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🗓️ 12 November 2024
⏱️ 6 minutes
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Episode Description: Behind the closed doors of government offices and military compounds, are hidden stories and buried secrets from the darkest corners of history. Each week, Luke Lamana, a Marine Corp Reconnaissance Veteran, pulls back the curtain on what once was classified information exposing the secrets and lies behind the world’s most powerful institutions. From the hitmakers at Wondery and Ballen Studios, we bring you REDACTED: Declassified Mysteries with Luke Lamana. The stories are real, and the secrets are shocking.
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0:00.0 | Did you know that the U.S. government secretly brought over former Nazi scientists after World War II |
0:06.1 | to help advance American military technology? Or that in the 1950s, the Army conducted a clandestine |
0:12.1 | biological experiment by releasing bacteria over San Francisco without telling the public. |
0:17.6 | These aren't just conspiracy theories. They're real, documented cases that were |
0:22.0 | buried in classified files for decades, and they're all exposed by the new podcast, |
0:27.0 | redacted, declassified mysteries. Each week, host Luke Lamana pulls back the curtain on |
0:32.5 | covert experiments, secret operations, and unsettling connections that have had a huge impact on the world. |
0:38.6 | You'll be left asking, how have I never heard about this before? |
0:42.1 | You're about to hear a clip from redacted, declassified mysteries with Luke Lamona. |
0:46.9 | And while you're listening, be sure to follow the show on the Wondery app or wherever you get your podcasts. |
0:51.9 | For ad-free access, you can join Wondry Plus in the Wondry app or Apple Podcasts. |
1:00.6 | On July 19, 1953, |
1:07.2 | Kermit Roosevelt stood at the border crossing between Iraq and Iran, enjoying a cigarette outside of the cement Border Patrol building that marked the entry point into Iran. |
1:18.3 | Semi-trucks rumbled along the highway while Border Patrol agents checked papers and cargo trailers before granting them entry into the country. |
1:26.5 | Kermit took a final drag on the cigarette, |
1:28.3 | then stomped it out and walked into the dull beige-painted Iranian government building. |
1:33.3 | His driver was already inside, standing at a Border Patrol agent's desk. |
1:38.3 | The agent was going over their paperwork with a fine-tooth comb. |
1:41.3 | By the time Kermit reached his driver, the agent was already |
1:45.3 | looking over Kermit's passport. He asked Kermit a few questions about his reasons for visiting |
1:50.5 | Iran and scribbled down his answers on a beat-up clipboard that had seen better days. Kermit smiled |
1:56.6 | to himself, amused by the thought that government buildings were dingy and miserable, no matter |
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