From national hero to criminal suspect — Gustave Eiffel’s reputation crumbled after the Panama Canal collapse. The “Iron Man” of France almost lost it all. How did he escape prison and change history instead? Everyone knows Gustave Eiffel for designing the Eiffel Tower, but few know he was nearly destroyed in the Panama Canal Scandal—the biggest financial disaster of the 19th century. In this episode of Erased History, David and Leila Centner uncover how Eiffel, one of history’s greatest enginee