True Life Spy Stories

Philip Thompson 95 - Odette Sansom | The Unbreakable Spy of WW2

Step into the shadow realm of spies, secrets, and subterfuge with the True Life Spy Stories Podcast. Join Philip Thompson as he meticulously deconstructs real-life espionage stories bringing history's most intriguing spies and covert operations to life. Philip delivers compelling narratives that blend historical accuracy with engaging storytelling. Whether you're a history buff, a spy fiction enthusiast, or simply curious about the hidden forces shaping world events, this podcast offers a fascinating glimpse into the secret real world of espionage.

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Episodes

Odette Sansom | The Unbreakable Spy of WW2

William Mackinnon Gray | The Spy Turned Wife Killer

Lionel 'Buster' Crabb | The Mysterious Disappearance of a British Navy Frogman

Pyotr Popov | The Brutal End of the CIA's First Soviet Spy

Gareth Williams | The Mystery of The Spy In The Bag

Espionage A-Z Vol. 1 | Secrets of Espionage They Don't Want You To Know

Viktor Belenko | The Soviet Pilot Who Stole A MiG-25 Interceptor Jet

James W Hall | The Spy From Devil's Mountain

Intel Dossier | A Russian Illegal Spy Goes to Jail

John Walker | The Worst Spy Ring In US History

Intel Dossier | CIA Officer Found With $40m Stash of Gold Bars

Monica Witt | The Most Wanted Woman in America

Intel Dossier | Verdict In On Austrian Spy Trial Of The Century

Clyde Conrad | The Ice Cold Spy Who Sold Out America

Intel Dossier | Iran Purges Alleged CIA & Mossad Spies

Project Azorian | The CIA's Deep-Sea Submarine Heist

Intel Dossier | Russia's Secret Hit Squad Unmasked

Bogdan Stashinsky | Diary Of A KGB Assassin

Lily Sergueiew | The D-Day Spy That History Forgot

Intel Dossier | Russian Spy Fleet Stalks the North Atlantic

Into The KGB Archive | What Mitrokhin Taught Us About The KGB

Vasili Mitrokhin | A KGB Spy's Ultimate Revenge

Intel Dossier | CIA Runs Deception Campaign to Save Downed US Airman

Jeffrey Epstein | Was Epstein A Mossad Spy?

Ukraine's Secret War | The Spies Taking The War To Russia

Noor Inayat Khan | The Spy Princess's Fatal Mistake

Super Embassy | China's Spy Fortress On The Thames

Operation Epic Fury | The End of The Ayatollah, and How We Got Here

Markus Wolf | The Spy Without A Face

Operation Grim Beeper | How Mossad Turned Hezbollah's Pagers Into Bombs | dead drop #12

Lazarus Group | The Crypto-Hacker Group Propping Up A Dictator

Richard Sorge | Stalin's Best Spy

Egisto Ott | Austria's Spy Trial Of The Century | dead drop #10

The Maduro Snatch | Operation Absolute Resolve And The Downfall Of A Dictator | dead drop #9

History Daily | A Cold War Spy Swap & The Zimmerman Telegram

dead drop #8 | The Death of Notorius Soviet Spy Aldrich Ames

Fang Fang | The Chinese Honeytrap Who Infiltrated Congress

Anna Chapman | The Russian Doll Spy

Kim Philby | Britain's Most Infamous Cold War Spy and Traitor

dead drop #7 | New Zealand convicts its first ever spy

Year Of The Spy | Every Major US Spy Scandal In 1985

dead drop #6 | The Plot Thickens In The China Spy Scandal

dead drop #5 | China Spy Trial Collapses - Another UK Spying Scandal

Sharon Scranage | The Honeytrap That Brought Down The CIA

The D-Day Spies | The Ultimate Documentary

Jim Nicholson | The Highest-Ranking CIA Officer Ever Caught Spying - Twice!

Roman Czerniawski | The Polish Spy Who Became Britain’s Secret Weapon

Wulf Schmidt | Agent Tate's Five Year Secret War

Boyce & Lee | The Falcon and The Snowman

Elvira Chaudoir | The Dangerous Double Life of Agent Bronx