Victor Lustig - The man who sold the Eiffel Tower

How would you go about selling the Eiffel Tower? More importantly, who on earth would believe you? In this episode of Unlikely Threads, Andrew Wisdom and Clive Hartley descend into the gilded world of Victor Lustig: elegant con man, psychological magician, and possibly the only person in history audacious enough to attempt selling the Eiffel Tower for scrap metal… twice. Along the way: corrupt officials, nervous scrap dealers, luxury Paris hotels, industrial-age ambition, and a masterclass in the dark arts of confidence trickery.