Episode #212 - Was "The Man Called Intrepid" a Fraud?

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🗓️ 8 October 2024

⏱️ 77 minutes

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In 1976 the bestselling biography A Man Called Intrepid made the Canadian spy Sir. William Stephenson something close to a household name. The book claimed that the previously obscure Stephenson had secretly been the head of one of WWII's most important espionage agencies. Some even gave him credit for inspiring Ian Fleming's beloved fictional spy, James Bond. But, despite it's success, the book soon met with a wave of criticism from historians. The most vocal critics decried Stephenson as an "intrepid fraud" who "fooled the world into believing he was a master spy.” Was Stephenson truly an important part of British Intelligence, or was he just a Winnipeg con-man who duped his gullible biographers. Tune-in and find out how secret Canadian commando camps, stolen can openers, and the Butcher of Prague all play a role in the story. Thanks for supporting our sponsors! Secure your privacy with Surfshark! Enter coupon code FAKEHISTORY for 4 months EXTRA at https://surfshark.com/FAKEHISTORY See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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1:04.7	Have you ever heard of the butcher of Prague?
1:11.0	If you were going to make a top ten list of the most evil, most irredeemable people to have lived in the last 200 years,
1:21.1	Reinhard Hydrick, the butcher of Prague, might just make the list.
1:28.0	Hydrick was a Nazi's Nazi.
1:31.5	As a member of Hitler's inner circle, he was arguably one of the most powerful men in the
1:37.3	Third Reich.
1:38.9	His resume reads like a brisk summary of many of the most outrageous Nazi crimes.
1:46.0	As the chief of Reich Security main office, he worked with Heinrich Himmler to oversee
1:52.2	many of the most brutal wings of the Nazi police state. The SS, the SD, and the Gestapo
1:59.3	were all part of his purview. As head of the SD, and the Gestapo were all part of his purview.
2:02.5	As head of the SD, Hydric was empowered by the so-called Night and Fog decree
2:08.7	to arbitrarily arrest in secret anyone who was deemed a threat to the Nazi regime.
2:15.9	He personally oversaw the disappearance of thousands of people who were
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