{"podcast":{"title":"Codename Badger","slug":"codename-badger-7620345","podcast_index_feed_id":7620345,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/69385738e521382d957faaf6","website_url":"https://alwaystruecrime.komi.io/","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/69385738e521382d957faaf6/1765364591367-b7ae77d1-01c4-44d3-ba8d-28cb26cd555e.jpeg","author":"Audio Always","episode_count":10,"summary":"In 1955 young army major Robbie Mills dies, disembarking a submarine docked at Torbay Harbour in Devon. His superiors say he was drinking and slipped from the gangplank in inclement weather. His widow, Josephine, has no reason to disbelieve them. But within weeks a man knocks on her door. He introduces himself as Captain John Cottell, and he tells Josephine that Robbie’s death was no accident, and Robbie was a spy. It’s a meeting that will change Josephine’s life forever. Now journalists Eugene Henderson and Andy Clark help Josephine’s daughter Nicky solve a mystery that has spanned five decades. Who was John Cottell? And what really happened to her father? Episode's out weekly from Tuesday 20th January. For more true crime that you'll be obsessed with head to AlwaysTrueCrime.com . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-20T04:18:28.910342+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/codename-badger-7620345"},"episode":{"title":"Bonus: The Making Of Codename Badger","slug":"bonus-the-making-of-codename-badger","published_at":"2026-03-03T01:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/codename-badger-7620345/bonus-the-making-of-codename-badger","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/codename-badger-7620345","url":"https://audioalways.lnk.to/alwaystruecrime","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/69385738e521382d957faaf6/e/696fa53d5e25e3a6c0c9e6cb/media.mp3","summary":"In this bonus episode of Codename Badger, presenter Eugene Henderson and producer Andy Clark go behind the scenes of the podcast’s creation. Hear additional details from the investigation that didn’t make it into the main series. They discuss how they first uncovered the story of John Cottell, the challenges of researching a case that spanned more than 70 years, and how they shaped decades of mystery, deception, and evidence into a six part series. Plus, psychologist Dr Drew Curtis, an expert in lying and deception, explores how the falsehoods at the heart of the story were able to endure for so long, and why so many people believed them. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"In this bonus episode of Codename Badger, presenter Eugene Henderson and producer Andy Clark go behind the scenes of the podcast’s creation. Hear addition…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2034,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/codename-badger-7620345/episodes/bonus-the-making-of-codename-badger/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/codename-badger-7620345/bonus-the-making-of-codename-badger.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}