The Bones & Bobbins Podcast, Season 3, Episode 12: Professionally Sneaking

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The Bones & Bobbins Podcast, Season 3, Episode 12: Professionally Sneaking

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Spy craft meets spy crafts with lipstick compasses, pencil daggers, and a truly ingenious use of foot powder.

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Show Notes:

Here are links to the sources and resources we used while researching this episode:

Links to research materials: 

WWII Spy Gadgets:

• The Real Spies Who Inspired James Bond Are Far More Fascinating Than the Big Screen 007s: https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a30533681/james-bond-true-story-real-life-inspiration-ian-fleming/ 
• Secret Agents, Secret Armies: Who Was the Real James Bond?: https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/Ian-fleming-royal-naval-intelligence-department 
• These real spy gadgets are as incredible as Bond’s: https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/real-bond-spy-gadets 
• Q-ship: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q-ship 
• Imperial War Museum: Secret War: What you need to know: https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/secret-war-what-you-need-to-know 
• More in Bones & Bobbins episode S02E09, Keep Your Filthy Paws Off Our Silky Parachutes: https://www.bonesandbobbins.com/2021/04/30/season-2-episode-09/ 
• RAT TRAP Collection of James Bond-style spy gadgets used in World War Two up for auction – including an exploding RAT: https://www.the-sun.com/news/1826440/james-bond-spy-gadgets-exploding-rat-auction/ 
• Buy These World War II Spy Gadgets But Don’t Tell Anyone: https://gizmodo.com/buy-these-world-war-ii-spy-gadgets-but-dont-tell-anyone-1792342809 
• Crafty Gadgets and Famous Spies of WWII: https://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/crafty-gadgets-tricks-famous-wwii-spies.html 
• Bombs disguised as chocolate bars, exploding wine bottles and dynamite hidden in VEGETABLES: The ingenious gadgets used by both Allied and Nazi spies as they tried to outwit each other during WWII: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5771291/The-ingenious-gadgets-used-Allied-Nazi-spies-WWII.html 
• Spy Gadgets of World War II: https://wargaming.com/en/news/spy_gadgets/

Masters of Spy Disguises: Joanna and Antonio Mendez:

• History.Com: Cold War Summary https://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/cold-war-history
• JFK Library https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jfk/jfk-in-history/the-cold-war
• The Master of Disguise https://www.themasterofdisguise.com/
• OTS 50 Year Celebration Release: https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/DOC_0001225679.pdf
• History Network https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/172251
• True Spies Podcast: The Art of Disguise https://spyscape.com/podcast/the-art-of-disguise
• Northern Virginia Magazine article https://northernvirginiamag.com/culture/culture-features/2022/07/14/jonna-mendez-cia/
• Wired Video: Former CIA Operative Explains How Spies Use Disguises https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JASUsVY5YJ8
• Former CIA Chief of Disguise Breaks Down 30 Spy Scenes from Film & TV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUqeBMP8nEg
• Jonna Mendez’s TED Talk: “ The Life and Death Theatre of Espionage” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cza9uQiFbU4
• Another Jonna Mendez TED Talk: “Deception, Illusion, and Espionage- An Unlikely Recipe for Success”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MctMx-8lljU

Further Reading:

• Spy Museum: Sisterhood of Spies: https://www.spymuseum.org/exhibition-experiences/sisterhood-of-spies/
• Commonwealth Q&A: Jonna Mendez Inside the CIA and the Moscow Rules https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctFITH6LZ04
• Former CIA Chief of Disguise Breaks Down Cold War Spy Gadgets https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DD841NmJbjM
• Meet the Real CIA Agent Behind Argo- Tony Mendez https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUoP3-a17bM
• Secret Agent’s Handbook: The WWII Spy Manual of Devices, Disguises, Gadgets, and Concealed Weapons: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5981526-secret-agent-s-handbook