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Colorado Experience: Hidden History of Cheesman Park
Learn the history of a site that began as one of Denver’s first cemeteries and its transformation to a landmark park and safe space for the LGBTQ+ community.
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The Case of the Treasonous Doll Spy
Season 11 Episode 4 | 7m 7s | CC
The most shocking espionage case of WWII involved a woman, Velvalee Dickinson, who spied on Northwest shipyards for the Japanese. She sent letters to the enemy that contained coded messages involving exotic dolls. That is, until she was caught by another woman: a codebreaker who had already disrupted rum-runners and smuggling rings during Prohibition.
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