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The Forty Elephants: Britain's All-Female Gang That Terrorized London for 80 Years

For eighty years between the 1870s and 1950s, the Forty Elephants ran the most successful female criminal organization in British history . Operating from the slums of Elephant and Castle in South London, this all-female gang terrorized luxury department stores across the West End, stealing goods worth millions in today's money through coordinated shoplifting operations . Led by legendary queens including Mary Carr, Alice Diamond, Maggie Hill, and Shirley Pitts, the Forty Elephants developed sophisticated theft techniques using specially designed clothing with hidden pockets called clouting . They wore expensive fur coats and fashionable dresses to blend in with wealthy shoppers at Harrods, Selfridges, and Liberty, then walked out with stolen jewelry, silk, and luxury goods concealed in secret compartments . The gang enforced strict territorial control, forcing rival thieves to pay tribute or face violent consequences . Alice Diamond, known as Queen of the Forty Thieves, ruled the organization during its 1920s heyday, wearing diamond rings on every finger and commanding respect from male gangsters in the Elephant and Castle Mob. Her lieutenant Maggie Hill once blinded a police officer with a hatpin during a violent confrontation . ​ Subscribe to ClydeCrooks for more forgotten British gang wars and underworld histories. Sources Used Wikipedia - Forty Elephants - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forty_E... London Museum - The Forty Elephants South London's Supreme Shoplifters - https://www.londonmuseum.org.uk/colle... Southwark News - The Real Story of Queen of the Forty Elephants Mary Carr - https://southwarknews.co.uk/area/elep... History Extra - The Real Forty Elephants True Story of Mary Carr - https://www.historyextra.com/period/v... Wikipedia - Alice Diamond - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_D... Crime and Investigation UK - The Key Figures London Gangs - https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.... Mashable - A Thousand Blows Who Were the Forty Elephants Gang - https://mashable.com/article/a-thousa... Biographics - The Forty Elephants All Women Gang That Robbed London Blind - https://biographics.org/the-forty-ele... Disclaimer This video is created for educational and historical documentary purposes only. It is based on historical records, police archives, newspaper reports, court documents, museum collections, and academic research about the Forty Elephants gang and female organized crime in Britain from the 1870s to 1950s. Some events and specific details have been reconstructed for narrative clarity based on available historical evidence and period sources. No criminal activity, theft, violence, or gang membership is endorsed, glorified, or encouraged. Viewer discretion is advised due to descriptions of shoplifting operations, violence including hatpin attacks, blackmail schemes, kidnapping, and references to harsh prison conditions at Holloway Prison. This video discusses criminal history for educational context only and does not promote illegal activity of any kind. Always verify historical details with multiple academic sources if using this video for research purposes. #FortyElephants #AliceDiamond #BritishGangHistory #VictorianCrime #LondonGangs #FemaleGangsters #TrueCrimeUK #ShopliftingGang #ElephantAndCastle #ClydeCrooks