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TIL that in 1918 Chicago during the Great Flu Pandemic Julia “Slick Julia” Lyons posed as a home nurse and then robbed them. First she would over-charge them for prescriptions ($63 for a $5 dose of oxygen) and then would flat out steal cash, jewelry, clothing, or any other valuables she could find.

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