The Man Who STOLE & SOLD The Eiffel Tower

This Mini Documentary is about the infamous con man Victor Lustig. In the roaring 20s and beyond he was one of the most famous criminals on the planet. He did everything - from pick-pocketing over counterfeiting to selling Paris' Eiffel tower. This is his life story told with a bit of humor, Great Gatsby and Art Deco.

This episode was inspired by the Dollop Podcast. You should check it out on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts if you are interested in weird history topics like these. If you want to know more about Victor Lustig himself - there is a 1961 book by James Francis Johnson titled "The man who sold the Eiffel Tower".

I left out a couple of stories that were about his time in Alcatraz and him supposedly having a little feud with Al Capone because I couldn't really verify the sources. Nonetheless I think his life doesn't need much more spicing up to be worthy of telling :D

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Chapters
00:00 - Introduction to Victor Lustig (The Budapest Hotel Incident)
00:30 - A Coming of Age Story
01:06 - The Prohibition Era in the United States
01:24 - The Rumanian Box / Money Box Scam
02:35 - Confrontation with a Victim
03:09 - More Money Box Customers
03:46 - The Ten Commandments for Con Men
04:51 - Traveling in the 1920s
05:14 - Victor Lustig's Time in 1920s Paris
05:25 - The Eiffel Tower Heist
06:39 - Flight To The States
06:54 - A Life on The Run
07:35 - Getting Caught by Sheriff Miller
08:04 - Scamming Sheriff Miller
08:14 - Getting Caught by Sheriff Miller Again
08:25 - Scamming Sheriff Miller Again
08:35 - The Victor Lustig Unit
08:45 - Breaking Out Of Prison
09:14 - Getting Caught AGAIN
09:24 - The Trial Of Victor Lustig
09:34 - Credits
10:06 - The Black Screen Anecdote

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