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The Imposter Who Fooled a Family — and a Nation
In 1997, a 23-year-old French man named Frédéric Bourdin pulled off one of the wildest cons in modern history — he pretended to be a missing Texas boy, Nicholas Barclay, and the family believed him. He was flown to the U.S., lived in their home for five months, went to school, ate dinner with them — all while being a completely different person. He even managed to convince the FBI… for a while. When the truth finally came out, it was almost more disturbing than the lie. Bourdin was exposed, but the real Nicholas was never found. To this day, nobody knows what happened to him. It’s one of those stories that makes you question everything — how much people want to believe something, and how far someone will go to fill a void. #WeirdFinds #UnexpectedHistory
Texas • 2025-10-10
Stuck in the 70's
Those poor parents not only was their child taken once but then to have this happen was unspeakable!
10-10
Sun City Center, FL
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Sara Baldridge
I don't understand why/how people can be so cruel and dishonest. This man gave this family answered prayer thinking they'd gotten their missing son back. I can't imagine what that did to them. He basically made them lose their son twice.
10-10
Muncie, IN
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Michelle Tomolillo
That’s a sick person to do this to a family whose been grieving over their missing son for years.
10-10
Wales, MI
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Marilyn Hitesman
I thought this was gonna be about obamas
10-10
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AmericaFirst
Hope he was jailed for at least 10 yrs
10-11
Navesink, NJ
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J70
How would a Frenchie even sound like a texas boy???
10-12
Waco, TX
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Hugh G. Rection
check out the movie on it, I think it's called the imposter. wild story
10-10
Texarkana, TX
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Cheryĺ Robertson
That's why they have DNA people
10-11
Montevallo, AL
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Russell Bond
He pulled off his scam because the family wanted so badly to find their loved one that they were ready to believe anything. They made themselves a sucker for this POS scam and swallowed the bait hook, line and sinker. They are just as much to blame as he is because they set themselves up to the the victim.
10-26
Corpus Christi, TX
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Gina Morgan
It was 1997. Why wasn't a DNA test done to confirm his identity? I would have thought that was SOP.
10-11
Newark, CA
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