When it comes to fantasy, it's a spectrum that includes even the most perfect strangers,

celebrities, and spies.

They're both untouchable, but envied, dangerous, but successful, flawed, but heroes.

They travel the globe, taking on different identities, and save the world.

Where the fantasy breaks, though, is that it's not a crime to be famous, but espionage

breaks all sorts of international laws.

So what happens when these two fantasy worlds collide?

When some of the world's greatest countries and leaders are blinded by celebrities who

do more than entertain.

Hey all you weirdos, welcome to Crime Countdown, a Spotify original from Parkest.

I'm Ash.

And I'm Alaina.

Every week we'll highlight ten fascinating stories of history's most engaging and unsettling

crimes.

All picked by the Parkest Research Gods.

This episode we're counting down the top ten celebrity spies.

You know weirdly, I have never really had that much of a taste for spy movies and spy

books like any, it just never really peaked my interest, but I'm gonna say after reading

my half of this list, I might have a change of heart.

I was never to it before.

No I get that, it's not weird that you weren't because I really wasn't super into it.

I'm glad because I thought it was really weird for that.

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