One gang of women terrorized London’s merchants for more than a century. From smashing cars through shop doors to stuffing fur coats down their pants, learn the secrets of the lady gang of master criminals.
Content note: This episode includes discussion of domestic violence.
Featured image: A photograph of Alice Diamond from 1926. (Image source)
An illustration of a shoplifting strategy involving multiple people from 1919 (Image source)
The cutlers’ symbol from which the Elephant and Castle pub got its sign and name. (Image source)
A fashion plate showing well-dressed shoppers at Harrods’ of London, an early department store, in 1909. (Image source)
The Egyptian room at Harrods’ today. (Image source)
A 1909 announcement about the opening of Selfridge’s, a competing department store. (Image source)
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Sources
- Alice Diamond and the Forty Elephants
- The Stagecoach
- History of Harrods department store
- A history of the department store
- ‘Bling Ring’ Tumblr Shoplifting Community Gets Rocked By Outsiders
- There’s a shoplifting subreddit. Morals not welcome.