Case file 030Power & Secrets
Dead Scientists, Secret Wars
A run of strange deaths among scientists working on Britain’s defence projects raised fears of a Cold War killing campaign.
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Power & Secrets
Espionage, covert operations and the disputed history of power behind closed doors.
Case file 026Power & Secrets
Cold War on Thin Ice
A Cold War intelligence mission sent two Americans to search an abandoned Soviet ice station for secrets about Moscow’s work beneath the Arctic.
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Who Really Shot Bobby Kennedy?
Robert Kennedy was shot moments after winning the California primary, but a conviction has never ended the argument over what happened in the hotel pantry.
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Guy Fawkes - The Fall Guy?
A plan to blow up King James and Parliament was foiled by an anonymous letter, but how much did the government know before it arrived?
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Captives of the Atomic Age
Britain secretly recorded Germany’s leading nuclear scientists at the end of the war, and what they said in private undermined the story they later told about Hitler’s bomb.
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The Typewriter Was Listening
Soviet engineers hid bugs inside the American embassy’s typewriters, capturing documents as they were typed and before any cipher could protect them.
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