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# Extended Cut: The Case of the Treasonous Doll Spy
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/mossbacks-northwest-2/extras/extended-cut-the-case-of-the-treasonous-doll-spy-gwwymu/
- Published: 2026-03-24T18:00:35.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-25T12:30:11.000Z
- Description: Co-hosts Knute Berger and Stephen Hegg explore the story of WWII’s “Doll Spy.”
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Mossback's Northwest, #ZZZ_Show_50744e68-2011-417f-9f73-f880b010d33f, #v1.7, #ZZZ_Extra_15744b96-7b43-4dc2-b9b5-1249644fbbe5, #extra

One of the oddest cases of WWII espionage involved a woman, Velvalee Dickinson, who spied on Northwest shipyards for the Japanese. How did she do it? By writing coded letters about dolls. Mossback co-hosts dig into Dickinson’s story, how she was ultimately caught by the U.S.’s first female cryptanalyst and the Northwest’s unique role in international spy games throughout the 20th century.