1.26 - If You Believe This, I've Got a Tower to Sell You!

Are the good old days truly the good old days? They say there’s a sucker born every minute, and there sure are a LOT of minutes covered by Kinsey and Anna today. Through today’s journey our hosts will explore the origins of perhaps history first true profession: the con man. Follow along as they learn about some of history’s greatest scams, short cons, and long cons. They also stumble onto the trail of possibly the worlds’ most interesting man in Count Victor Lustig. Looking to the present, Anna will guide listeners through some of the most captivating, and most damaging, scams run today. Oh, and Kinsey finds a way to fuck with a scammer. Hopefully you'll learn something this week that can help prevent you from becoming the victim of a scam in the future. Tune in and find out!   Podcast Links to share - your friends will thank you... if not, we sure will! https://bit.ly/itunesotg  https://bit.ly/spotifyotg  https://bit.ly/amazonotg https://bit.ly/youtubeotg    The Good Old Days is produced by What A Concept Productions. Sources can be found on our website, https://ohthegoodolddays.com/. This episode was researched and presented by Kinsey and Anna. Audio Engineer: Matt M Producer: Anna G Speech Affineur: Meghan H   Podcast theme intro, outro, & guitar transition music by Transistor.fm. Learn how to start a podcast here. Flashback sound effect by YoutubeSoundEffects. Sound can be found here. Fast Forward sound effect by Apple iMovie Loops, courtesy of Fluffy Dude New Era. Sound can be found here.   You can find us on various social media applications at https://linktr.ee/ohthegod. For any questions, please email us at [email protected]