https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/paper-castles-scams-frauds-collapses--7337188
Episodes are produced with AI narration and scripting, with human editorial review. A Talking Labs production.]]>enBusiness© Talking Labshttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/d91e229c888f2e82b4461a1c2123385a.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/paper-castles-scams-frauds-collapses--7337188Mon, 14 Sep 2026 09:03:09 +0000Talking LabsTalking Labsfeeds@spreaker.comScams, frauds, and collapses — from Ponzi's original 45 days to crypto's biggest failures — told dry, from the court record. Victor Hale narrates. Weekly. Episodes are produced with AI narration and scripting, with human editorial review. A Talking...
Episodes are produced with AI narration and scripting, with human editorial review. A Talking Labs production.]]>false427f3261-3e1b-574f-87e3-549ec61ede45episodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-man-who-sold-the-eiffel-tower-twice--75089102
The counterfeiting conviction is court record. The Eiffel Tower sale and the Capone story survive chiefly on Lustig's own telling and are flagged as such.

This episode was produced with AI narration and scripting, with human editorial review.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/75089102Sat, 12 Sep 2026 15:05:58 +0000Talking LabsParis, the mid-1920s. Five scrap-metal dealers receive confidential letters on government stationery, inviting them to a hotel to bid on seven thousand tonnes of wrought iron: the Eiffel Tower is coming down. Victor Hale on Victor Lustig — the liner...
The counterfeiting conviction is court record. The Eiffel Tower sale and the Capone story survive chiefly on Lustig's own telling and are flagged as such.

This episode was produced with AI narration and scripting, with human editorial review.]]>1560alcatraz,business,confidence trick,con man,counterfeiting,eiffel tower,financial crime,fraud,paris,ponzi scheme,scam history,scams,social engineering,true crime,victor lustig,white collar crimefalsefull