The Jewel Thief Who Scammed the World's Richest Man

In 1891, the Nizam of Hyderabad—one of the wealthiest men to ever walk the earth—bought the fifth-largest diamond on the planet for tens of millions of pounds. What followed was the most bizarre royal disaster in history: a mysterious spy accused of international fraud, a sensational nine-day courtroom trial that scandalized the British Empire, and a buyer’s remorse so intense that a stone worth enough to buy small countries ended up stuffed inside an old shoe and used as a desk paperweight. This is the chaotic true story of the Jacob Diamond, the eccentric billionaire who hated it, and the conman who lost everything. 🔔 Subscribe to Off the BOOKS for weekly animated history deep-dives! ⏱️ Chapter Timestamps: 0:00 - The King Who Bought Everything 0:50 - Enter Alexander Jacob: Magician or Spy? 1:30 - The 5th Largest Diamond on Earth 2:20 - Secret Wires and British Spies 3:00 - Buyer's Remorse & The Trial of the Century 4:25 - The Verdict That Ruined Everyone 5:05 - Stuffed in an Old Shoe 5:35 - The $100,000,000 Paperweight 6:05 - Where the Diamond Is Today #HistoryExplained #JacobDiamond #IndianHistory #NizamOfHyderabad #Documentary ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Hyperfun by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-... Artist: http://incompetech.com/