In the filthy streets of Victorian South London, a group of women from Elephant and Castle pulled off the largest and most sophisticated shoplifting operation in British history. Known as the Forty Elephants, these working-class women built a tightly run underground network—strategic, stealthy, and nearly untouchable. Targeting high-end department stores, they outsmarted police, intimidated male gangs and pulled off flawless heists again and again. Follow us on Instagram @watchhercookpodcast Sources: Dirty London: How Victorian Filth Formed the Urban Detective The Lady Gangsters of the Victorian Age Crime and the Victorians The Sun– Glamour Gangsters Meet The Forty Elephants, The All-Girl Gang From London What was crime like in Victorian London? https://www.walks.com/blog/crime-victorian-london/ The all women gang that robbed London blind London’s Female Thieves, 1700-1710 Criminal Gangs of 19th Century Britain Crime chronicles: Part 2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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