Chapter
The Mystery of the Dead Spy
24:16 - 28:15 (03:58)
An intriguing and mysterious story of espionage and subterfuge involving a dead spy in London whose identity had to be uncovered through a doppelganger lookalike.
Clips
Bentley Purchase helps solve a murder case by providing a body that he found, which leads to the turning of the guy who ran the morgue at St. Pancras Hospital, ultimately resulting in the resolution of the case.
24:16 - 26:02 (01:45)
Summary
Bentley Purchase helps solve a murder case by providing a body that he found, which leads to the turning of the guy who ran the morgue at St. Pancras Hospital, ultimately resulting in the resolution of the case.
ChapterThe Mystery of the Dead Spy
EpisodeSelects: Operation Mincemeat: How A Corpse Fooled the Nazis
PodcastStuff You Should Know
In this episode of Spy Cast, the host interviews Amy Blyth, curator of the Imperial War Museum, who tells the story of how intelligence officers had to search for a lookalike to identify a dead spy in London in 1943.
26:02 - 27:03 (01:01)
Summary
In this episode of Spy Cast, the host interviews Amy Blyth, curator of the Imperial War Museum, who tells the story of how intelligence officers had to search for a lookalike to identify a dead spy in London in 1943.
ChapterThe Mystery of the Dead Spy
EpisodeSelects: Operation Mincemeat: How A Corpse Fooled the Nazis
PodcastStuff You Should Know
The hosts discuss a Saturday Night Live skit where Robert Duvall appeared as a guest on a game show called Who's More Grizzled?
27:03 - 28:15 (01:12)
Summary
The hosts discuss a Saturday Night Live skit where Robert Duvall appeared as a guest on a game show called Who's More Grizzled? and talk about how strange and non-funny it was. They also briefly discuss Garth Brooks' alter ego Chris Gaines.