The Culper Spy Ring, Part 1
Did you know the founding father commonly known as the man who could not tell a lie was responsible for the development of a network of spies during the American Revolution? General George Washington, desperate to outsmart and outmaneuver the British, deployed a series of spies to feed him the information he so desperately needed.
So just what this spy ring? What did they do? Tune in and find out.
Sources Used This Episode:
- George Washington's Secret Six: The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution by Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger
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