Frédéric Bourdin's Impersonation of Nicholas Barclay

In 1994, 13-year-old Nicholas Barclay went missing in San Antonio, Texas. Three years later, a 23-year-old French con artist named Frédéric Bourdin impersonated Nicholas and lived with his family for months. Despite his French accent and different-colored eyes, he managed to fool them. Authorities eventually arrested him, and he served six years in prison. He claims to have assumed at least 500 false identities.

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