Although it is not the first place you would think of having a spy pedigree - Chicago, Illinois, smack dab in the middle of the United States, does have a few notable spy connections. Over a few posts I will discuss some of the real and fictional spies we’ve seen in Chicago. True spy stories …
One of my favorite podcasts of recent years was something called "The Riddle of the Sands Adventure Club." Hosted by Lloyd Shepherd and Tim Wright, the podcast and accompanying website did a deep dive into The Riddle of the Sands by Erskine Childers, a book that is arguably the first modern spy novel and what I …