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Podcast: What a Creep
Episode: Diamond Annie and the 40 Thieves/Elephants (A Very British Creepy True Crime Story)
Description: What a CreepSeason 18, Episode 2Diamond Annie & the 40 Thieves/ElephantsLadies Who ThievePeaky Blinders is a popular show on Netflix about a group of thieves and gangsters in 1920s London. Many people do not know that there were gangs of women considered the best shoplifters and thieves of the wealthy that ran from the mid-19th century up into the 1950s. The most notorious of these was the “Forty Thieves/FortyElephants” gang, run by tough women who master criminals. Diamond Annie (born Anne Diamond) was labeled as such for her ferocious punch with...