The Fascinating Story of ‘The Great Imposter’ Who Fooled the World
Ferdinand Waldo Demara Jr. saved the Korean War wounded while posing as a surgeon.
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5 min readJan 5, 2021
This is the story of Ferdinand Waldo Demara Jr., more commonly known as ‘Fred,’ and how he came to be known as ‘The Great Imposter.’ As a man of immense intelligence and high IQ, Fred possessed great skill in the…
