Today's capstone episode on our pyramid scheme trilogy examines the story of Victor Lustig, and we examine his methods to plot how you too can sell a national icon. Perhaps even the great pyramids themselves... 

Have a national monument you'd like to sell us? Email us at [email protected]

Our intro and outro music is by Commuted. Find him at https://commuted.bandcamp.com/

Our art is by Jennifer Walker. Find her at https://www.jenniferwalker.design/

Sources for this episode:

Podcast: Behind the Bastards. Part One: The King of Con Artists, Victor Lustig. March 30, 2021. https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-behind-the-bastards-29236323/episode/part-one-the-king-of-con-80313813/

https://english.radio.cz/victor-lustig-man-who-could-have-sold-world-8079199

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/12809/smooth-operator-how-victor-lustig-sold-eiffel-tower

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-smoothest-con-man-that-ever-lived-29861908/

Lustig, Betty Jean and Nanci Gerrett. From Paris to Alcatraz: The true, untold story of one of the most notorious con-artist of the twentieth century - Count Victor Lustig. 2011. Xlibris. 

https://www.weirdworm.com/how-to-sell-the-eiffel-tower-twice/