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FOOTNOTES:
- https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/man-who-sold-eiffel-tower-twice-180958370/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CCount%E2%80%9D%20Victor%20Lustig%2C%2046,%E2%80%94not%20once%2C%20but%20twice
- http://www.progetto.cz/victor-lustig-la-primula-rossa-boema/?lang=en
- https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-smoothest-con-man-that-ever-lived-29861908/
- Maysh, Jeff. Handsome Devil (Kindle Single) (p. 16). Kindle Edition.
- https://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi/cops-nab-conman-inspired-by-natwarlal-from-noida/story-y6kZIciV9avMgiLx2xBbNM.html
- https://www.bhaskar.com/news/NAT-NAN-7-interesting-facts-about-biggest-fraudster-of-india-natwarlal-5174373-PHO.html
- https://www.inuth.com/india/the-legend-of-natwarlal-the-iconic-conman-who-sold-taj-mahal-not-once-but-thrice/
- https://www.abhijitbhaduri.com/blog/2016/02/06/the-confidence-game
- https://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/10-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-man-who-sold-the-taj-mahal-thrice-247513.html
- https://books.google.com/books?id=VA9TaE2V0eMC&q=natwarlal+shrivastav&pg=PA22#v=snippet&q=natwarlal%20shrivastav&f=false
- https://web.archive.org/web/20161116072947/http://www.timescrest.com/opinion/nuts-about-natwarlal-5243
- https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/natwarlal-leaves-em-guessing-even-in-death/story-mYkqbv8grOOw0oFEsIryrJ.html
- http://www.scrolldroll.com/natwar-lal/
- https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/crime/story/19800815-natwarlal-a-con-man-par-excellence-a-master-forger-a-escape-artist-to-rival-houdini-821356-2014-01-27
- https://www.scoopwhoop.com/Natwarlal-Indias-Greatest-Conman-Who-Sold-Taj-Mahal/#:~:text=Born%20as%20Mithilesh%20Kumar%20Srivastava,50%20aliases%20to%20dupe%20people.
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Robert is joined by Shereen Lani Younes to discuss Victor Lustig.
FOOTNOTES:
- https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/man-who-sold-eiffel-tower-twice-180958370/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CCount%E2%80%9D%20Victor%20Lustig%2C%2046,%E2%80%94not%20once%2C%20but%20twice
- http://www.progetto.cz/victor-lustig-la-primula-rossa-boema/?lang=en
- https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-smoothest-con-man-that-ever-lived-29861908/
- Maysh, Jeff. Handsome Devil (Kindle Single) (p. 16). Kindle Edition.
- https://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi/cops-nab-conman-inspired-by-natwarlal-from-noida/story-y6kZIciV9avMgiLx2xBbNM.html
- https://www.bhaskar.com/news/NAT-NAN-7-interesting-facts-about-biggest-fraudster-of-india-natwarlal-5174373-PHO.html
- https://www.inuth.com/india/the-legend-of-natwarlal-the-iconic-conman-who-sold-taj-mahal-not-once-but-thrice/
- https://www.abhijitbhaduri.com/blog/2016/02/06/the-confidence-game
- https://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/10-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-man-who-sold-the-taj-mahal-thrice-247513.html
- https://books.google.com/books?id=VA9TaE2V0eMC&q=natwarlal+shrivastav&pg=PA22#v=snippet&q=natwarlal%20shrivastav&f=false
- https://web.archive.org/web/20161116072947/http://www.timescrest.com/opinion/nuts-about-natwarlal-5243
- https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/natwarlal-leaves-em-guessing-even-in-death/story-mYkqbv8grOOw0oFEsIryrJ.html
- http://www.scrolldroll.com/natwar-lal/
- https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/crime/story/19800815-natwarlal-a-con-man-par-excellence-a-master-forger-a-escape-artist-to-rival-houdini-821356-2014-01-27
- https://www.scoopwhoop.com/Natwarlal-Indias-Greatest-Conman-Who-Sold-Taj-Mahal/#:~:text=Born%20as%20Mithilesh%20Kumar%20Srivastava,50%20aliases%20to%20dupe%20people.
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