Skip to contentHollywood.AI and Bollywood.AI named AI Disruptor of the Year at the Entrepreneur Middle East Tech Innovation Awards 2026Named AI Disruptor of the Year by Entrepreneur Middle EastAI Disruptor of the Year · Entrepreneur Middle EastRead the story(opens in a new tab)
All creators

Vanished Chronicles

Documentary
YouTube channel
1:20

Film

He Sold the Brooklyn Bridge — A Forged Check Got Him Life

He forged fake ownership deeds and sold the Brooklyn Bridge to newcomers — sometimes more than once in the same week. Starting in the 1880s, George C. Parker ran one of history's most audacious long cons, "selling" the Brooklyn Bridge, Madison Square Garden, the Statue of Liberty, and even Grant's Tomb to gullible arrivals in New York City.

Watch film