The Czech Spy Who Stole a Son | The Kidnap | 1

About this episode

The episode explores the story of a teenager forced to give up her baby and the ensuing conflict with a mother searching for her son, intertwined with espionage activities of the Czechoslovak secret police.

When a teenager is made to give up her baby, Czechoslovak secret police service the StB spot a chance to create a rock-solid fake identity for one of its deep-cover 'illegal' spies. But its spy is about to end up on a collision course with a mother seeking her long-lost son. 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
• identity theft
• family
• Czechoslovakia
• secret police
• kidnapping

Keywords

• Czechoslovak secret police
• spy
• identity
• kidnap
• mother
• teenager
• baby
• espionage

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Czechoslovak secret police service

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