-History https://www.dannydutch.com/post/meet-the-forty-elephants-the-all-girl-gang-from-london https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QZEnyZyYo4 https://www.wondriumdaily.com/criminal-secret-society-the-story-of-forty-elephants/ https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/dec/27/girl-gang-london-underworld https://www.historicmysteries.com/40-elephants/ https://www.avclub.com/meet-the-female-shoplifting-gang-who-ruled-london-s-wes-1842528335 https://www.mylondon.news/news/nostalgia/female-gang-terrorised-london-200-20306560 https://www.cambridgeartstheatre.com/news/how-be-proper-victorian-lady-10-ridiculous-rules-women-1800s https://www.almanac.com/victorian-era-etiquette-and-manners https://stmuscholars.org/who-says-a-woman-cant-be-gangsta-alice-diamond-and-the-forty-elephants/ https://www.thesocialhistorian.com/victorian-etiquette/ Image Credits: Found through Wikimedia Commons, pulled from Bitch Media's webpage on the 40 elephants gang. Link: https://www.bitchmedia.org/article/remembering-forty-elephants-gang-cunning-brutality