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Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities

Spy Game

Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

History, Society & Culture

4.58.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2021

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Some people change their identity to hide, while others do it to stand out. Either way, the stories about it are curious.

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0:00.0

Welcome to AirNmenky's Cabinet of Curiosity's, a production of I Heart Radio and Grimm

0:08.7

and Mild.

0:13.0

Our world is full of the unexplainable.

0:16.3

And if history is an open book, all of these amazing tales are right there on display,

0:22.2

just waiting for us to explore.

0:25.4

Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's.

0:35.2

What makes a great spy?

0:36.8

In the movies, it's someone sexy or swath who can blend in with a crowd or win a pile

0:41.7

of money at Bacarat.

0:43.4

It's the person who has no family waiting at home and can dash off to Europe or the Middle

0:47.8

East as soon as their country calls them to duty.

0:50.8

In reality, spies aren't like the movies at all, and throughout history they have come

0:55.2

from the unlikeliest of places.

0:57.5

In his autobiography Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Game Show host and creator Chuck

1:02.7

Barris claimed to have been an assassin for the CIA during the 1960s and 70s.

1:09.5

Moberg was another unexpected spy.

1:12.2

The third child of Bernard and Roseburg Mo grew up in Harlem in New York City around 1902.

1:18.2

When he was almost four, he started playing catch with the neighborhood policeman who

1:21.5

would patrol his block.

1:23.1

Of course, he didn't want to spend all his time playing with grownups, so Berg asked

1:27.2

his mother if he could go to school with other children.

1:31.0

Instead, his family moved out of Harlem just across the river to Newark, New Jersey.

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