Culture: The Con Man who Sold the Eiffel Tower

💸 During the Roaring Twenties, Paris was celebrating, but it was also the scene of one of the most spectacular scams of all time. In 1925, con man Victor Lustig pulled off the unthinkable: selling the Eiffel Tower to a wealthy scrap metal dealer. Combining audacity, lies, and manipulation, this true story raises the question: how can anyone believe the unbelievable? And above all... who is truly the most naive? Join this week's conversation on https://www.frenchconversationgroup.comRelated episodes: la tour Eiffel (https://youtu.be/51x_-ZB4SJI), les Années folles (https://youtu.be/sDKE7p6ngMQ), Claude Chabrol (https://youtu.be/aJQ33Cvgk-k)🎬 (fr) Victor Lustig "Tours de Passe-passe": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fawslQhDY8📖 (fr) "Les plus incroyables Arnaques de l'Histoire", J-M Carpentier et Alain Libert, éd. La Boîte à Pandore🎵 Soundtrack: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6i4JjGSsId4CCCVkJuwLHa?si=K0d8KhxkSqqAPq8_kw5XqQ☝️ If you enjoyed this episode, please consider:- supporting on https://www.patreon.com/frenchconversationgroup or https://anchor.fm/frenchconversationgroup- subscribe and share🇫🇷 French Conversation Group meets weekly in Los Angeles, New York or online. It's meant for non native speakers (beginners, intermediate, advanced) to practice their French and have fun. You're more than welcome to join! Check out this link for more info: https://www.frenchconversationgroup.com