Victor Lustig has gone down in history as the smoothest con man. He has been called the smoothest con man ever, and his reputation is well-deserved. Victor Lustig has gone down in history as the man ...

Click on the video below for the audio. Play a Kahoot! game about this podcast as a class or with your friends by clicking on the link here. A. He was from a well-to-do family, and he did not have to ...

Tom Molomby: One of the most easily recognisable images in the world is that of the Eiffel Tower. 300 metres in height, the tallest structure in the world in its day, it's dominated Paris since 1889, ...

They called him the smoothest con man that ever lived. Moving seamlessly between high society and the underworld, with matinee idol good looks, perfectly manicured and unfailingly well-mannered, he ...

Victor Lustig was a brazen liar who loved the high life. In 1925, he pulled off the biggest con of all - literally. Convincing a group of industrialists that he was selling the Eiffel tower for scrap ...

You’ve heard about gullible suckers buying the Brooklyn Bridge and smooth talkers selling swampland in Florida. But in the 1920s and ’30s, one scam artist was so brazen he actually sold Paris’ beloved ...

Victor Lustig (1890-1947) was undoubtedly the most confident trickster in history. He is also known as the 'Man who sold the Eiffel Tower, twice.' His first serious scam involved a money printing ...

This piece originally appeared on The Globalist. Victor Lustig (which fittingly translates as “funny”) was born in Bohemia in 1890. He was a child of unusual charm and imagination and managed to use ...