How Did a Conman Sell the Brooklyn Bridge -- Over and Over?
BrainStuff
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4.0 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 9 September 2022
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Around the turn of the 20th century, career criminal George C. Parker 'sold' property he didn't own, from the Brooklyn Bridge to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, dozens of times over. Learn more about his scams in this episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://history.howstuffworks.com/historical-figures/conman-sold-brooklyn-bridge.htm
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