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Chicago May: Her Story by May Churchill Sharpe

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Chicago May: Her Story by May Churchill Sharpe is the autobiographical account of a notorious female criminal from Ireland who became a prominent figure in the American underworld in the early 1900s. Fleeing a troubled home, May arrived in the U.S. as a teenager and quickly immersed herself in crime, including pickpocketing, prostitution, and robbery. Her memoir reveals a life of deception, passion, betrayal, and survival in a male-dominated world. Candid and unapologetic, May reflects on her choices and the tumultuous path that led her to infamy, offering a rare glimpse into a woman’s life of crime. Summary by John McCormick

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Episodes

  1. Chicago May: Her Story - Chapter 35--Au Revoir, But Not Good-By

  2. Chapter 34--Toward the Setting Sun

  3. Chapter 33--Temporary Addresses

  4. Chapter 32--Aliases, Crooks, and Others

  5. Chapter 31--Criminal Jargon

  6. Chapter 30--The Procurer

  7. Chapter 29--The Straight and Narrow Way

  8. Chapter 28--Home, Sweet Home

  9. Chapter 27--My Second Deportation

  10. Chapter 26--Gleason and Lyons--Contrasts

  11. Chapter 25--Prison Schools

  12. Chapter 24--Titled Visitors and Victims

  13. Chapter 23--Aylsbury Prison

  14. Chapter 22--The Guerin Shooting

  15. Chapter 21--Ocean Trips

  16. Chapter 20--The Low-down on Rio

  17. Chapter 19--South American Trip

  18. Chapter 18--Dope

  19. Chapter 17--Devil's Island

  20. Chapter 16--My French Prisons

  21. Chapter 15--The Paris Robbery

  22. Chapter 14--Lawyers

  23. Chapter 13--The Thief's Funeral

  24. Chapter 12--With the Limeys

  25. Chapter 11--My Suicides

  26. Chapter 10--Typical Blackmail

  27. Chapter 9--"Jim" Sharpe

  28. Chapter 8--Exploits in Manhattan

  29. Chapter 7--London University

  30. Chapter 6--The New York College of Crime

  31. Chapter 5--The Chicago School of Crime

  32. Chicago May: Her Story - Chapter 4--Dal Churchill

  33. Chicago May: Her Story - Chapter 3--The Girl Turns Woman

  34. Chicago May: Her Story - Chapter 2--My Girlhood

  35. Chicago May: Her Story - Chapter 1--Introduction

About this show

Chicago May: Her Story by May Churchill Sharpe is the autobiographical account of a notorious female criminal from Ireland who became a prominent figure in the American underworld in the early 1900s. Fleeing a troubled home, May arrived in the U.S. as a teenager and quickly immersed herself in crime, including pickpocketing, prostitution, and robbery. Her memoir reveals a life of deception, passion, betrayal, and survival in a male-dominated world. Candid and unapologetic, May reflects on her choices and the tumultuous path that led her to infamy, offering a rare glimpse into a woman’s life of crime. Summary by John McCormick

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Chicago May: Her Story by May Churchill Sharpe has 35 episodes on PodParley. The most recent episode was published on May 4, 2025.

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Chicago May: Her Story by May Churchill Sharpe is the autobiographical account of a notorious female criminal from Ireland who became a prominent figure in the American underworld in the early 1900s. Fleeing a troubled home, May arrived in the U.S. as a teenager and quickly immersed herself in...

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Chicago May: Her Story by May Churchill Sharpe is created and hosted by May Churchill Sharpe.
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