2024-11-12
4 分钟Behind the closed doors of government offices and military compounds, are hidden stories and buried secrets from the darkest corners of history. Each week, Luke Lamana, a Marine Corp Reconnaissance Veteran, pulls back the curtain on what once was classified information exposing the secrets and lies behind the world’s most powerful institutions. From the hitmakers at Wondery and Ballen Studios, we bring you REDACTED: Declassified Mysteries with Luke Lamana. The stories are real, and the secrets are shocking. Listen Now: http://wondery.fm/REDACTED See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
My name is Luke Lamanna, and you may be asking yourself, what is this guy doing on my feed?
Well, not too long ago, my YouTube series got the attention of Ballin Studios, the team behind Mr.
Balin podcast, Strange, Dark and Mysterious Stories, and so many other great podcasts.
And together we decided to launch a brand new podcast.
It's called Declassified Mysteries, and in this show we dive deep into astonishing true stories of secrets, lies and deception inside the world's most powerful institutions.
You see, history has shown us one thing.
When you try too hard to hide something, it only makes people more curious.
After exhaustively researching how governments and military operations have cloaked their actions in secrecy, it's time to bring these stories out of the shadows.
Trust me when I tell you the stories are real and the secrets are shocking.
I'm about to play you a clip from Declassified Mysteries.
While you listen, make sure to follow the show on the Wondery app or wherever you get your podcasts.
In the summer of 1953, CIA operative Kermit Roosevelt Jr.
Paced around his office at the American Embassy in Tehran, or as he liked to call it, his battle station.
Kermit was the grandson of President Theodore Roosevelt and took real pleasure in feeling like he was in charge.
But outside the embassy, in the Iranian streets, it didn't seem like anyone was in command of anything.
Beyond the gates at the edge of the embassy compound, crowds of protesters were moving down the street, chanting anti American slogans.
What sounded like a glass bottle exploded on the street.
Kermit moved to his window and flipped the blinds shut.
Iran's government was friendly with the US in those days, but Tehran, the capital, had been in chaos for the past three days.
There had been protests and riots all over the city, and now the violence was reaching a crescendo.