Abby Ellin is an award-winning journalist, and her investigative skills came in handy when her fiancé's tales of his life began to sound suspicious.
He was indeed lying, but the bigger surprise was finding out how common such lies can be. Abby's discoveries and her research led to a book: Duped: Double Lives, False Identities, and the Con Man I Almost Married. We get deep into the art and science of lying in this visit.