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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Espionage
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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Case file 008Power & Secrets
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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Case file 001Crime & Mystery
Bella in the Wych Elm
Four boys found a woman’s skull inside a Worcestershire tree, beginning a mystery of anonymous messages, suspected spies and alleged witchcraft.
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