Catch Me if You Can Frank Abagnale is a FRAUD!

Frank Abagnale is one of the most notorious con artists in history and the inspiration behind Steven Spielberg's film Catch Me if You Can, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks. He claims that before his 19th birthday, he successfully performed cons worth millions of dollars by posing as a Pan American World Airways pilot, a Georgia doctor, and a Louisiana parish prosecutor.

But this is a complete embellishment. As Javier Leiva of the Pretend Podcast found out, Frank Abagnale was actually in PRISON while he supposedly carried out these elaborate cons. Listen to the podcast to hear how Javier uncovered the truth, and even confronted Frank Abagnale directly about his lies at a conference in Las Vegas! Don't miss this incredible interview!

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[dinglbarry]

He apparently did do some pretty crazy stuff that can be verified. One time he snuck into first class even though he only payed for coach. Another time he tricked the flight attendant into giving him an extra bag of peanuts and another time he snuck an over sized bag on the plane when he was supposed to check it in. They eventually caught up to him and his trickster ways.

[ToyInsanity]

Two mice fell into a bucket of cream...

[zanshikaijin]

Title for the sequel to "Catch Me If You Can":

"Caught Him 'Cause We Could"

[marcuscato]

Do you mean that his story about being a fraud is itself fraudulent?

[timetraveler]

hollywood: based on a true story
me in 2000s: wow
me in 2020s: really?

[gregvinson]

When I watched the movie I thought it was pretty unbelievable story, but chalked it up to liberties taken by Spielberg. A good rule of thumb has always been to be skeptical of everything you hear . The scary thing is we are now entering an era where we can’t even trust what we see.

[BrownEyedGirl]

I read about Abagnale being a fraud years ago, perhaps in the book by Logan that your guest mentioned. I’ve been surprised that he’s still kicking around peddling his wares. Every once in awhile, when it comes up in conversation, I share that Abagnale’s “story” was mostly a con about being a con.

[Matt]

Conned people into believing he was a con artist, absolute legend.

[bethtaylor]

A narcissist's dream - that movie about what could have happened lol!

[dirk]

He's an old dog who can't learn new tricks, but his old one are still working for him

[Rompler_Rocco]

I KNEW it!!! Just clicked, haven't even started, but 100% KNEW ever since I saw him talk about his life🕺🥳

[terryboehler]

I remember when this was new. As a pilot, I knew it was BS. Didn't bother reading the book or seeing the movie.

[sjwinklerart]

I'm not even mad, Catch Me If You Can is a hilarious flick 😂 the whole thing about how he passed the bar exam 😂 this is rad tho thank you for covering 🎉

[kimsmith]

When I was much younger, I worked at Texas Instruments, my roommate and I were home one evening and a nice looking young man knocked at our door he said he was a Doctor sent by Texas Instruments to see how we were doing. My roommate was going to let him in, I said No. I just didn't like the idea that T.I. would be sending anyone to my address. I discovered the next day, he was just some perv going around and some people had actually let him in and he did "give them check ups" . Hard to believe, the nerve of some people.

[DeniseLaFranceCDNpainter]

This reminds me of Richard Leonard Kuklinski, also known as The Iceman. He was pretending to be this prolific serial killer Hitman & there was a book & movie made about him. It was all a lie.

[Chrisdrumz]

It's interesting how when you tell people he's a fraud and that there is verifiable evidence that proves it some people get SO angry. They WANT to believe his story so badly.

[timfronimos]

I'd love to see a channel that explains how Hollywood distorts the truth. You'd have more material than you could handle.

[piesusan]

Hollywood romanticizes criminals. Remember Bonnie & Clyde? The Mafia genre of films etc

[holdemdang]

I just started watching, but I thought him being a fraud was basically his claim to fame.

[shesd]

I saw him talk at a meeting for school board trustees. He's a very talented story teller.