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Mossback's Northwest

True tales from the most interesting place on earth.

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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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