94: Michael Goleniewski: Abandoned by the West

This week we’re continuing our theme of spies and espionage this month with a cold war story about not just a double agent, but a triple agent who shared secrets back and forth across the Iron Curtain, before being abandoned by the west and written out of cold war history for decades. He even claimed to have a connection to the former Russian Imperial Family who were executed in 1918. This is the story of Michael Goleniewski, the spy who was abandoned by the West. FURTHER READING: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Goleniewski (Michael Goleniewski) https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/23/spy-who-got-the-cold-shoulder-how-the-west-abandoned-its-star-defector (Spy who got the cold shoulder: how the west abandoned its star defector) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56348434-the-spy-who-would-be-tsar (The Spy Who Would Be Tsar: The Mystery of Michal Goleniewski and the Far-Right Underground by Kevin Coogan) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55515923-the-spy-who-was-left-out-in-the-cold (The Spy who was left out in the Cold: The Secret History of Agent Goleniewski) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/155206.The_Romanovs (The Romanovs: The Final Chapter by Robert K. Massie) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Blake (George Blake) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Houghton (Harry Houghton) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatoliy_Golitsyn (Anatoliy Golitsyn) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanov_impostors (Romanov Impostors) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Europe-blocs-49-89x4.svg/1024px-Europe-blocs-49-89x4.svg.png (Eastern Bloc Graphic) ----------------------------------------------- https://square-mile-of-murder.captivate.fm/listen (Like the show? Give us a rating and review!) Join our Patreon: https://patreon.com/squaremileofmurder (Patreon) Check out our merch store: https://squaremileofmurder.store/ (Square Mile of Murder Merch) Use code SPYMAS20 for 20% off until December 24th Get our newsletter: https://squaremileofmurder.com/newsletter (Newsletter)