History's Greatest Con Man
Dec 13, 2024•56 min•Ep. 774
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Episode description
In the 19th century, Scottish scammer Gregor MacGregor made a fortune selling land in Poyais. The only problem? Poyais never existed. Jeff and Anthony step through the history of this nortious fraudster, and try to resist parallels to modern American liars.
Link to this week's article: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/gregor-macgregor-map-of-poyais
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