The Zigzag Spy — The Bravado of Eddie Chapman

Send us Fan MailEpisode Title: The Zigzag Spy — The Bravado of Eddie ChapmanSeason 1, Episode 2 — The Spies & Secret WarsHe was a safecracker. A criminal. A man who had escaped custody twice before the war even started. When Germany occupied Jersey in 1940, he didn't wait to be liberated — he approached the Abwehr and offered to spy for Nazi Germany.They trained him for over a year. Radio operation. Sabotage. Parachute insertion. Document forgery. In December 1942, they dropped him into Cambridgeshire with orders to destroy one of Britain's most important aircraft factories.Within twenty-four hours, he walked into a British police station and offered to work for Britain instead.Eddie Chapman — code name Zigzag — went on to pull off one of the most audacious deception operations of the entire war. The Germans trusted him so completely they awarded him the Iron Cross. He was working to destroy them from the moment he landed.In this episode, Amanda and Harry unwind the extraordinary story of the man who deceived both sides — and somehow came out the other end.Send your thoughts and story ideas to [email protected] us at www.beststorypublishing.com