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Ridiculous History

CLASSIC: The Forty Elephants: London’s All-Female Jewel Thieves

Ridiculous History

iHeartPodcasts

History, Society & Culture

4.34.4K Ratings

🗓️ 4 October 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

For at least 200 years, part of London’s criminal underground was ruled by a gang of brilliant, all-female jewel thieves. In this week's classic episode, Ben, Noel and Max explore the rise and fall of the notorious Forty Elephants.

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0:00.0

You know how you sit around some days and you're thinking,

0:04.2

I should be a jewel thief, but I can't be a jewel thief on my own. I need a crew. Well, yeah, Ben, you know, I think about that all the time. Yes, yeah. About when I'm sitting around. Yeah, yeah, yeah. As long as I can be the bag, man. That's all I'm saying. We've got a weird group chat for sure. This classic episode is from 2018, where we got super into one of the coolest crime stories out there in London.

0:30.5

And the coolest crime crews out there in London that would not have had us as members because they were no boys loud.

0:37.7

Right. The 40 elephants, all female jewel thieves. Let's jump right into it.

0:43.9

This is an IHeart podcast.

0:50.8

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0:57.9

until a local housewife, a journalist, and a handful of girls came forward with a story.

1:04.7

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1:06.7

Bad things happens to good people in small towns.

1:16.2

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1:21.8

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1:22.7

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1:30.2

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1:33.9

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1:38.5

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1:41.9

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1:46.5

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1:53.6

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2:01.3

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2:03.5

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2:06.1

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2:08.7

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