35: The Thing Embassy Incident: How Russian children and the KGB trolled America for years

35: The Thing Embassy Incident: How Russian children and the KGB trolled America for years

FOR SEVEN YEARS, SOVIET AGENTS SPIED ON THE AMERICAN EMBASSY UNDETECTED In 1945, Soviet children presented the ambassador with a gift to commemorate the friendship of the US and the Soviet Union. A hand-carved wooden replica of the Great Seal of the United States. The ambassador was so pleased with the carving that he hung it in his office at the official ambassador residence in Moscow: the Spaso house. But the wooden carving was more than just a decoration. Now hanging on the wall, just behind the ambassador's desk was a state of the art, high-frequency listening device that was completely undetectable. The intelligence community called the device "The Thing". And The Thing was on the office wall of five different ambassadors over 7 years. This was an electronic listening device that -- didn't require electricity. Let's find out why. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thewhyfiles/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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63: The Circleville Letters Mystery

63: The Circleville Letters Mystery

MYSTERY OF THE CIRCLEVILLE LETTERS We all keep secrets. For most of us, these are nothing more than minor embarrassing details about ourselves. But some of us have dark secrets which, if discovered, c...

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62: Sounds from the Hell | The Siberian Drilling Project that went Very Wrong

62: Sounds from the Hell | The Siberian Drilling Project that went Very Wrong

SOUNDS FROM THE HOLE TO HELL   In 1989, Dr. Dimitry Azacov and a group of scientists were working on a borehole drilling project in Siberia.  When the drill reached 14.4 kilometers, or 9 miles deep, t...

26 Jun 202216min

61: Evidence that Reality is a Simulation

61: Evidence that Reality is a Simulation

PROOF THAT EVERYTHING - INCLUDING GOD - IS A SIMULATION   Is this reality? Well, we're experiencing ... something right now so maybe the better question is: *what* is reality?   Could everything we se...

26 Jun 202227min

60: How a UFO Caused the Battle of Los Angeles

60: How a UFO Caused the Battle of Los Angeles

THE BATTLE OF LOS ANGELES   On February 25, 1942, at about 2:30 in the morning, the people of Los Angeles were jolted awake by the sound of air-raid sirens.   The city was ordered to blackout and prep...

26 Jun 202217min

58: THE LEGEND of the Immortal: The Count of Saint Germain

58: THE LEGEND of the Immortal: The Count of Saint Germain

CHASING THE IMMORTAL COUNT   The Count of Saint Germain has been called a prophet, a sorcerer, and an immortal.  He's been spotted all over the world for a thousand years. And every time he's seen, he...

26 Jun 202218min

59: Why Ancient People Didn't See the Color Blue

59: Why Ancient People Didn't See the Color Blue

Here's a philosophical question for you. If a color doesn't have a name, can we still see it?   Many years ago, the human eye evolved to give us the ability to see about a million colors.   That's a l...

26 Jun 202215min

58: The Most Paranormal Place On Earth - What's Happening on Mount Shasta?

58: The Most Paranormal Place On Earth - What's Happening on Mount Shasta?

MYSTERIES OF MOUNT SHASTA   There is no other place on earth steeped in more mystery than Mount Shasta.   Aliens, ghosts, underground bases and interdimensional portals. Check.   Lost cities, strange ...

26 Jun 202225min

50: Why Superstitions Are Good For You

50: Why Superstitions Are Good For You

What do Ponce De Leon, Alexander The Great and Jason Giambi all have in common?    Superstitions.   What are superstitions? Why do we believe them?   Although there are a lot of weird superstitions ou...

26 Jun 202213min

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