WTF Really Happened to Catch Me If You Can?

Last Updated on August 2, 2021

WTF REALLY Happened To This Movie? – The JoBlo series that dives into movies based on TRUE stories, REAL people and ACTUAL historical events to separate FACT from FICTION!

As a teenager in the late 1960s, Frank Abagnale Jr. established himself as “the world’s most savvy con man” by cashing millions in fraudulent checks and impersonating a doctor, lawyer and airline pilot. In the 2002 film Catch Me If You Can, director Steven Spielberg presented these various cons with Leonardo DiCaprio as the effortlessly charming swindler. Is Spielberg’s movie an accurate depiction of Abagnale’s criminal career, or just another elaborate con? Get your boarding pass and find out “WTF Really Happened to CATCH ME IF YOU CAN!”