Victor Lustig: The Man Who Sold the Eiffel Tower
Recounts the life of Victor Lustig, often regarded as the world’s most notorious con man. It highlights his most famous scam: selling the Eiffel Tower to scrap metal dealers twice in 1925. The narrative also details other cons, including the fraudulent “money box” that supposedly printed cash using radium. It covers his early life, born in 1890, his talents as a polyglot and magician, and his connections with figures like Al Capone in America. The account concludes with Lustig’s arrest, escape, re-capture, and the enduring influence of his “Ten Commandments for the Con Man”, a guide he left…
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