Contains some strong language, adult humour and some sexual content.
Murder They Wrote with Laura Whitmore and Iain Stirling
Murder They Wrote with Laura Whitmore and Iain Stirling
97. The Eiffel Tower Conman
1 December 2025
48 minutes
Available for over a year
Laura looks at the life of Victor Lustig, an ambitious 1920s conman who ‘sold’ both the Eiffel Tower and Tower Bridge to gullible businessmen. Plus, he built a fake ‘money printing machine’ AND he swindled $5,000 from history’s most notorious gangster, Al Capone.
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