How much do you know about Frank Abagnall?

And no, I'm not talking about Leonardo DiCaprio.

Some of you may have watched the 2002 movie Catch Me If You Can,

in which young Leo plays Frank Abagnall,

a mastermind of fraud and deception,

but what if I told you the real story of Hollywood's favorite con man

is even crazier than Hollywood says. Without further

ado, let's turn back time and take a look at the incredible life of the teenager who somehow

faked being a pilot, a doctor, and a lawyer.

You're listening. You're listening. You're listening. You're be amazed.

Frank Abagnale Jr. was born on April 27,

1948 in upstate New York.

His parents, Frank Abagnale Sr. and his French wife, Paulette,

had three other children,

but none were destined for a life quite like Franks.

Frank's parents had met in Algiers during World War II when Frank Sr. was stationed in Oran,

and Paulette was still in her teens when the pair wed.

After the war, the two moved to New York where Frank Sr. started his own stationary business,

but he quickly became an absent husband and parent as he found more success and, in the end,

Paulette had no choice but to divorce him. Frank Jr. was extremely close to his father and would

even attend business meetings with him, which is where he learned basic details about business

transactions. But like most kids from broken homes, Frank's parents' divorce was the event that

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