Carr, born in 1862, was a real woman, known as “the Queen of the Forty Thieves.” She frequently targeted high-end shops with her gang. As Doherty’s Carr tells her thieves in the series ...

AS a lad, Brian Mcdonald would sit wide-eyed as his Aunt Ada told him tales of London’s “Queen of Thieves” – famed for her unmatched looting skills, diamond ring knuckleduster and parties ...

Disney+ series A Thousand Blows brings to life real-life characters that walked the dirty East End streets more than 100 years ago ...

Yes, the Forty Elephants – also known as the Forty Thieves – were a real, all-female crime gang that operated in London for a considerable length of time. According to London historian and crime ...

The Forty Elephants deployed creative means of stealing money, clothes, jewels, and anything else of value, as detailed in author and journalist Brian McDonald's book Alice Diamond and the Forty ...

The all-female Forty Elephants lived by their own shoplifting and pickpocketing code – now a new series from the creator of Peaky Blinders tells the true story of the gang.

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BOOK thefts have frustrated libraries and bookstores for decades. People steal books for different reasons — selling, reading, collecting or taking notes. Last year, the police nabbed a ...