It was 1985, the so-called “Year of the Spy”. The CIA had been losing Soviet assets left and right; the first loss seemed like bad luck, but four in a row? That wasn't a coincidence— it was a deadly leak. And just as the Agency was scrambling to find answers, across the world, a KGB colonel named Vitaly Yurchenko walked into the American embassy in Rome and volunteered his services in exchange for immediate exfiltration to the United States.At the time, Yurchenko was the highest-ranked KGB officer ever to defect to America, and the Agency felt it had hit the jackpot. Instead, his defection would go on to become one of the most dizzying, high-stakes espionage debacles of the last century. Although many of his bombshell revelations were bonafide, a doubt soon began haunting the intelligence community: Was Vitaly Yurchenko telling the whole truth? And if not... What had he been sent to hide?Listen Now on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.
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The Way Forward |Chapter 10
As Sean hears more witness interviews corroborating one of investigators main theories, he learns new information that could change the entire investigation. Don't forget to follow Sean's new podcast How It All Went South at link.chtbl.com/howitallwentsouth
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The Silence is Deafening | Chapter 9
Sean hears the taped confessions of several key players in the case, and new light is shined on what might have happened the night Justin disappeared.
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Sè Precavido (Be Cautious) | Chapter 8
The most explosive information yet comes to light, and it leaves Sean questioning if he should continue on or not.
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The Frayed Ends | Chapter 7
Sean looks at numerous other theories surrounding Justin's disappearance. What if investigators have had it wrong all this time?
In the early morning hours of November 2, 2007, Justin Gaines walked out of a popular nightclub on the outskirts of Atlanta, Georgia and was never seen again. The investigation into Gaines' disappearance quickly went cold and remained so until 2015, when a man confessed to taking part in his murder. Though this detailed confession described what happened to Justin Gaines, who was involved, and where his body was placed, no arrest has ever been made. Host Sean Kipe digs into this story to find out what really happened to Justin Gaines and tries to make sense of the still ongoing investigation. But as Sean gets deeper, he finds himself in an underworld of drugs, money, and murder.
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