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
Documentary
History
201
Tradecraft, Part 3
Vanessa Kirby serves up another round of insights from the world of spy tradecraft.
39 min
202
Stalin's Romeo Spy | Historical
Vanessa Kirby uncovers the story of one of the Soviet Union's most effective - and charming - secret agents.
43 min
203
White Traitor | ANC
Vanessa Kirby follows a white South African spy during the fight against Apartheid.
47 min
204
Asset Terminated | CIA
Vanessa Kirby revisits a veteran CIA case officer's first asset-handler relationship.
31 min
205
Moonlight Maze | DoD
Vanessa Kirby sheds light on a seminal case of cyber-espionage.
41 min
206
Monkey Business | Historical
Vanessa Kirby meets the ultimate informant in 1980s Miami.
42 min
207
Me and the Mullah | DIA
Vanessa Kirby gets acquainted with the work of the Defense Intelligence Agency.
35 min
208
The War Driver | Investigation
A veteran hacker takes his online skills IRL to track down a mysterious extortionist.
42 min
209
Allied with Al-Qaeda | CIA
Vanessa tells the story of how Doug London recruited his most valuable asset.
35 min
210
The Reluctant Narco | DEA
Vanessa Kirby follows a mild-mannered financier down a deadly rabbit hole.
53 min
211
The Digital Silk Road | Investigation
Vanessa Kirby explores a new frontier of espionage.
38 min
212
The Real Sopranos | FBI
An FBI agent descends into New Jersey's criminal underworld.
31 min
213
The Code Clerk | FBI
Vanessa Kirby joins an FBI agent on a manhunt with international implications.
35 min
214
The Philadelphia Wire | FBI
Vanessa Kirby joins an FBI agent on a decade-long drugs bust in Northern Philadelphia.
36 min
215
The Gadget Master | MI6 | WW2
Vanessa Kirby meets the reluctant inspiration for Ian Fleming's gadget-master, Q.
44 min
216
A Spy Amongst Skinheads | FBI
Vanessa Kirby follows an FBI agent down the rabbit hole of America's White Supremacist movement.
35 min
217
The Armageddon Papers | FBI
Vanessa Kirby meets an FBI agent with an uncanny ability to read people.
52 min
218
Rise and Kill First | Mossad
Vanessa Kirby gets the inside scoop on Israel's use of targeted assassination.
47 min
219
Operation: Bullwinkle | FBI
Vanessa Kirby joins an FBI agent on the hunt for a stolen Rembrandt.
34 min
220
Psychic Spies | DoD
Vanessa Kirby steps through the STARGATE with a psychic spymaster.
37 min
221
The Ritchie Boys | WW2
Vanessa Kirby storms the beaches with a WW2 interrogator.
46 min
222
You Me, Same Same | CIA
Vanessa Kirby learns how to make friends and influence people.
35 min
223
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
224
The ATHAR Project | Investigation
Vanessa Kirby meets two academics-turned-spymasters in war-torn Syria.
40 min
225
CIA? More Like CON | Investigation
Vanessa Kirby meets the ex-CIA analyst who outed the fraudster Wayne Simmons.
36 min