Operation Paperclip

Operation Paperclip

Following WWII, a secret CIA mission was put in place to recruit Germany’s top scientific minds in an effort to help America’s space and defense program stay ahead of the Soviets during the Cold War. What is the legacy of these Nazis in America? Did the U.S. overlook war crimes for the sake of technological advancement? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Candy Jones, the Brainwashed Fashion Model

Candy Jones, the Brainwashed Fashion Model

Candy Jones had an impressive résumé: Miss Atlantic City, Model of the Year, highest-paid cover model of the 1940s, entrepreneur, radio personality, author…and an unwitting undercover CIA agent, brain...

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Fake News and Forgeries: How MI6 Manipulated Americans

Fake News and Forgeries: How MI6 Manipulated Americans

As Germany conquered Europe in 1940, the UK desperately needed foreign reinforcements. When the American people hesitated to help, MI6 conspired to secretly change their minds. But how far did the inf...

1 Okt 202543min

Helena Blavatsky: The Most Interesting Woman in the World?

Helena Blavatsky: The Most Interesting Woman in the World?

Most of what we know about Helena Blavatsky’s life seems improbable. In her 59 years on Earth, she was a young Russian aristocrat. A Parisian circus performer. A concert pianist in England. A clairvoy...

24 Sep 202542min

The Gerry Irwin Incident

The Gerry Irwin Incident

Driving through the remote Utah desert on the way back to his military base, 23-year-old Private Gerry Irwin witnessed what he thought was a plane crash. He pulled over and ran off into the darkness t...

17 Sep 202543min

The Smurl Family Haunting

The Smurl Family Haunting

In 1973, Jack and Janet Smurl move into a modest duplex in West Pittston, Pennsylvania, hoping for a fresh start. What follows is more than a decade of escalating disturbances: strange smells, disembo...

10 Sep 202553min

The 600 Lives of Fidel Castro

The 600 Lives of Fidel Castro

When Fidel Castro overthrew Cuba’s dictator in 1959, the Communist leader and provocateur quickly became a threat to the U.S. government. The CIA has been proven responsible for at least eight plots a...

3 Sep 202539min

TWA Flight 800: The Plane That Exploded Mid-Air

TWA Flight 800: The Plane That Exploded Mid-Air

On July 17th, 1996, about 13 minutes into a direct flight from New York to Paris, TWA Flight 800 exploded in mid-air, killing all 230 people on board. An extensive investigation concluded that the mos...

27 Aug 202542min

Australia’s Area 51

Australia’s Area 51

First, they said Pine Gap was for space research. Then, it was a weather station. It’s now called a defense base, but Australians often refer to it as their country’s Area 51. Some suspect the facilit...

20 Aug 202539min

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