Episode 53- The Man Who Sold the Brooklyn Bridge—Over and Over Again

In the late 1800s, a con artist convinced multiple people they had purchased the Brooklyn Bridge—only for them to realize too late they’d been scammed. In this episode of Mind-Blowing History, Historia explores one of the boldest fraud schemes ever pulled off in American history.

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