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b"On this day we recall the Police operation to ensnare prolific conman Victor Lustig.\\xa0\\nThe \\u2018Catch Me If You Can\\u2019-style manhunt intensified on 11th December, 1928, when Lustig made the mistake of robbing $16,000 from Massachusetts businessman Thomas Kearns, thereby triggering a chase that eventually saw Lustig sent to Alcatraz.\\nPrior to this, he\\u2019d scarcely ever tripped up: scamming everyone from county fair audiences to notorious gangster Al Capone. He gambled, he swindled, he fixed sporting odds. But his most audacious sting was his plan to \\u2018sell\\u2019 the Eiffel Tower. Twice.\\nIn this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly look inside Lustig\\u2019s ingenious \\u2018Romanian Box\\u2019; explain why his \\u2018marks\\u2019 weren\\u2019t just big dolts being duped, but carefully selected victims; and recall how, even when imprisoned, Lustig was ready to outsmart the authorities\\u2026\\nFurther Reading:\\n\\u2022 \\u2018The Man Who Sold the Eiffel Tower. Twice.\\u2019 (Smithsonian Magazine, 2016): https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/man-who-sold-eiffel-tower-twice-180958370/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CCount%E2%80%9D%20Victor%20Lustig%2C%2046%20years%20old%20at%20the,in%20an%20audacious%20confidence%20game%E2%80%94not%20once%2C%20but%20twice.\\n\\u2022 \\u2018Victor Lustig - The Man Who Conned the World, By Christopher Sandford\\u2019 (History Press, 2021): https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Victor_Lustig/jXEyEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=victor+lustig+eiffel&printsec=frontcover\\n\\u2022 \\u2018What Did Count Victor Lustig Do To The Eiffel Tower?\\u2019 (QI, 2017): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAN-YqM0ZO4\\nThis episode first premiered in 2022, for members of \\U0001f334CLUB RETROSPECTORS\\U0001f334 - where you can also DITCH THE ADS and get weekly bonus bits, unlock over 70 bits of extra content and support our independent podcast. Join now via Apple Podcasts or Patreon. Thanks!\\n\\xa0\\nWe'll be back tomorrow! Follow us wherever you get your podcasts: podfollow.com/retrospectors\\n\\xa0\\nThe Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill.\\nTheme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Edit Producer: Ollie Peart.\\nCopyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2023.\\n\\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices"