True Spies: Espionage | Investigation | Crime | Murder | Detective | Politics

True Spies: Espionage | Investigation | Crime | Murder | Detective | Politics

Author: SPYSCAPE Language: English Episodes: 100
Imagine pulling back the curtain on the most secretive missions ever conducted. That’s the experience offered by True Spies, a podcast from SPYSCAPE that moves beyond the Hollywood gloss to sit down with the actual intelligence officers, detectives, and operatives who lived these events. Hosted by a compelling roster including Hayley Atwell, Vanessa Kirby, and Daisy Ridley, each episode is a direct conversation with the people who know the answers. You’ll hear firsthand about the split-second decisions, the specialized skills, and the profound moral dilemmas faced in the shadows. This isn’t speculative fiction; it’s a deep exploration of authentic espionage cases, political intrigues, unsolved murders, and complex investigations that have shaped real-world events. The narratives covered in this podcast consistently reveal how the most astonishing truths are often more gripping than any invented thriller. By focusing on documentary-style storytelling and historical context, the series provides a rare, unfiltered look into the high-stakes worlds of crime and national security. Each story invites you to consider not just what happened, but how it felt to be in the room, and what you might have done when everything was on the line.
Episodes
The Spy With No Name | CIA [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 44:16
National security journalist Zach Dorfman returns to True Spies with the tantalising tale of one of the War on Terror's most secretive undercover operatives. Known only by his pseudonym, this CIA spy delivered intel dire…
True Spies Classic: True Narcos | DEA [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 48:49
In this True Spies Classic, Hayley Atwell tells the story of the capture of Pablo Escobar, with the DEA agents who helped bring him down and inspired the TV show 'Narcos'. Steve Murphy and Javier Peña found themselves in…
True Spies Debriefs: Tim Tate on the Spycatcher Scandal [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 54:09
Hear from Tim Tate, best-selling author, award-winning documentary filmmaker and investigative journalist, as he dives into a scandal born deep in the heart of the British Intelligence Service. Tim untangles the connecti…
To Catch a Spy | Investigation [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 51:24
Veteran journalist Tim Tate tells the story of Peter Wright, the crusading MI5 whistleblower who humiliated the Thatcher government in the 1980s. As the British security services' chief scientific officer, Peter employed…
True Spies Classic: Shadow Games | Special Forces [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 49:09
In this Classic True Spies episode, learn the details of an elite clandestine unit, Special Forces Berlin, with the help of former operative James Stejskal. Stationed in West Berlin but deployed wherever their skills wer…
True Spies Debriefs: James Stejskal in Berlin as The Wall fell [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 42:33
James Stejskal, ex-special forces, tells of the jubilant and vitriolic scenes, as the Berlin Wall came down. November 9th 1989 - the Iron Curtain descends. Hear how it was on the ground, as both ordinary citizens, and gl…
Special Forces Kinshasa | Green Berets [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 46:45
Deep in the African rainforests, how do you hold together a decolonising nation in the wake of mass regional instability? James Stejskal, ex-CIA and former Green Beret, tells the story of his time in Zaire, now the Democ…
True Spies Classic: Gray Suit and The Ghost [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 51:29
In this classic True Spies episode, Eric O'Neill describes the hunt for the infamous FBI mole Robert Hanssen. This entire operation hinges around Eric needing to get Hanssen into a hire car so his own car can be searched…
True Spies: Debriefs - Eric O'Neill on the frontiers of cyberwarfare [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 43:28
What will cost the global economy $20 trillion come 2026? In this latest Debrief, hear from author and famed security expert: Eric O'Neill. Eric discusses with Morgan Childs the growing hotbeds for cyber espionage, crime…
Agent Garbo | WW2 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 50:06
Hear the story of the extraordinary life of the spy with 29 names: Juan Pujol Garcia Born into a tumultuous Spain, Garcia, or Agent Garbo, was a natural spy, seeking out the Allies so strong was his distain for Nazi Germ…