Spies and Dolls [Re-Release]

Velvalee Dickinson ran a doll shop on Madison Avenue that catered to wealthy collectors. But in one of the strangest espionage cases of World War II, Dickinson's clients had no idea she was using correspondence about doll orders to transmit coded U.S. military intelligence to the Japanese.

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Hosted by Dana Schwartz, Zaron Burnett, and Jason English

Written by Joe Pompeo

Produced by Josh Fisher

Editing and Sound Design by Jonathan Washington and Josh Fisher

Mixing and Mastering by Baheed Frazier

Research and Fact-Checking by Joe Pompeo and Austin Thompson

Original Music by Elise McCoy

Show Logo by Lucy Quintanilla

Executive Producer is Jason English