Secret Police

History Podcasts

Welcome to Secret Police! A history podcast about the world’s most brutal secret police forces. We take a deep dive into the methods that secret police use to further authoritarianism.

Episodes

German Secret Police pt. 1 Prussia & The Police Union

The Sovereignty Commission & The State of Mississippi

Chile's DINA & Augusto Pinochet

The Force Publique

The SAVAK

The Kempeitai

Bonus Episode! The Fingermen

The Tonton Macoute

The FSB DOES NOT want you to hear this ft. Kristaps Andrejsons

Russian Secret Police Summary! What Happens Next?

Russian Secret Police Pt. 11 The FSB

Russian Secret Police Pt. 10 The KGB’s Downfall

Russian Secret Police Pt. 9 Brezhnev’s KGB

Bonus Episode! Secret Police Interrogates History Impossible

Russian Secret Police Pt. 8 KGBrinksmanship

Russian Secret Police Pt. 7 The KGB: Spycraft

Russian Secret Police Pt. 6 The KGB: Khrushchev’s Rise

Bonus Episode! George Orwell’s Thought Police

Russian Secret Police Pt. 5 Beria’s NKVD

Russian Secret Police Pt. 4 The NKVD