Up and Vanished - Introducing To Die For

Episode Date: April 11, 2024

Host Neil Strauss (Rolling Stone, The New York Times) brings listeners on a journey through the dark world of Russian Sexpionage where, for the first time, a professed “sex spy” tells her story. From the creators of the hit podcast To Live and Die in LA, this is To Die For. Binge all 8 episodes now. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hey, it's Payne, and I want to give you a sneak peek of our newest show from TinderFootTV. It's called To Die For, and it's hosted by Neil Strauss, who you may remember from our hit podcast To Live and Die in LA. In To Die For, Neil takes listeners inside the dark and dangerous world of Russian sex espionage, where a professed Russian-trained sex spy tells her full story for the first time. Here's the trailer. In June of 2011, I received a call from the FBI.

The caller wanted me to fly to Washington, D.C. and train several dozen intelligence agents. As a writer and journalist, I was confused. Train them in what? I asked. His answer? Seduction. I had written a book called The Game about several years I spent undercover in a secret society of seduction experts. The Game details his journey into the secret world of pickup artists. He knows how to do it. And to my complete shock, the man on the phone

informed me that the book was required reading for him and his colleagues in the FBI. In our work, where you're developing confidential human sources and recruiting spies, the understanding of how to develop quick rapport and attraction is key and critical. This is one of the agents who was present at that session and the former head of the FBI's

behavioral analysis program. He told me that if I was surprised that the American government uses seduction techniques, then just wait till I hear how far the Russian government is willing to go. As a journalist, I decided to find out and soon uncovered a ring of Russian models sent around the world with specific instructions.

All these girls were sent out into the world and they were told try to meet important men, try to attach yourself to important men. But no Russian spy was willing to talk. I will not be able to respond to this question due to a professional secret. Until today. For the first time, a military trained seduction spy tells her story and reveals how the Russian government turns sex and love into a deadly weapon. If you want to kill your target, it's easy.

You just seduce him, take him somewhere, start having sex and then he's very vulnerable so you can kill him easily. I'm Neil Strauss and from Tenderfoot TV, this is To Die For. Available now. Listen for free on Apple Podcasts. How long does it take to make someone fall in love with you?

To make someone fall in love with you? To make someone fall in love? Like completely? Three dates. Wow. Minimum hour. I need an hour. From Tinderfoot TV, binge all eight episodes of To Die For now. Listen for free on the iHeart Radio app, Apple podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.