Listen Now: The Spy Who

Murder in Hollywoodland

Wondery

True Crime, Exhibit C, Investigation, Tracy Pattin, Mystery, James Remar, Hollywood & Crime, History, Noir, Celebrity, William Desmond Taylor, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.1 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2024

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

These are stories you were never meant to hear. The invisible but vital work of the world’s intelligence services: secret operatives playing to very different rules. The Spy Who, hosted by Indira Varma and Raza Jaffrey, takes you deep inside that shadow world to meet spies who risked everything in the national interest – or, sometimes, their own.

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0:00.0	Hello, my name's Indra Varma, and I'm quickly dropping in to tell you about a new
0:05.3	weekly series from Wundery that I think you'll like. It's called The Spy Who, and
0:11.2	it explores true spy stories you were never meant to hear.
0:16.6	The Spy Who reveals the invisible work of the world's intelligence services, unearthing
0:21.6	daring missions packed with danger, deceit, and double crosses.
0:27.0	Each season, my co-host Raza Jaffrey and I introduce you to shadowy figures who risked everything to achieve their mission,
0:35.6	like Oleg Lellin, the spy who sabotaged the KGB, or Dushko Popov, The Spy Who Inspired 007.
0:44.6	In fact, I'm about to play you a clip from this very season.
0:48.3	If you'd like to hear more, follow The Spy Who wherever you listen to podcasts.
0:53.6	Or you can binge full seasons early and add free
0:57.1	with Wundry Plus on Apple Podcasts or The Wundery App. Dushko Popov wakes from his alcohol
1:10.0	Dushko Popov wakes from his alcohol drenched slumber.
1:14.0	Gestapo. Open up.
1:16.7	It's 1937 and Popov studying law in Freiburg, Nazi Germany.
1:21.9	Open up.
1:22.4	Popov. Ryberg, Nazi Germany. Open up!
1:23.0	Pop off drags himself out of bed.
1:27.1	He's in his mid-20s with short black hair.
1:30.4	Yawning he unlocks the door.
1:33.0	Four Gestapo officers barge passed.
1:35.0	One confronts Popov as the others ransack his flags.
1:39.0	Dusko Popov, you are under arrest.
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