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Have you ever wondered how someone can live one life in public while carrying an entirely different mission in secret? A conversation can hide an objective, a friendship can become...
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Have you ever wondered how someone can live one life in public while carrying an entirely different mission in secret? A conversation can hide an objective, a friendship can become an operation, and one misplaced detail can expose years of careful deception. Secret Agents Stories explores espionage, covert missions and the hidden decisions that shape intelligence work behind the scenes.
Each episode follows spies, classified operations and the strategies used to gather information without being discovered. The stories focus on secrecy, betrayal and the pressure of operating where trust can be as dangerous as suspicion. When every identity may be constructed and every conversation could have another purpose, how do you know who is actually telling the truth?
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Each episode follows spies, classified operations and the strategies used to gather information without being discovered. The stories focus on secrecy, betrayal and the pressure of operating where trust can be as dangerous as suspicion. When every identity may be constructed and every conversation could have another purpose, how do you know who is actually telling the truth?
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12 OCT 2026 · The Man Who Escaped History: How a Convict Became a Vaulted Noble
A coffin carried into a Kraków crypt in November 2015 contained a man once convicted of spying for Britain and the Vatican, who had served five years in brutal Polish prisons and was buried in a vault reserved for Knights of Malta-how did he survive Nazi occupation, Soviet purges and a communist show trial to end up celebrated by the institutions that once condemned him? What explains the repeated near-misses-missing documents, convoys that left without him, and an early release with cleared charges-that pepper Andrew Ciechanowiecki's life?
In this episode, we follow the documented milestones of Andrew Ciechanowiecki’s life from his birth in Warsaw in 1924 through wartime escapes, underground education, Home Army service and a controversial conviction, to his 2015 burial in Kraków, asking whether the surviving record points to coincidence, protection, or something darker.
Person: Andrew Ciechanowiecki (born Andrzej Stanisław Ciechanowiecki)
Date of birth: 28 September 1924
Event: Burial in crypt of a church on the outskirts of Kraków, November 2015
Sentence: Ten-year prison sentence reduced to five years and four months, charges later cleared
Early life: Family fled Warsaw 5 September 1939; attended underground Komplety and earned baccalauréat by 1942
- He was born on 28 September 1924 in Warsaw and was the last of his line, never marrying.
- The family fled Warsaw on 5 September 1939, four days after the German invasion, following advice from British General Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart.
- By 1942 he had earned his baccalauréat through clandestine Komplety classes under carbide lamp conditions.
- He survived the Soviet eastward advance by leaving Lwów two days before mass deportation units arrived in March 1940.
- In November 2015 his coffin was interred in a vault reserved for Knights of Malta in a church whose interior sculpture he had helped create. To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.
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11 OCT 2026 · The 6,000 Spies: How Turkey Built an Army Inside Germany
A covert army of roughly 6,000 informants allegedly operated inside Germany, targeting supporters of Fethullah Gülen with lists, addresses and armed operatives - and some of the watched were asylum seekers whose locations were supposedly relayed from within German institutions. How did an intelligence network grow so large on foreign soil, and who inside Germany knew about it?
In this episode, we lay out the chronology and scope of the surveillance network found by German authorities, from the 19th-century German-Ottoman ties and the 1961 guest-worker migration to the post-2016 purge that expanded Turkish intelligence activity in Germany. We trace the evidence that raised parliamentary alarm and ask what it means for communities and state trust.
Person: Fethullah Gülen
Organization: Milli İstihbarat Teşkilatı (MIT)
Date: October 2021 (arrest related event)
Population: ~2.1 million people of Turkish origin living in Germany
Alleged informant count: approximately 6,000
- A man arrested in Düsseldorf in October 2021 carried a handwritten list identifying Gülen supporters in Germany.
- German parliamentary records cited approximately 6,000 MIT informants operating in Germany.
- Germany hosted roughly 2.1 million people of Turkish origin by the time the surveillance story reached parliamentary debate.
- After the July 2016 coup attempt in Turkey, tens of thousands were purged inside Turkey, fueling overseas targeting of Gülen supporters.
- Press reports alleged that German immigration offices had provided physical addresses of asylum seekers to Ankara. To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.
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10 OCT 2026 · The Twelve Pages That Nearly Built Nixon's Secret Spy Machine
A White House safe held a twelve-page plan in September 1971 that proposed surveilling the sexual habits of private citizens and requested a $500,000 operating budget - but it was rejected not for illegality and not for lack of ambition. How did a former NYPD officer’s bound proposal become the moment that birthed something far darker and ultimately helped bring down a presidency?
In this episode, we walk through the origins, contents, and fate of Operation Sandwedge, the proposal Jack Caulfield delivered to the Nixon White House, and trace why the plan was sidelined and what replaced it - a development that set the stage for Watergate. What made Sandwedge unacceptable to Nixon’s inner circle, and how did that decision lead to a more dangerous path?
Person: Jack Caulfield
Date: September 1971
Event: Operation Sandwedge proposal filed in White House safe
Budget requested: $500,000 (Haldeman later pushed to $800,000)
Replacement operative named: G. Gordon Liddy
- Sandwedge proposal ran to twelve pages and was physically typed and bound.
- The plan requested an operating budget of $500,000 and field offices in Washington, New York, and Chicago.
- H. R. Haldeman advocated increasing the budget to $800,000.
- A memo from Gordon Strachan in October 1971 questioned Caulfield’s ability to run the operation, citing his background.
- After the October 1971 meeting, Jack Caulfield was removed and G. Gordon Liddy was brought into the conversation. To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.
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9 OCT 2026 · The Index Card That Ruined a General: France's Secret Files
A single index card and three lines of handwriting helped build an 18,818‑file secret surveillance system inside the French Army that tagged officers as CARTHAGE or CORINTH; how did a Sunday kneel end a career? What did those coded verdicts mean for the Republic’s future?
In this episode, we trace how a post‑Dreyfus France turned to Freemason lodges to monitor 27,000 officers, why Minister of War Louis André centralized promotions, and how a chief of staff who helped design the system later revealed it to the prime minister - but kept his own role hidden. Did seeing the files change anything, or only compound the damage?
Person: General Louis André
Person: Captain Henri Mollin
Person: Narcisse‑Amédée Vadecard
Event: Creation of surveillance system between September 1, 1901 and March 30, 1903
Number: 18,818 files
- The active French officer corps numbered around 27,000 men when the system was created.
- On March 15, 1901 General André abolished all arms promotion commissions, centralizing promotion power.
- The surveillance network produced 18,818 files on officers between September 1, 1901 and March 30, 1903.
- Files were coded with labels such as CARTHAGE (to block promotion) and CORINTH (to accelerate promotion).
- General Alexandre Percin reported the operation to Prime Minister Waldeck‑Rousseau in September 1902 after helping to build it. To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.
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8 OCT 2026 · The Paper Trap: How a Single Memo Destroyed Alfred Dreyfus
A torn handwritten memo found in a wastebasket triggered a manhunt that led to a public degradation and exile - all without a signature or a name. How could a single borderreau and a sealed secret dossier topple a respected captain and then unravel a republic?
In this episode, we trace the sequence of events from the bordereau's discovery to the closed-door court-martial and the sealed envelope that defense attorneys never saw, asking what it would take to prove innocence when the system has already decided the verdict.
Person: Alfred Dreyfus
Date: October 1894 (arrest); December 1894 (conviction)
Location: Paris; Devil's Island (deportation destination)
Event: Discovery of the bordereau and court-martial with a secret dossier
Author: Mathieu Dreyfus (memoir titled The Affair That I Have Lived)
- The bordereau was a torn, handwritten memo recovered from the German embassy wastebasket in autumn 1894.
- The memo listed secrets including artillery manuals, troop deployment schedules, and the hydraulic brake system of the 120-millimeter field gun.
- Alfred Dreyfus was arrested after being asked to copy a dictated passage at a routine meeting in October 1894.
- The court sentenced Dreyfus in December 1894 to degradation and deportation for life to Devil's Island.
- Judges reviewed a sealed secret dossier from the Statistics Section in closed session that the defense never saw. To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.
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7 OCT 2026 · The Spy Behind the Tree That Cost a Club £200 Million
A hidden camera behind a tree, a costume change in a golf club toilet, and information worth in theory £200,000,000 - how did a single morning at Rockliffe Park trigger the largest sporting sanction in English football history? Who ordered the spying, and how far back did the covert operations go?
In this episode, we tell the sequence of events that led from an intern filming a training session to the collapse of a season and a mass ticket refund. We cover the three covert observations across five months, the rule meant to prevent them, and the decisions that tied a head coach and club to the scandal - but who knew and when remains the central question.
Person: William Salt
Person: Tonda Eckert
Owner: Dragan Šolak
Date: 7 May 2026
Event: Three covert observations of opponent training sessions
- On 7 May 2026, William Salt filmed Middlesbrough training from behind a tree at Rockliffe Park.
- Analysts estimate promotion to the Premier League can yield more than £200,000,000 in broadcast revenues for a club.
- Southampton sold out St Mary's Stadium for most of the 2025-26 season and refunded 37,604 sold-out tickets after the sanction.
- The 72-hour pre-match observation ban was introduced after the Leeds United incident in 2019.
- Southampton operations included filmed sessions on 23-24 December 2025 (Oxford United) and April 2026 (Ipswich via Eastleigh kit ruse). To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.
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6 OCT 2026 · The Accent That Blew Open a Mossad Passport Scheme
The wrong accent on a routine verification call toppled a years‑long identity operation built around a man with cerebral palsy whose name was taken from a birth certificate; how did a single civil servant’s ear trigger a diplomatic crisis? What else did the follow‑up calls reveal about the fake infrastructure meant to survive routine checks?
In this episode, we walk through the sequence of events that began with a passport application in 2004, the mundane details used to make it plausible, and the one phone call that exposed the scheme - could a voicemail box and a compliant GP really be enough to hide an intelligence operation?
Person: Ian Tingey
Date: 2004
Location: Lynfield, Auckland
Event: Passport application using a real citizen's identity
Case: New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs verification call
- The passport application used the identity of a real New Zealand man with cerebral palsy taken from a birth certificate.
- Ian Tingey, a Department of Internal Affairs official, noticed the applicant’s accent did not sound like a New Zealand man.
- A fake PO box and a voicemail were established in the identity holder’s name to answer official correspondence and callbacks.
- Dr. Howard Way acted as the witness for the passport application and later testified, “I filled out the form.”
- Eli Cara entered New Zealand 24 times between October 2000 and October 2004, listing his occupation as travel agent. To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.
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5 OCT 2026 · The Phone Left on the Desk: How a Message Sparked a Spy Hunt
A single WeChat message to a junior MFA employee triggered a five-year legal odyssey that reached Taiwan’s Supreme Court and began with a phone and a laptop left in plain view on a rented desk. Who sent that message, and why did a man presenting himself as a company director end up detained incommunicado for four months?
In this episode, we follow the timeline from the February message to the March arrest and the legal battles that followed, tracing the evidence found on devices and the procedural oddities that shaped the case. What links between the WeChat trail, the anonymous reporter, and the man called Chou Hung-hsu explain how an ordinary room became the center of a national security story?
Person: Chou Hung-hsu
Event: Arrest on March 9, 2017
Date: Message received February, 2017; incommunicado detention ordered March 10, 2017
Location: Rented room in Taipei
Case: Legal battle spanning five years, two acquittals, and an exit ban
- Two devices (a phone and a laptop) were found sitting on the desk when agents entered the rented room.
- The initial message that prompted the report was sent in February 2017 via WeChat to a junior Ministry of Foreign Affairs employee.
- Chou presented himself as director of Taiwan Yongming International Company but was actually a mainland Chinese student with no registered household address in Taiwan.
- A judge ordered incommunicado detention for Chou on March 10, 2017, resulting in four months cut off from the outside world.
- The case produced twelve files of evidence compiled by prosecutors, including the devices and the WeChat communication trail. To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.
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4 OCT 2026 · The Anarchist Who Spied: Inside Charles Mowbray's Double Life
Fear and fascination collide: a prominent anarchist who served nine months of hard labour and publicly preached "propaganda by the deed" also appears in Special Branch ledgers as an asset run by William Melville - so which Charles Mowbray was real, and why did police enter his home four hours after his wife's death? What does it mean to live as two people under one name?
In this episode, we follow the life of Charles Wilfred Mowbray from his birth in Bishop Auckland to the streets of the Old Nichol and the ledgers of Special Branch, tracing the events around April 19, 1892 and the unresolved contradiction between anarchist records and police files. How did a man jailed for the Battle of Ham Run end up listed as a state informant, and can the two narratives be reconciled?
Person: Charles Wilfred Mowbray
Date: April 19, 1892
Location: London (Old Nichol, Bethnal Green)
Event: Arrest four hours after his wife's death
Authority: William Melville (named in Special Branch ledgers)
- Born in 1857 in Bishop Auckland, County Durham
- Enlisted in the Durham Light Infantry before becoming a tailor
- Fined at Dod Street in Limehouse in September 1885 and fined £1 at Trafalgar Square in June 1886
- Sentenced to nine months hard labour after the Battle of Ham Run on January 14, 1887, served in Norwich Castle
- Five children were in the London house when Mary Benoit died of tuberculosis on the morning of April 19, 1892 To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.
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3 OCT 2026 · The Butcher Who Betrayed Trenton: Washington's Unseen Spy?
A ninety-three-year-old man died in Bedminster, New Jersey, in 1822 leaving an estate of roughly twelve thousand dollars despite neighbors who considered him poor - and his name appears nowhere in George Washington’s papers. Could a former British soldier turned butcher have been the unseen spy who walked into Hessian lines at Trenton under a cover that branded him a traitor?
In this episode, we tell the recorded life events and family claims about John Honeyman, from his birth in Armagh in 1729 through his service under Colonel James Wolfe and later move to Griggstown, New Jersey, and we ask whether the family story about Washington’s protective letter and Honeyman’s mission into Trenton fits the documented facts.
Person: John Honeyman
Date of death: August 18, 1822
Birthplace: Armagh, Ireland, 1729
Marriage: Mary Henry, September 22, 1764, First Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia
Event: Alleged meeting with George Washington and mission into Trenton, November 1776
- Honeyman fought at the Siege of Louisbourg which ended on July 26, 1758, and was made Colonel James Wolfe’s personal bodyguard.
- He carried General James Wolfe from the field after the Plains of Abraham on September 13, 1759, and received an honorable discharge and a letter of recommendation.
- Honeyman married Mary Henry on September 22, 1764, in Philadelphia and later moved to Griggstown, Somerset County, New Jersey, in early 1776.
- In November 1776, Washington summoned Honeyman to Fort Lee according to the family account, allegedly to enter Trenton as a Loyalist cattle dealer to observe the Hessian garrison.
- Washington did not mention Honeyman in his papers, yet the family claims Washington wrote a protective letter declaring Honeyman a notorious Tory to shield his family from a mob; the letter has never been seen outside the family. To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.
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Have you ever wondered how someone can live one life in public while carrying an entirely different mission in secret? A conversation can hide an objective, a friendship can become...
show more
Have you ever wondered how someone can live one life in public while carrying an entirely different mission in secret? A conversation can hide an objective, a friendship can become an operation, and one misplaced detail can expose years of careful deception. Secret Agents Stories explores espionage, covert missions and the hidden decisions that shape intelligence work behind the scenes.
Each episode follows spies, classified operations and the strategies used to gather information without being discovered. The stories focus on secrecy, betrayal and the pressure of operating where trust can be as dangerous as suspicion. When every identity may be constructed and every conversation could have another purpose, how do you know who is actually telling the truth?
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Each episode follows spies, classified operations and the strategies used to gather information without being discovered. The stories focus on secrecy, betrayal and the pressure of operating where trust can be as dangerous as suspicion. When every identity may be constructed and every conversation could have another purpose, how do you know who is actually telling the truth?
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