The Man Who "Sold" The Eiffel Tower

Not Another True Crime Podcast

Betches

True Crime, Society & Culture, Comedy

3.8 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2023

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Sara and Danny are back to talk all about infamous scammer extraordinaire Victor Lustig, the Austro-Hungarian who once sold the Eiffel Tower. They cover his laundry list of scams he ran throughout his life in the early 1900’s, and the numerous victims he left behind in his wake. They also get into the events that left to his eventual downfall, and how his romp through he United States came to an end. To end the show, they play a game testing their skills at sussing out a fake sale, guessing whether certain bizarre items were actually sold on eBay or not. RESOURCES: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/man-who-sold-eiffel-tower-twice-180958370/ https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/Holy-cow-History-The-man-who-sold-the-Eiffel-17367737.php https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-smoothest-con-man-that-ever-lived-29861908/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Danny Murphy, you know, where your partner's wine crime and time and time is really our
0:12.5	new theme because we like to go back in time a little bit more often than not now.
0:15.4	I think let's stick to it and like fucking own it, you know, I'm so into it.
0:20.6	I was telling Sarah I was so bad at history classes just because I like nothing I retained
0:27.8	nothing and reading as hard, but I'm like, if I learned history through scammers, I think
0:32.6	I really would have focused more on a push.
0:35.4	Well, I what did someone say in the group?
0:37.3	They're like, Danny, I love that you knew about this ashenop, but like not who's assassinated
0:43.2	Lincoln.
0:44.2	She's like as a New Jersey public school educator.
0:46.8	That is what we teach our kids.
0:47.9	And thank you because the way every like in New Jersey, it's like it's all you learn.
0:53.7	They're like, we're like, what is like, what about the tri say?
0:56.0	Like fuck a tri say it's Bruce brings I was like, I would put Bruce brings to you.
1:00.3	He was a president, right?
1:01.5	In my mind, yeah, he's our Queen Elizabeth.
1:03.9	Oh my God.
1:04.9	I, okay, I will say that.
1:06.4	Do you regret it?
1:07.4	Like it wasn't that wasn't the direct question.
1:10.0	It was like jeopardy shit.
1:11.4	It was like Jorge was very tricky.
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