The greatest spy operation in business history wasn’t run by the CIA—it was run by Walt Disney....to Create Walt Disney World
In 1963, Walt Disney flew over a Florida swamp and saw more than just land; he saw the site for a "City of Tomorrow." But to build it, he had to pull off an impossible heist: buying 27,000 acres of land without anyone knowing it was him.
In this episode, we go behind the scenes of "Project Future" to reveal:
-The Shell Game: How Disney used fake companies like "M.T. Lott" to hide his tracks.
-The CIA Connection: The real-life fixer with ties to the Bay of Pigs who helped secure the land.
-The Sentinel Investigation: How a single reporter, Emily Bavar, caught Walt in a lie and blew the secret wide open.
-The Bonnet Creek Hole: The one piece of land Disney couldn't buy, and why it’s still a "hole in the map" today.
-This is the story of how Walt Disney built a Magic Kingdom with its own Government from a swamp using secrecy, deception, and a staggering amount of nerve.
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