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# The Case of the Treasonous Doll Spy
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/mossbacks-northwest-2/episode/the-case-of-the-treasonous-doll-spy-zib6by/
- Published: 2025-10-29T21:47:28.000Z
- Updated: 2025-10-29T22:00:15.000Z
- Description: The biggest espionage case of WWII was a doll dealer who spied on shipyards for the enemy.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Mossback's Northwest, Season 11, Episode 4, #ZZZ_Episode_dc9a770b-ddeb-46fe-b3fe-9d04360e1913, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_50744e68-2011-417f-9f73-f880b010d33f, #v1.16

The most shocking espionage case of WWII involved a woman, Velvalee Dickinson, who spied on Northwest shipyards for the Japanese. She sent letters to the enemy that contained coded messages involving exotic dolls. That is, until she was caught by another woman: a codebreaker who had already disrupted rum-runners and smuggling rings during Prohibition.