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Part One: The King of Con Artists, Victor Lustig

Behind the Bastards

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Dapper Dan Collins - A Bicycle Writer

Victor stayed married to his wife, but emotionally and largely physically, he abandoned her at this point. By the end of 1925, the two were divorced. While Roberta headed into an unhappy marriage with some other guy, Victor sent his daughter off to an expensive convent boarding school mill near Pittsburgh. He also formed a deep friendship with the mother superior, who he bought expensive jewelry for in spite of the fact that she could not wear it. After a few days of walking around and plotting, the count figured it out: He was going to sell the Eiffel Tower.

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