In the heart of festive snow, where lights dance and carols flow, espionage tales quietly unfold, weaving secrets in tinsel and gold. This week’s Six Secrets is packed with top recommendations for holiday spy streaming, a fiendish code-cracking challenge, and an inspiring True Spies podcast involving a life-and-death operation to exfiltrate Iraqi Christians on a chilly December evening. Happy Holidays from the team at SPYSCAPE!
You may have already streamed seasonal favorites Grinch and Elf, but with the children nestled all snug in their beds it’s time to settle in for more sinister pursuits. SPYSCAPE has handpicked 25 eclectic movies - all set during the festive season - from irreverent crime-drama In Bruges to classics like The Conversation and modern-day masterpieces.
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With Wonka inspiring cinema enthusiasts worldwide, SPYSCAPE ran a background check on the man who created the world’s most famous chocolatier: Roald Dahl, the sly British spymaster who ingeniously wove tales of espionage and intrigue into his literary masterpieces. So who was the Royal Air Force fighter pilot? And why was he working in the shadows of New York?
Famed for its shimmering tree, Rockefeller Center harbors a hidden history beneath its public glamor. The FBI once operated inside 30 Rock as the ‘Importers and Exporters Service Company’ providing ‘backstopping’ for spies. Room 3603 was a WWII intelligence hub, and soon-to-be CIA chief Allen Dulles led operations one floor above Britain's MI6. So is it any surprise Moscow came snooping around?
As ISIS swept through the Middle East, the region’s minority groups faced brutal oppression. In Northern Iraq, former CIA officers Michele Rigby Assad and her husband, Joseph, felt compelled to do whatever they could to help - even if it meant risking their own lives. Michele joins True Spies podcast host Sophia Di Martino to recount their dramatic attempt to evacuate Iraqi Christians on a frigid winter’s night.
Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to unravel the diabolical puzzle set each December by British spy agency GCHQ and a cryptographer known only as ‘Colin’. The mind-boggling challenges are usually aimed at professionals but this year GCHQ is also taunting 11 to 18-year-olds to prove their code-breaking prowess. Your odyssey begins now. Isn’t it time to teach 'Colin' a lesson?
In John Travolta's latest film, The Shepherd, a military pilot faces a gripping ordeal as he journeys home on December 24. His jet malfunctions over the North Sea. A glimmer of hope appears in the form of a Mosquito spy plane but is it too little, too late? Delve into the intrigue as we reveal five hidden secrets from the heart of this spiritual tale based on the novella by real-life military spy Frederick Forsyth.
At SPY HQ you’ll explore hidden worlds, break codes, run surveillance and spot liars - while a system developed with MI6 experts reveals your personal spy role and profile.
