Good Assassins
Good Assassins
The unbelievable but true story of the greatest spy of World War II. The Nazis don’t know her name, but they want this woman dead. A mysterious agent is strategically dismantling their violent grasp on France and not only leading her own resistance factions but inspiring others. The Gestapo sends their devious double-agent, the priest Robert Alesh, to hunt down The Limping Lady before she threatens their entire push for Western Europe. But Virginia Hall was tougher and more resilient than they ever expected. Bestselling author and journalist Stephan Talty returns with Season 2 of Good Assassins: the dramatic story of a different kind of spy. Written by CD Carpenter (“American Hostage”) and produced by the award-winning team at Diversion Audio.
Season 1 was a Top 10 hit with millions of listeners, making it one of the Top 20 new podcasts of 2021. Season 1 is part spy thriller, part detective case, part Holocaust history. The untold story of the epic spy mission to hunt down a savage, escaped Nazi murderer. Led by a brilliant undercover agent who lost his entire family in the Holocaust, the hunt for the infamous Butcher of Latvia was a secretive espionage operation that forever altered the fates of all ex-Nazis. Including chilling interviews with the Butcher’s victims and illuminating accounts of the Mossad spies themselves, Good Assassins Season 1 reveals for the first time this little-known chapter of history and the pulse-pounding undercover operation that brought The Butcher to justice.
Stephan Talty is the New York Times bestselling author of eleven award-winning nonfiction books, including the first account of the Dalai Lama’s escape from Tibet and a sweeping history of Napoleon at war. Two of his books have been turned into films, the Oscar-nominated “Captain Phillips” and “Only the Brave.” Talty is also the author of two psychological novels set in his hometown of Buffalo, NY. His books, The Secret Agent and Operation Cowboy were both #1 Amazon bestsellers and The Secret Agent was named “Best Kindle Single of the Year” by thinreads.com. In addition to books, Talty has written for GQ magazine, Playboy, the Wall Street Journal, and the New York Times.