During World War II, the Nazis were terrified of a mysterious female spy that they called "The Limping Lady." Hundreds of posters with her face were plastered in every major French city, and yet she managed to slip by undetected.
This was Virginia Hall: An American spy living in Nazi-occupied France.
She walked with a limp on her prosthetic leg called "Cuthbert".
Even with her disability, she still managed to orchestra jailbreaks for POW's, run resistance newspapers, and get vital information back to the Allies.
Even Klaus Barbie, The Butcher of Lyon, considered her to be one of the most dangerous Allied spies, and he was on a personal mission to hunt her down.
So, who was Virginia Hall, and how did she become one of the most successful spies in all of her history?
Virginia Hall was born on April 6, 1906, in Baltimore, Maryland.
Her father, Edwin Lee Hall, was an entrepreneur who helped to run banks and movie theaters in the city.
Her mother, Barbara, was hired to be his secretary, and they fell in love.
Virginia had one brother named John, and their family lived in a mansion in Baltimore.
