Most of us, hearing words like “secret,” “CIA” and “coverup” tend to immediately imagine tinfoil-hat wearing conspiracy theorists. More often than not then not, this is the case, but to paraphrase the ...

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In Kelly Rimmer’s The German Wife (Graydon House), the author crafts a story around the true circumstances of Operation Paperclip, a post-WWII intelligence program that employed former Nazis in the ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: While the immense German investment in military capabilities drove some innovation, it also drew funding away from basic research and civilian applications. Before the ...

After WWII, the world’s most dangerous secrets scattered to hidden corners of the Earth. From Byrd’s sealed files in Antarctica and nuclear tests near the South Pole, to Argentina becoming a Nazi ...