Episode Details

Once described as a “real-life storybook character,” Victor Lustig spent decades using deception, disguise, and charm to trick the wealthy out of their money. With a legacy spanning pre-war Europe to Great Depression America, he waltzed his way across history as the most infamous con artist of all time. This week, we’re unpacking history’s most infamous con artist, and the ten rules he left behind to con anyone out of anything. 

Story Starts: 04:55

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📚Sources: 

• Handsome Devil by Jeff Maysh
• Web Archive: angelfire.com Biography of Victor Lustig
• Web Archive: biography.com Victor Lustig Biography
• EBSCO

📸Credits:

• Smithsonian Magazine courtesy of Jeff Maysh
• Potter & Potter Auctions
• Library of Congress
• The Bancroft Library, University of California Berkeley
• Musée Carnavalet
• G. G. Bain Collection/Shorpy

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