William Douglas Street, Detroit's Great Pretender
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According to [[http://boingboing.net/2012/06/11/mind-blowing-movie-chameleon.html | a June 2012 posting on Boing Boing]], there's a Sundance award-winning documentary from the 1990s called Chameleon Street about an African American con man whose career was quite similar to Catch Me If You Can. This film must be captured and interrogated for Mythic Content!
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Some additional research online is turning up interesting things. The conman in question was William Douglas Street, and he was active from 70s through the 90s. He apparently conned his way into a tryout with the Detroit Tigers ([[http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1135511/3/index.htm | by pretending to be a former player for the Houston Oilers football team]]), a medical career where he performed well over a dozen hysterectomies, and other interesting things.
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[[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=a8AmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TiQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5208%2C3447286 | Tigers Fooled 2/22/1971]]
[[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0zYyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZLcFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1647,2861046&hl=en | Impostor Ousted From Tigers Camp 2/22/1971]]
[[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VEwqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=glAEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3639,2525996&hl=en | The Amazing Mr Street Goes South Again 2/22/1971]]
[[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=U0wqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=glAEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1914%2C1667762 | Hoax, Phony Levias Admits 2/22/1971]]
[[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LmobAAAAIBAJ&sjid=iFAEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5648%2C1049873 | Held for Bad Check 3/4/1971]]
[[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CO4yAAAAIBAJ&sjid=snUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6435%2C2349551 | Held for Bad Check, v.2]]
[[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=U9VWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gkINAAAAIBAJ&pg=830%2C226757 | Shrine Imposter (Football) 12/21/1972]]
[[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=O0xQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8FcDAAAAIBAJ&dq=william%20douglas%20street&pg=6599%2C2299667 | Football Tryout 12/22/1972]]
[[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=eX4xAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0qEFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6423%2C2146951 | Didn't Look Like Football Player 12/22/1972]]
[[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BmdRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CwYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3312%2C4873427 | Imposter Invades All-Star Game 12/22/1972]]
[[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2y1SAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CDYNAAAAIBAJ&pg=2180%2C6989111 | Impersonates Yale Student 11/30/1984]]
[[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fUExAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WwMEAAAAIBAJ&dq=william-douglas-street&pg=5120%2C6864663 | Faces Trial 9/25/1994]]
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(:comment END OF MAIN CONTENT :)
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(:comment Add any categories you think would apply :)
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(:comment You can delete the Stub category entry if this is a reasonably detailed page that tells an interesting story :)
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