The Importance of Being Ernest | Historical

True Spies: Espionage | Investigation | Crime | Murder | Detective | Politics

SPYSCAPE

History, Documentary, Society & Culture, True Crime

4.7 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2026

⏱️ 65 minutes

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In the heart of New York City, a secret campaign of influence and espionage aimed to bring America in to a generational conflict. It was helped along by a man who, to this day, is all but invisible. Author and investigative journalist Thomas Maier reveals the half-forgotten history of Ernest Cuneo - the White House fixer who facilitated British espionage in the U.S.A in the lead-up to World War Two and beyond. From SPYSCAPE, the home of secrets. A Cup And Nuzzle production. Series producer: Joe Foley. Produced by Joe Foley. Thomas Maier is the author of The Invisible Spy: Churchill's Rockefeller Center Spy Ring and America’s First Secret Agent of World War II

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1:12.2	Week by week, you'll hear the true stories behind the operations that have shaped the world we live in.
1:19.3	You'll meet the people who live life undercover.
1:23.3	What do they know?
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