About this episode

The episode explores the story of a Czechoslovak spy who deceives a mother into believing he is her long-lost son while being pursued by MI5.

It’s the mid-1980s and the Czechoslovak spy living posing as Erwin van Haarlem has spent years convincing the mother of the real Erwin that he is her long-lost son. Now his deception faces a new threat: Britain’s Security Service MI5 are on his tail. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Topics covered

• espionage
• Czechoslovak spy
• deception
• MI5
• cold war
• identity theft

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: MI5

Places: Czechoslovakia

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