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The Night The FBI Collared a Nazi Spy at the YMCA (Season 2)
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The man everyone knew as Walter Othmer, worked quietly as an electrician on Market Street near the Pryor Brown Garage. In 1944, he lived at the downtown YMCA, which offered simple, dormitory-like accommodations for guys who were new to town. He may have seemed like a regular guy –he was a thin man with wire-rimmed glasses and a very small mustache. A humble, friendly fellow who missed his wife and kid who lived back in Germany. But Walter Othmer wasn’t just another guy – he was a Nazi spy and the FBI were about to nab him.
Written by Jack Neely and read by Todd Etheridge. Sound design and editing by Pete Carty. Theme song composed by Mike Stallings.
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