True Spies Classic: The Spy In The Cornfield | FBI

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🗓️ 20 October 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

In the golden cornfields of rural Iowa, mysterious men are stealing seeds. Corn is big business - and the secret of growing good corn is priceless intellectual property. But is this a simple case of corporate theft, or foreign espionage in a vital strategic battle between nations? Vanessa Kirby joins Special Agent Mark Betten, FBI, on his mission to find out. From SPYSCAPE, the home of secrets. A Cup And Nuzzle production. Series producer: Gemma Newby. Produced by Tim Mansel. Music by Nick Ryan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, true spies listeners.
0:07.3	Welcome back.
0:08.7	You're joining us as we venture into the vaults to revisit some of your favorite episodes from our collection.
0:15.5	We hope you enjoy this classic true spies rendezvous.
0:19.6	We think it's well worth catching up with.
0:22.9	This is True Spies, the Classics, from Spyscape Studios.
0:31.2	Incoming transmission.
0:33.6	Welcome.
0:35.5	Welcome.
0:36.5	Welcome.
0:36.9	Welcome to True Spies. Week. Welcome. Welcome to true spies. Week by week, mission by mission, you'll hear the true stories behind the world's greatest espionage operations. You'll meet the people who navigate this secret world.
0:56.6	What do they know?
0:58.3	What are their skills?
1:01.9	And what would you do in their position?
1:05.0	This is true spies.
1:08.6	Particularly when I would call up to the Chicago office,
1:13.3	explain I need help with surveillance and they would say, well, what kind of case are you working or what's the intellectual property?
1:14.8	I said, well, it's corn.
1:18.7	The spy in the cornfield.
1:26.4	And then I would hear a long silence on the other end of the phone.
1:30.3	Corn, are you serious?
1:32.3	And I would say, well, yeah, but it's really expensive corn.
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