Victor Lustig: The Man Behind History's Greatest Scam

Paris, May 1925. A count invites six scrap-metal dealers into a suite at the Hôtel de Crillon and sells them the Eiffel Tower. It isn't his. And that isn't even the most audacious thing he ever did. This is the complete file on Victor Lustig — the boy from nowhere who turned charm into a weapon: the money machine that printed nothing, the day he scammed Al Capone and got THANKED for it, the counterfeit empire that forced a nationwide manhunt, the escape from an "escape-proof" federal jail the day before his trial — and the one person who finally ended it all. Every event in this video is documented: court records, Secret Service files, and newspapers of the day. The parts that sound invented are the parts that are true. CHAPTERS 0:00 A knock on a hotel door 1:19 The boy who made a promise 3:01 Becoming the Count 7:04 Selling the Eiffel Tower 10:41 The Capone con & the counterfeit empire 13:33 The manhunt 16:17 Alcatraz — and the last trick New files open regularly. Subscribe so you don't miss the next one.