Introducing - Cover Up: Ministry of Secrets

Dark Histories

Ben Cutmore

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4.8 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2023

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Cover Up is a series of investigative stories that take us on a journey into a world of subterfuge and secrecy - a world where the truth is concealed under a blanket of lies. From corrupt individuals to clandestine institutions, Cover Up exposes deceit, deception and the abuse of power.Season one uncovers the story of The Ministry of Secrets, one of the great unsolved mysteries of the Cold War. At its heart is a missing person — a wartime hero and international celebrity. But that’s just the starting point. It involves the royal family, MI6, the CIA and the KGB. There’s conspiracies. And lies. This story is so sensitive, so secret - that the truth is being withheld for 100 years, until 2057. Presenter Giles Milton and producer Sarah Peters are on a quest to find out why…Want the full story? Unlock all episodes of Cover Up: Ministry of Secrets, ad-free right now by subscribing to The Binge — All Episodes. All at Once. Plus, you’ll unlock brand new stories, dropping on the first of every month — that’s all episodes, all at once, all ad-free.Just click ‘Subscribe’ on the top of the Cover Up show page on Apple Podcasts or visit GetTheBinge.com to get access wherever you listen.A Somethin’ Else & Sony Music Entertainment production.

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0:00.0	Hello everybody, okay, I've got a little show promo to drop you today.
0:05.0	Those of you who have listened to the back catalog of Dark History's might recognize
0:08.5	this one or might recognize the story at least.
0:12.9	This is a bit more of a deep dive into the Krabba Fair, which was a great cold war episode
0:19.9	that did a while back, say this is a much deeper dive, a full series into that story.
0:26.0	So yeah, check it out.
0:28.0	The Ministry of Secrets is the first of the cover-up series, exploring one of the great
0:32.2	unsolved mysteries of the cold war.
0:34.4	At its heart is a missing person, a wartime hero, an international celebrity.
0:41.1	That celebrity was Lionel Krab, so famous he was the subject of a major movie and then
0:47.4	one day he went missing.
0:50.0	What happened?
0:51.0	It turns out that Krabba's disappearance was just a starting point.
0:55.2	What happened next involves the royal family, MI6, the CIA and the KGB.
1:01.4	There's conspiracies and lies.
1:04.6	This story is so sensitive, so secret, that the truth is being withheld for 100 years
1:09.7	until 2057.
1:12.1	During presenter, Charles Milton and producer, Sarah Peters, for a rollercoaster investigation
1:17.9	that exposes a dark cover-up at the centre of power.
1:22.1	He'd all begins with a man named Malik.
1:28.5	Commander Julian Malik, ex-Navy Dapper, one of those old fashioned gents who always wears
1:33.8	a tie, even when pottering around in his garden shed.
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