Cabin 13: A True Crime Podcast
Welcome to Cabin 13: A True Crime Podcast. This isn’t like any summer camp you’ve ever been to; here in Cabin 13 we discuss murders, mayhem, mysteries, and the occasional mosquito bites. Co-hosts and camp counselors Devin and Julie invite you to join them for true crime stories (new, old, fresh, and cold) around the campfire.
Cabin 13: A True Crime Podcast
Case 026: USA v. Jonathan and Diana Toebbe
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December 20, 2020. An attaché to the FBI took custody of a package that had been sent to a foreign government. This mailing contained restricted documents belonging to the United States Navy.
The unidentified sender of these documents had two goals: the first was to establish a covert relationship with this foreign government. The second was to sell classified information regarding nuclear-powered submarines.
What sounds like the beginning of a spy movie was in reality much more mundane: a very smart couple doing very stupid things.
Art
"Brown Wooden House" by Johannes Plenio
Music
"Tumbleweed Texas" by Chris Haugen
Sources
- “How a Mom & Dad Nuclear Spy Couple Used Sock Codes & Peanut Butter ‘Dead Drops’” by Caroline Byrne, spyscape.com.
- “Diana Toebbe: Harsher sentence for wife of spy convicted in US” by BBC News.
- “Maryland Nuclear Engineer and Wife Sentenced for Espionage-Related Offenses” by the Department of Justice (justice.gov)
- “Judge Gives Long Sentence to Couple Who Tried to Sell Submarine Secrets” by Julian E. Barnes, The New York Times.
- “Wife of Navy nuclear engineer in spy case pleads guilty” by Caitlin Yilek and Robert Legare, CBS News.
- “The FBI is still looking for a trove of nuclear sub secrets in an espionage case” by Ryan Lucas, KUOW.
- “U.S. naval engineer charged with submarine espionage to remain in jail” by Jan Wolfe, Reuters.
- “Couple accused in submarine espionage case indicted” by The Associated Press.
- “The Pathetic Details at the Heart of the Suburban Couple Spy Case” by Fred Kaplan, Slate.
- “Spies next door? The suburban US couple accused of espionage” by Edward Helmore, The Guardian.
- “Diana Toebbe & Jonathan Toebbe: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know” by Tom Cleary, heavy.com.
- “United States of America v. Jonathan Toebbe and Diana Toebbe” by the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia (justice.gov)