Imagine being the most renowned woman in the world only to face a French firing squad for simply repeating the latest gossip, or having every one of your toenails ripped out one by one at the hands of a demonic Nazi interrogator, or filing down your own teeth in order to change your appearance so you could operate as a harmless old woman and pass Allied secrets right under the Nazis’ noses. Hard to imagine, right? Well, the trio of women featured in Episode 25 did exactly that and more. Three fearless, extraordinary women who operated in a world of war, espionage, and men. Were they effective? Did they change the course of history? Tune in and find out. 

 Books:

• Mata Hari: Eye of the Day by Charles Rammelkamp
• Femme Fatale: Love, Lies and the Unknown Life of Mata Hari by Pat Shipman
• Hall of Mirrors: Virginia Hall: America’s Greatest Spy of WWII by Craig Gralley
• A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win WWII by Sonia Purnell
• Odette: World War Two’s Darling Spy by Penny Starns
• Code Name: Lise by Larry Loftis

 Film/Documentary:

• Mata Hari The Naked Spy (2019) – Documentary
• A Call to Spy (2020) – with Sarah Megan Thomas as Virginia Hall