Agent TRIGON and the Widow Spy | True Life Spy Stories
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This is the story of Alexander Dmitrievich Ogorodnik, a mid-level Soviet diplomat turned CIA spy. Ogorodnik was a Soviet diplomat who was recruited to spy on the Soviet Union while stationed in Bogotá, Colombia. Codenamed Agent Trigon, he was later transferred to the Soviet Foreign Ministry in Moscow where he photographed secret diplomatic cables and requested a suicide pill from the CIA in case he was caught.
His handler, Martha 'Marti' Peterson was the first female CIA case officer to operate within Moscow. At the height of the Cold War, she had the daunting task of running one of the CIA's most valuable spy prospects.
Agent Trigon was ultimately betrayed by a CIA translator and arrested by the KGB.
What happened next is a story that not even the best spy authors could come up with...
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My favorite part of the Cold War are all of the crazy spy stories like this. Great job!
A fact not mentioned in the video is that Ogorodnik sadly never met his daughter, Alejandra Suárez Barcala, whom he fathered with his mistress in Colombia, Pilar Suárez Barcala. After Alejandra discovered her father's identity, she wrote a book about him, including details contained in a memoir that Ogorodnik wrote and gave to Pilar.
Thanks for bring this to light. I am Alejandra Suárez, Ogorodnik‘s daughter. He never met me but neither he knew my mother was pregnant
@@alejandrasuarez6929 hey where do u live now ? Russia or columbia ?
@@alejandrasuarez6929 thank you for sharing! I hope I did your father's story justice.
@@PhilipThompson Thanks!
@@akashthakur4489 Neither. Spain. Though my parents met in Colombia my mother is Spanish and I was born here
"Trigon died his own way -- a hero."
Well, it depends on your POV. To some Petlyura, Bandera and Zelensky are heroes.
@@tatianalyulkin410 when your Russian army is stopped in its tracks by a third world country using third class nato second hands, you can still hate and lie on UA-cam.. Isn't the Internet great?
@@tatianalyulkin410and for some people Prigozhin and his criminals are heroes too. 😅😅😅😅
Once again, a wonderful piece! Love how you effortlessly merge different found footage material and original photographs and footage… you‘re putting in the works for sure! Hope this will pay off. Brilliant content. I will definitely spread the word.
Eminently watchable.
Your detail quality is unmatched. Keep them coming and this channel will go far.
Thank you!
Thanks so much for this tribute to my dad
You are most welcome. Thank you for watching. I was so surprised to see your comment on my video this morning!
Bruh why u helping a Russian sons spy bro
@@andrewsummerfield1953 Read the story before make comments like this. He was Russian but spied for CIA!
Hi Alejandra. I stumbled upon this story about your father and find it fascinating though sad. Wish I could understand your interviews I came across here on UA-cam. Espionage and history are always interesting, and learning about the people who were involved makes it even more so.
To me it’s a story, but for you it’s part of your history, your life.
Best wishes to you.
This channel is great!! Glad I found it
Hey, I just wanted to say how much I appreciate your content! Please keep it up and continue putting out du h marvellous videos, I am most certain that this channel will blow up very shortly
Thank you Hans, I really appreciate your feedback! I have plans for many more videos, the thing is finding time to make them...
i had the privilege of meeting her twice when I was in college. The most respectable intelligence officer in our history.
She's quite fluent in " French ". Even the KGB officers themselves were impressed. Like I said- the lady is my hero.
That KGB guy she fought with was sent to the hospital
@@tmts9633 Her cover was blew up. she was expelled from Russia. Her CIA carrier was ruined..
@@yuri.moiseyev no, it wasn't. This was a badge of honor for her and she is a legend
@@tmts9633 haha.. you're either a liar or you don't know what you are talking about.... Her cover was blown up... No career at CIA
@@yuri.moiseyev Comrade, she worked for the Agency until 2003. Just cuz your cover is blown, doesn't mean your career is over. read her book
You would think the CIA chief would have taken his agents concern seriously. And a mark on a street sign in a totalitarian country seems like such a bad idea. I suppose they were desperate for something, anything. Or compromised.
These people live on a different level of reality. Entire sections of your life devoted to deceit and ruthlessness.
Yes. You’re right….frightening to live under pressure…..yikes😊
Crushed it. Keep it up!
There is a lot more to this incident than has ever been reported.
I have heard a couple of stories like this where the agent requested a cyanide pill and the US initially denied it. This is absurd. These agents KNEW the torture they would receive if caught and how horrible and drawn out it would be. The CIA should have asked an agent very early in the relationship if they WANTED the pill. It should NEVER have been the US decision but the person who was risking his life and maybe the life of his family.
well, unlike you, i guess they never thought it out
A story beautifully and succinctly told!
Your spy videos are awesome!
Thank you!
Excellent spy documentary! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏😉 fantastic detail and very professionally produced 👍👍
Thank you! Feedback like this is really appreciated!
Fascinating to learn more about Trigon after first hearing this from Marti's perspective!
Good information.
We need more heroes like that❤
never thought that such a story would begin in my country
I am fascinated by spy stories.
Could we have one on Shadrin ?
Thanks for the suggestion! I will cover as many spy stories as possible, so will definitely add Shadrin to the list for a future video.
Shadrin? Why don't I remember this name? Some star pupil of John Barron's I am.
No mannnn... Very interesting video, but way to short. Thank you very much for all your postings. It's very interesting.. Keep up the good work......
This would make a great movie.
I love all the gadgets, very cool!
I've never heard of cyanide being painless before, is that true?
I've heard that it suffocates you- not painless! But I'm not sure of the truth.
A little googling says that it causes extreme pain for a few seconds and then you lose consciousness with death occurring in a minute or two.
Later Soviets made a feature film "TASS reports..." (TASS is the Soviet news agency) that was loosely based on this story.
Yes I came across that in my research.. Would be keen to try and track it down!
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here are some ideas for stories, as you follow some old hints and flesh them out very good: Richard Sorge and therefore Ursula Kuczynski and Alexander Radó. or in the timeline before that how about the Lucy spy ring... thank you for the content, love to dive into your stuff and read up on the inputs
It took me a second to realise the accent isnt American or British....its home 🇿🇦. Keep up the good work.
Yes. A South African accent indeed! Who is the narrator?
It's certainly not Yankee American
Fantastic treatment and delivery of the material Also really lekker to hear a saffer accent on yoochoob!
She is my hero!
Is this the agent described in a Wired video by a former CIA Chief from years ago? I remember her recounting an incident of a compromised asset being confronted in his apartment. She said that he admitted he had been found out and wished to write his confession on the condition that he could use his own pen. Her words still stick out vividly in my mind- "He was dead before he hit the floor."
Very interesting. What is the beautifull music please (2:00)?
Is there a way you could do a piece about Pacepa?
I will see if I can fit his story in one of my upcoming videos.. Thanks for the suggestion!
@@PhilipThompson that's kind of you, thank you
"While trigon did not hold the top position..."
No, well, it'd have been QUITE the coup if the CIA managed to recruit Brezhnev as a double agent!
Recruit his eyebrows
Moral of story? Trust your instincts (even when you're the CIA).
Have not had that problem yet😉
Whatever happened to Colombian mistress' love child? Good 4 update
it's terrible the learning curve - for escaping a california parking lot.
The SA accent is the best. Make us proud. Please don't use voiceovers
How does anyone know that's really what happened to him?
Not seeing how there was any complications.
Anyone who sells out his country primarily for his OWN Financial gains is hardly a hero, regardless of which country he serves.
No government is worth protecting, much less dying for. He's no hero simply from the fact that he conspired with not one corrupt, cancerous tumor on humanity, but two of them simultaneously. The notion of loyalty to a country is misguided; rather, one should only remain loyal to the way of life that best befits them, whether that be tied to a particular region or not.
She wouldn't have been questioned at the Lubyanka. They moved buildings at least 6 years before this event.
Got an episode on Wallace?
Cos you know….
Devastating story of what conflict causes people to experience. If only conflict didn't arise to place such unnatural pressure on people. Sad story. No winners. People died almost for zero reason. Poor Russian ogarov
Ppl have needs in their long hours of work 😅😅😅
What!? Cyanide is neither instantaneous nor painless. It is exactly the opposite.
Hilarious, Trigon was always with the Russians, he took her out.
Fucking games. Will it never end?
I doubt TRIGON bit the pill in 1977. Oh he bit the cyanide pill, just not in 1977. However I could be wrong. That's all I will say on this subject.
@@bfc3057 Thank you doctor.
algorithm
Nick? and his engaged recruit? Trouble with the fiancé??
Justin Allison, looks like.
Peter Strzok's kid.
Peter Strzok's the guy in Good Will Hunting and Pirates I'd the Caribbean as Will Turner's dad.
I forget his name.
Isn’t it BO-go-ta, not bo-GO-ta?
Sad
How much better is it now, the Chinese can just call our president and get anything they want.
He died a traitor, not a hero.
Depends on your perspective I suppose...
@@PhilipThompson True.
@@PhilipThompson It has nothing to do with perspectives. Those who break their oaths, betray their co-workers, are traitors.
No cyanide for me I keep my head up
“Devastated by the loss” he was an asset all these people are sociopaths
No matter the cause a traitor who betrays their home country for money will never be a hero.
It was not for money. He wanted to discover the world the the big lie of communism
Snitches always deserve contempt.
The only true traitor and failure as a human being is one who betrays themselves, their partner and children.
You guys contradict yourselves too. Because the whole concept of "no snitching" is based on a perception of the police and government and state as a whole as nefarious opponents.
And this fear is most well founded in dictatorships like the USSR. Yet you guys imply that a soviet citizen must be devoted and work for the very state that oppresses them ? No matter what?
As someone who was born in USSR, it doesn’t deserve the loyalty of its citizens.
Freedom has a price 🤑
On a completely different subject. Has anyone ever come close to cracking that cia puzzle statue? I know they said if you crack it they would recruit said person.
Three have been, the last of kryptos hasn’t been.
@@mynamedoesntmatter8652 I tried Kryptos last part for a month, thought was close but not :)
CIA would not recruit someone who can break code....that would be the NSA's realm
Ogorodnik used first poisionous pen to kill his Russian wife
Even if that's true, long as he was providing good information, who cares
Paramilitary operations? Kind of like " Wagner " ?
I think he was trying to say on a polite way that he was an CIA operative.
Probably a very informative video, but I can't make out what the narrator is saying over the overly loud "background" music. I'm sorry.
Ogorodondnik was a pitiful choice of agents
K or more than 1 k ?
Stuka
Whirlwind
A Female Zog!! She should be proud of herself
Are you From south African
So obvious
It will always amaze me that the Russians /Soviets/Russians have and continue to invest SO MUCH into the Arts of Deception to further their ideas and folly.
To me, the only thing that surpass them are the religious folk who do the same on a much more gigantic scale.
Its always take me to a James Bond line from The Spy Who Loved Me-All that feathers and he still can't fly.
The Imperial Russiann Empire, the massive Soviet Union/Bloc couldnt be saved and the exact same will happen to the Russian Federation.
Lies, Fraud, Deception takes one to defeat, but don't worry telling Russians that, they think it's essential for their survival.
Cope Amerimutt
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If he's hero then who rated him out is a hero aswell.
Был везде.жил хорошо.предавать ему было не нужно и не выгодно
Maybe he wanted the same for his countrymen?
He didn’t need to do it, he wanted to do it for his countrymen. That is why my dad was a hero
Ему не нужно было этого делать, он хотел сделать это для своих соотечественников. Вот почему мой папа был героем
@@peterl3417 That’s right!
Почему не выгодно? Ради денег все и начиналось.
The simp. A more fitting title.
how is he a hero ?
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A hero, a traitor.
Heroes' motivation is somewhat loftier than money
Although your videos/tales of spies are interesting, referring to them as heroes is baloney.
One man's hero is another man's traitor.
You have such a unique accent
music way too loud, otherwise it looks good, i couldnt focus on it to watch it
Ok wait. Her husband died in an accident ath few months prior she accepted a new position? Like as in going back to work which can actually wait? Wow, that lady has a way of healing wounds super fast .. unless of course loosing the husband wasnt a big deal. This is when I switched to another video. Have fun...
ultrelasherpa6457 Her husband didn't die in an "accident" he piloting a small aircraft when he was shot down by a Soviet made AK47. This played a large part in her decision to become an operative.
A Hero 🤮🤢🤮