Trailer: The Real Catch Me If You Can

PRETEND

Javier Leiva

True Crime, Society & Culture, Technology

4.7 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 July 2022

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

What if I told you that 90% of Frank Abagnale's claims are totally made up? Yeah, that's right. The most extraordinary con man in the world never actually did the crimes he claims he did. In the new season of PRETEND, host Javier Leiva debunks Frank Abagnale’s claims one by one, not with opinions but with court and prison records. This series also gives voice to new victim testimonies. In the end, Leiva travels to Las Vegas to confront Abagnale about his lies. This is the real-life Catch Me If You Can. Listen to part 1 now on Apple Podcast and Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	When you can't quite get the angle, take hands free selfies with the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5,
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0:21.7	Do you remember the movie catch me if you can?
0:24.1	Well, apparently a lot of people think that this movie is based on a true story,
0:28.1	but I found out it's 98% BS. Frank Abignaul says that he posed as an airline pilot,
0:35.1	he was a doctor, and he wrote $2.5 million in bad checks. But after doing a little digging,
0:40.6	it turns out that Frank Abignaul's story is a lie, and I have the documents to prove it.
0:46.3	You see, I've been trying to get Frank Abignaul on my podcast for five years now,
0:50.0	so if he won't come to me, well, I'll just have to go to him.
0:54.2	Hey, Mr. Abignaul. For six years, we've rated the FBI, pretending to be a pilot, a doctor,
1:00.4	a professor, but how are we able to do that if you were sitting in prison the whole time?
1:06.7	Just recently, I flew up to Vegas and confronted Frank Abignaul after one of his keynote speeches.
1:12.9	This is the real catch me if you can, and I'm going to expose his lies one by one,
1:18.4	and I have the police records, court records, all the documents I need to prove he's a fraud.
1:24.4	Look for the episode titled The Real Catch Me If You Can. Only on Pretent.

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