Conning Their Way to Freedom

Conning Their Way to FreedomConstant Wonder • Season 2022, Episode 1066

Jun 29, 2021 • 53m

For two POWs in WWI, a con was the only way to secure their freedom. And, Gregor MacGregor fooled hundreds into believing in a nonexistent promised land.

Episode Segments

How Two POWs Engineered the Most Remarkable Escape in HistoryJun 29, 202143mFeigning madness, these two POWs conned their way to freedom.

Feigning madness, these two POWs conned their way to freedom.

The Land That Never WasJun 29, 202110mGregor MacGregor fooled hundreds into believing in a nonexistent promised land.

Gregor MacGregor fooled hundreds into believing in a nonexistent promised land.