Bridge For Sale: Deception In America [rebroadcast]

Published: Oct. 20, 2016, midnight

America has a long and colorful history of confidence men and counterfeiters. On this episode of BackStory, we go back to the time when fake money and fly-by-night banks dominated the economy, and uncover the origins of the lie detector test, known as \u201cthe truth compelling machine.\u201d We\u2019ll also try to sell you the Brooklyn Bridge.\n
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