MoNo Encore:  Catch Me If You Can's Frank Abagnale - Perpetrator of the Ultimate Hoax? w/ Alan C. Logan

MoNo Encore: Catch Me If You Can's Frank Abagnale - Perpetrator of the Ultimate Hoax? w/ Alan C. Logan

Author: Blue Ewe Media December 26, 2024 Duration: 1:31:32
Happy New Year everyone! This Most Notorious Encore episode revisits my conversation with Alan Logan, originally released on May 19, 2021. Most of us are familiar with the critically acclaimed film called Catch Me If You Can, based on the autobiography of legendary confidence man Frank Abagnale. It's the story of a brazen teenage imposter who through charm and intellect was able to pass as an attorney, a doctor, a pilot and a university professor in the late 1960s and early 1970s. My guest, Alan C. Logan, has done extensive research into Frank Abagnale's well-known and near-mythical narrative, found it riddled with holes, and lays out some of what he has discovered for us on this week's episode of Most Notorious. Alan Logan's book is called "The Greatest Hoax on Earth: Catching Truth, While We Can", and can be ordered in bookstores, online retailers, and through his website at: http://www.greatesthoax.com/ Visit https://strawberry.me/notorious for 20% off your first month's membership! Support the show and ditch overpriced wireless with Mint Mobile’s deal and get 3 months of premium wireless service for 15 bucks a month! https://www.mintmobile.com/notorious Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Duration: 1:06:11
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388:  The Adriatic Affair w/ Jennifer Sellitti [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:11:22
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Introducing the Slaycation Podcast [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

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387: The Beatle Bandit w/ Nate Hendley [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 55:25
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386:  America's Nazi POW Murders w/ William Geroux [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:10:21
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385:  The 1870 Murder of A.P. Crittenden w/ Gary Krist [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:06:03
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384:  The 1943 Murders of Dr. Roy & Mae Hunt w/ Christena Stephens [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 54:56
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Duration: 1:01:51
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