191: Sophie "Queen of the Burglars" Lyons w/ Shayne Davidson - A True Crime History Podcast

Most Notorious! A True Crime History Podcast

Erik Rivenes

True Crime, History, Education

4.7 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2021

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Sophie Lyons was arguably the most successful (and colorful) female criminal of 19th-century America. She was a trained by her abusive parents at an early age in the art of thievery and scam artistry, and by the end of her life had accumulated hundreds of thousands of dollars through her ill-gotten means. And in her wake, she had left a trail of four husbands, estranged children, and spent untold amounts of time in courtrooms and jails across the country.

My guest is Shayne Davidson, who shares stories from her book, "Queen of the Burglars: The Scandalous Life of Sophie Lyons".

More can be found about the author at: https://capturedandexposed.com/

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0:00.0	I'm going to start a strip club for women.
0:02.5	Welcome to Chip and Dale, streaming exclusive on Disney+.
0:05.6	Is this some kind of joke?
0:07.0	Not at all.
0:08.0	A brand new original series.
0:10.0	Inspired by the outrageous true events.
0:13.0	You and me stick together.
0:15.0	Or we got a war.
0:16.0	I'm going to burn this place to the ground.
0:22.0	Welcome to Chip and Dale's, an original series,
0:25.0	streaming January 11th, exclusive on Disney+.
0:27.0	Plus, 18 plus subscription required TZZ's apply.
0:57.0	On this episode of Most Notorious, Sophie Lyons,
1:02.0	nicknamed Queen of the Burglers,
1:05.0	in one of the late 19th centuries,
1:07.0	most prolific American thieves and con artists.
1:12.0	She started getting the man alone in a hotel room
1:17.0	and then stealing his clothes
1:20.0	and either throwing them out the window
1:23.0	or throwing them in a trunk and locking them in a trunk.
1:27.0	And then forcing the man to write her a check
1:30.0	or give her cash, usually it was a check,
	...

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