The Real Catch Me If You Can: Frank Abagnale's Biggest Con Was His Own Story

Summary

For fifty years, Frank Abagnale told the world he flew as a Pan Am pilot, worked as a doctor and a lawyer, and cashed $2.5 million in bad checks before he turned 21. Then researchers went looking for the paperwork.

Prison records place him in a New York prison for much of the time he said he was flying the world. Abagnale has acknowledged some exaggerations over the years. Where his account and the record differ, both are shown.