EP. 116 — Lady Gang Gang!: The Forty Elephants w/ Aida Rodriguez

What’s poppin’ Con-gregation? This week, Aida Rodriguez joins us to discuss an all-women gang of thieves that took London by storm for the greater part of the 1900s. Plus, a man pleads guilty in a lost luggage scam resulting in over $300,000 worth of fraudulent claims. Stay Schemin’!

Research By Kaelyn Brandt

SOURCES:

https://theculturetrip.com/europe/united-kingdom/england/london/articles/the-story-behind-londons-notorious-girl-gang-the-forty-elephants/

https://www.bitchmedia.org/article/remembering-forty-elephants-gang-cunning-brutality

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3366655/Such-seductive-shoplifters-Stuffing-loot-bloomers-ruthless-girl-gang-spread-havoc-London-flirting-victims-battering-diamond-ring-knuckle-dusters.html

https://www.nola.com/news/courts/article_bb5397d0-4fbe-11ec-9f2c-8f0e24e5e73a.html

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