Host Ava Grey examines the Stasi's informant network in East Germany, where one in 92 citizens reported to authorities. The episode explores how trust became weaponized through 174,000 unofficial collaborators who betrayed friends, family, and neighbors—creating a sophisticated system of psychological control that left lasting scars on social trust long after reunification.

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