True Spies: Espionage | Investigation...

True Spies takes you inside the world's greatest espionage and detective operations. Our hosts Hayley Atwell, Vanessa Kirby, Sophia Di Martino, Daisy Ridley and Rhiannon Neads talk to the real spies behind the missions. What do they know? What are their skills? And what would you do in their position? We explore and investigate real life thrillers, mysteries and crimes - stories that prove truth is stranger than fiction! These stories cover lies, murder, theft, sex, drugs and rock ‘n roll. You’ll meet experts from the top intelligence agencies including FBI, CIA, MI5, MI6 (SIS), KGB, GRU, Mossad and many others. You’ll discover characters who spied because of money, ideology, coercion or just plain old ego. And, if you’d like to dig deeper into the world of secrets, and test your own secret intelligence skills, head over to spyscape.com for articles, games, experiences, puzzles and videos.


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A Cup & Nuzzle production. Series producers: Gemma Newby, Joe Foley. Music: Nick Ryan.

True Crime
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226
The War Driver | Investigation
A veteran hacker takes his online skills IRL to track down a mysterious extortionist.
42 min
227
Allied with Al-Qaeda | CIA
Vanessa tells the story of how Doug London recruited his most valuable asset.
35 min
228
The Reluctant Narco | DEA
Vanessa Kirby follows a mild-mannered financier down a deadly rabbit hole.
53 min
229
The Digital Silk Road | Investigation
Vanessa Kirby explores a new frontier of espionage.
38 min
230
The Real Sopranos | FBI
An FBI agent descends into New Jersey's criminal underworld.
31 min
231
The Code Clerk | FBI
Vanessa Kirby joins an FBI agent on a manhunt with international implications.
35 min
232
The Philadelphia Wire | FBI
Vanessa Kirby joins an FBI agent on a decade-long drugs bust in Northern Philadelphia.
36 min
233
The Gadget Master | MI6 | WW2
Vanessa Kirby meets the reluctant inspiration for Ian Fleming's gadget-master, Q.
44 min
234
A Spy Amongst Skinheads | FBI
Vanessa Kirby follows an FBI agent down the rabbit hole of America's White Supremacist movement.
35 min
235
The Armageddon Papers | FBI
Vanessa Kirby meets an FBI agent with an uncanny ability to read people.
52 min
236
Rise and Kill First | Mossad
Vanessa Kirby gets the inside scoop on Israel's use of targeted assassination.
47 min
237
Operation: Bullwinkle | FBI
Vanessa Kirby joins an FBI agent on the hunt for a stolen Rembrandt.
34 min
238
Psychic Spies | DoD
Vanessa Kirby steps through the STARGATE with a psychic spymaster.
37 min
239
The Ritchie Boys | WW2
Vanessa Kirby storms the beaches with a WW2 interrogator.
46 min
240
You Me, Same Same | CIA
Vanessa Kirby learns how to make friends and influence people.
35 min
241
Mission in the Dog Meat Valley | Investigation
Vanessa Kirby meets two activists leading a crusade against the dog meat trade in South Korea.
33 min
242
The ATHAR Project | Investigation
Vanessa Kirby meets two academics-turned-spymasters in war-torn Syria.
40 min
243
CIA? More Like CON | Investigation
Vanessa Kirby meets the ex-CIA analyst who outed the fraudster Wayne Simmons.
36 min
244
Catch Me If You Can | BRIXMIS
Vanessa Kirby tells the story of a spy trapped behind enemy lines in Cold War-era East Germany.
37 min
245
The Mouse at Pearl Harbor | WW2
Vanessa Kirby tells the story of a spy who changed history.
42 min
246
The Sociopathic Spy | CIA
Vanessa Kirby joins a veteran CIA case agent on his first recruitment.
38 min
247
The Destroyed Man | Investigation
The Destroyed Man | Investigation
39 min
248
Trade Secrets | Investigation
Vanessa Kirby explores a new frontier in international cybercrime.
35 min
249
Making Jack Falcone | FBI
Vanessa Kirby joins an undercover FBI agent for the role of a lifetime.
49 min
250
The Boiling Frog | CIA
Vanessa Kirby recounts a veteran CIA officer's memories of his deadly first assignment.
33 min