Episode 99 - Frank Abagnale Jr. & A High School Speech

This week, Amber is joined by guest co-host, Michael Mullins! Michael covers Frank Abagnale, the inspiration for the movie "Catch Me If You Can". Frank Abagnale is now an American security and fraud consultant, but is better known as one of the  most infamous con-artists of all time. It's been reported that by the age of 19, he had cashed $2.5 million in fraudulent checks while using several different identities. It is believed that he assumed no less than eight identities in his short career as a fraudster, including: an airline pilot, a physician, a lawyer, and a professor. He was captured and sentenced in 1974, but was released after serving about three and a half years of his 12 year sentence, on the condition that he would work alongside the FBI to investigate crimes similar to those that he had committed.  But how much of Frank's very public story is true?Sources: www.slashfilms.com / “The Fascinating True (And Not So True) Story Behind Catch Me If You Can” / Shania Russell / August 10, 2022www.WHYY.org / “Catch Me If You Can” / December 31, 2000www.en.wikipedia.org SHOW: Johnny Carson / Episode aired October 4, 1978SHOW: To Tell the Truth / Episode aired in 1977www.youtube.com /Talks @ Google "Frank Abagnale"/recorded November 27, 2017Podcast – Most Notorious / Episode 198: “Catch Me If You Can's Frank Abagnale - Perpetrator of the Ultimate Hoax? / with Alan C. Logan” / May 19, 2021Podcast – Pretend “The Real Catch Me if You Can” / 5-part story from July 5, 2022 – August 30, 2022www.abagnale.comFILM: “Catch Me If You Can’ / Steven Spielberg / 2002Michael was drinking LaCrima Purpura, a red wine from Spain.Amber was drinking Mocho Velho Pardina, a white wine from Spain. Both were robust and delicious!Then Amber covers the high school speech of Matthew Fraser. Matthew was a student at Bethel High School in 1983, and he delivered a speech to roughly 600 of his fellow classmates nominating his friend for student body vice president. Matthew's speech resulted in a suspension and being removed from the potential list of graduation commencement speakers. So Matthew did what any normal teenager would do, he took the school district to court. Sources:www.famoustrials.comwww.law.cornell.edu / "Bethell School District No. 403, et al., Petitioners v. Matthew N. Fraser, a Support the showGo check out our patreon page athttps://www.patreon.com/crimewineandchaosFor more information about Crime, Wine & Chaos, or to simply reach out and say "hi,"https://www.crimewineandchaos.comCrime, Wine & Chaos is produced by 8th Direction Records. Music by Jeremy Williams. Artwork by Joshua M. DavisAmber is the vocalist in the band, Tin Foil Top Hat. You can find more of her work on all of the music streaming platforms or athttps://www.tinfoiltophat.comNaomi has a twenty year career in tech, and a lifetime interest in all things macabre. She walked away from #startuplife to strike a new path rooted in service. You can find out more about the work she’s focused on, support those initiatives, and keep up on her socials here: https://linktr.ee/missgnomers