Frank Amedeo
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Now, I wouldn't blame him for what the movie did, for what Spielberg did. I wouldn't blame him because they're going to do whatever they want to do. Well, you know that now.
Now, I wouldn't blame him for what the movie did, for what Spielberg did. I wouldn't blame him because they're going to do whatever they want to do. Well, you know that now.
Yeah. Yeah. That's a problem. Right. So really, he was just a low-level guy. He's been arrested for stealing a car. He's been – oh, and Javier actually talked about how he had kind of conflated two separate stories in the book where he takes the stewardesses on this – and that – listen, that scam in the book – That's a great scam. It is. I could see that working.
Yeah. Yeah. That's a problem. Right. So really, he was just a low-level guy. He's been arrested for stealing a car. He's been – oh, and Javier actually talked about how he had kind of conflated two separate stories in the book where he takes the stewardesses on this – and that – listen, that scam in the book – That's a great scam. It is. I could see that working.
Yeah. Yeah. That's a problem. Right. So really, he was just a low-level guy. He's been arrested for stealing a car. He's been – oh, and Javier actually talked about how he had kind of conflated two separate stories in the book where he takes the stewardesses on this – and that – listen, that scam in the book – That's a great scam. It is. I could see that working.
That's why I sat there and I thought, wow, that would work. Based on what he was doing, that was a great way to maximize what he was doing. But the point is that Javier said that what really happened from their investigation was that Frank Abagnale at one point had worked at like a nursery.
That's why I sat there and I thought, wow, that would work. Based on what he was doing, that was a great way to maximize what he was doing. But the point is that Javier said that what really happened from their investigation was that Frank Abagnale at one point had worked at like a nursery.
That's why I sat there and I thought, wow, that would work. Based on what he was doing, that was a great way to maximize what he was doing. But the point is that Javier said that what really happened from their investigation was that Frank Abagnale at one point had worked at like a nursery.
And everybody was saying, oh, we should all get – they were all kind of friends and said we should do something over the weekend. And he took them all to Puerto Rico. Wow.
And everybody was saying, oh, we should all get – they were all kind of friends and said we should do something over the weekend. And he took them all to Puerto Rico. Wow.
And everybody was saying, oh, we should all get – they were all kind of friends and said we should do something over the weekend. And he took them all to Puerto Rico. Wow.
flew them to Puerto Rico, and they said, like a couple days before they were supposed to leave, or a day before they were supposed to leave or something, something went wrong, and he immediately was like, look, we gotta go, we gotta get on the plane, we gotta get back, I gotta get back, and he rushed everybody back there, and as soon as they got back there, he stole the station wagon.
flew them to Puerto Rico, and they said, like a couple days before they were supposed to leave, or a day before they were supposed to leave or something, something went wrong, and he immediately was like, look, we gotta go, we gotta get on the plane, we gotta get back, I gotta get back, and he rushed everybody back there, and as soon as they got back there, he stole the station wagon.
flew them to Puerto Rico, and they said, like a couple days before they were supposed to leave, or a day before they were supposed to leave or something, something went wrong, and he immediately was like, look, we gotta go, we gotta get on the plane, we gotta get back, I gotta get back, and he rushed everybody back there, and as soon as they got back there, he stole the station wagon.
to the daycare or school, whatever it was, and took off and left. And they never saw him again. And they did a report saying, hey, this guy stole our fucking car. Right. So that is kind of and he also would go he dress up like a pilot. He would go to two universities And he would interview sorority girls or college girls to be stewardesses for Pan Am, let's say. I think it was Pan Am.
to the daycare or school, whatever it was, and took off and left. And they never saw him again. And they did a report saying, hey, this guy stole our fucking car. Right. So that is kind of and he also would go he dress up like a pilot. He would go to two universities And he would interview sorority girls or college girls to be stewardesses for Pan Am, let's say. I think it was Pan Am.
to the daycare or school, whatever it was, and took off and left. And they never saw him again. And they did a report saying, hey, this guy stole our fucking car. Right. So that is kind of and he also would go he dress up like a pilot. He would go to two universities And he would interview sorority girls or college girls to be stewardesses for Pan Am, let's say. I think it was Pan Am.
They said he also would do physical exams. I read that bit. Yeah. Wow. Which none of that gets talked about. No, no, no. Nobody brings that up. Right. Yeah.
They said he also would do physical exams. I read that bit. Yeah. Wow. Which none of that gets talked about. No, no, no. Nobody brings that up. Right. Yeah.
They said he also would do physical exams. I read that bit. Yeah. Wow. Which none of that gets talked about. No, no, no. Nobody brings that up. Right. Yeah.