235 - Victor Lustig, The Man Who Sold The Eiffel Tower
Do Go On
Matt Stewart, Jess Perkins & Dave Warneke
4.9 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 22 April 2020
⏱️ 82 minutes
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Summary
Victor Lustig is one of the most notorious conmen who ever lived. He grifted around Europe and North America using dozens of aliases and disguises to con unsuspecting people with a series of complex scams. His most famous con is selling The Eiffel Tower, not once but twice.
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REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/man-who-sold-eiffel-tower-twice-180958370/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-smoothest-con-man-that-ever-lived-29861908/
https://allthatsinteresting.com/victor-lustig
https://uselessinformation.org/lustig/index.html
https://observer.com/2016/12/the-most-profitable-lie-ever-told-in-history/
http://www.angelfire.com/pro/hoaxes/VictorLustig.htm
https://peoplepill.com/people/victor-lustig/
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| 0:20.0 | Hello and welcome to another episode of Do Go On. |
| 0:23.3 | My name is Dave Wanuki and as always I'm sitting here with Jess Perkins and Matt Stewart. |
| 0:28.1 | Hello! |
| 0:30.1 | Oh! |
| 0:32.1 | Open my mouth and I didn't know what was going to happen. |
| 0:36.1 | Really? |
| 0:37.1 | That was it. |
| 0:38.1 | I reckon anything. |
| 0:39.1 | That was the word hello. |
| 0:40.1 | No. |
| 0:41.1 | That was a good result. |
| 0:42.1 | That was a great result. |
| 0:43.1 | That was a real gamble. |
| 0:44.1 | I could have said some deep dark secrets. |
| 0:46.1 | I'm actually just saying. |
| 0:47.1 | I could have said something very racist. |
| 0:49.1 | Oh, your pen? |
| 0:50.1 | Seven eight four two. |
| 0:52.1 | I killed a cat. |
| 0:54.1 | Oh no. |
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