The Spy Who

40 minutes 16 seconds
The Spy Who Was Mata Hari | The Undying Mystery of Mata Hari | 4
Mata Hari was a famous exotic dancer and courtesan but was she really the femme fatale spy she’s known as? The debate has lasted decades. But in this episode, Charlie Higson talks with author, lecturer and Mata Hari expert Julie Wheelwright about the new evidence she’s uncovered that proves Mata Hari was indeed a spy. They also explore the many other mysteries that still surround Mata Hari’s espionage and why she still fascinates us more than 100 years after her death.
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3 November 2026, 12:00 am
52 minutes 45 seconds
The Spy Who Was Mata Hari | Quicksand | 3
Mata Hari finds herself caught in a web of lies and double-crosses. Now she has to fight to free herself from the trap that is closing in around her but the odds are stacked against her.
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27 October 2026, 12:02 am
6 minutes 58 seconds
Listen Now— Over My Dead Body: Operation Sideswipe
A Hollywood stuntwoman turned personal injury attorney. A handsome disbarred lawyer with a dark past. And an elaborate scheme that leads to murder.
Vanessa Motta gives up a career of fake car crashes for real ones. But her law career in New Orleans gets off to a rocky start — until she meets Sean Alfortish, a charming man who offers her the perfect space for her law office. Vanessa and Sean fall hard for each other, and as a former lawyer himself, Sean becomes her mentor. So, what if he's done some prison time for fraud?
When Sean introduces Vanessa to one of the city's most prolific case runners, Cornelius Garrison, the money starts rolling in. Cornelius brings her a steady stream of accident victims looking to sue. There's just one problem: the accidents aren't real. And once the secret gets out, someone will have to pay.
Reported and hosted by Mitch Moxley, Over My Dead Body: Operation Sideswipe is a six-part series about greed, betrayal, and who gets thrown under the bus when everything is on the line.
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26 October 2026, 7:00 am
44 minutes 2 seconds
The Spy Who Was Mata Hari | Femme Fatale | 2
French and British intelligence services are convinced Mata Hari is a German spy but catching her is proving difficult. Then she agrees to spy for them. Can she be trusted or is she a skilled double agent?
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20 October 2026, 12:01 am
9 minutes 18 seconds
Listen Now: Audible True Crime – Ghost Story
Audible True Crime is a dedicated podcast feed where we bring you the best podcasts in true crime, with episodes dropping every single week.
Just in time for spooky season, we’re releasing a show called Ghost Story, a series about a hidden family secret, unexplainable events and jaw-dropping coincidences. Tristan Redman doesn’t believe in ghosts. But weird things happened in his teenage bedroom. And when he discovers later that occupants of his family home have seen the ghost of a faceless woman, he’s intrigued. Because it just so happens that his wife’s great grandmother, Naomi Dancy, was murdered in the house next door…killed by two gunshots to the face.
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13 October 2026, 1:30 pm
45 minutes 35 seconds
The Spy Who Was Mata Hari | The Creation of the Myth | 1
When tragedy and violence leave Margaretha Zelle destitute, she reinvents herself as the exotic dancer Mata Hari and becomes a superstar across Europe. But when the First World War breaks out, she reinvents herself again – as a spy whose name will go down in infamy.
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13 October 2026, 12:00 am
39 minutes 23 seconds
The Spy Who Rode with Warlords | David Tyson on Being the CIA's Unlikely Fighter | 4
Mere weeks after the terrorist attacks of 9/11, CIA linguist David Tyson found himself on the ground in Afghanistan. He and his colleague Mike Spann were part of Team Alpha, a CIA team sent in to help overthrow the Taliban and gather intelligence from suspected al-Qaeda fighters. But when the captured fighters rise up, things take a fatal turn. In this gripping interview, David Tyson tells host Charlie Higson walks us through his experiences in Afghanistan. As well his current efforts as part of the non-profit ‘Badger Six’ to provide aid to Afghan allies who were left behind.
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6 October 2026, 1:03 am
39 minutes 40 seconds
The Spy Who Rode with Warlords | The First Casualty | 3
The Battle of Qala-i-Jangi is underway. David Tyson is trapped with no way out and al-Qaeda moving in. And if help doesn’t arrive soon, America’s first victory in Afghanistan will also become its first defeat.
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29 September 2026, 1:02 am
37 minutes 1 second
The Spy Who Rode with Warlords | Afghan Math | 2
CIA Team Alpha and the forces of Afghan warlord Abdul Rashid Dostum are closing in on the crucial city of Mazar-i-Sharif. But what will it take to convince the Taliban and its allies in al-Qaeda to surrender?
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22 September 2026, 1:01 am
45 minutes 46 seconds
The Spy Who Rode with Warlords | Graveyard of Empires | 1
In the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the U.S. is preparing to invade Afghanistan. It wants to overthrow the Taliban so it can locate Osama bin Laden and eliminate al-Qaeda. But to succeed, it needs the country’s anti-Taliban warlords on side – and that’s where an elite squad of CIA operatives come in…
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15 September 2026, 1:00 am
38 minutes 51 seconds
The Spy Who Almost Stopped 9/11 | A US Military Interrogator on Getting Terrorists to Talk | 4
Tony Camerino is Ali Soufan's former colleague at the Soufan Group. A combat veteran and Special Agent, Tony conducted and supervised over 1300 interrogations during the Iraq War for a Special Operations Task Force. In this eye-opening conversation, he tells Charlie Higson about the incredible headway he made with detainees working for al-Qaeda, thanks to his use of non-violent interrogation methods. And speaks candidly about the harsh brutalities of war, and its lingering traumas.
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8 September 2026, 1:03 am
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