Welcome to Spies Part Three with special guests Weird Distractions Podcast! This week we get weird with spy gadgets and random with American Revolution spy rings!

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Sources

• BBC History website -The Mirror website article – When spies lose the plot: The most bizarre operations and plans dreamed up by spooks – By: Tom Parry – December 28t, 2013 -Hackeducation.com website article – Pigeons, Operant Conditioning, and Social Control – By: Audrey Watters – June 15th, 2018 -Buzzfeed article – 21 Top Secret Devices from the Dangerous World of Spies – by: Gabriel H. Sanchez – no date posted -Flickr website – NOW DC post – Tree Stump Listening Device -National Geographic Kids website -The Wired website article – “Oh, those movie spies and their cyanide pill” – By: Deborah Blum – April 20th, 2013 -History on the Net article – “8 Amazing Spy Gadgets Used During the Cold War” – by: Scott Rank
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• https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/american-revolution-history
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