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Forbidden Diary: True WWII Prison Survival Story episodes
- 1944, Part 2 - Episode 28: Mata Itsu no Hi ka, Tomibe-San (NEW EPISODE!)
The prisoners say farewell to the beneficent Tomibe-san as the unstable and mercurial Lt. Oura takes over as Camp Holmes’ Commandant. Miss McKim and Tomibe-san say a poignant goodbye.
The upcoming episodes for Season Four, Part Two are the following:
Episode 29: It Won’t be Long Now
Episode 30: Many Happy Returns
Episode 31: Stormy Weather
Episode 32: All I Want for Christmas
Episode 33: Road TripTo see the Forbidden Diary cast, go to www.storiestovoice.com/fd-cast.
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44 min - 1944, Part 1 - Episode 27: The Wise Prince
Natalie hosts Japanese class in her underground cubicle. Mr. Tomibe struggles to stop the name calling in Camp. The Crouters fight over food. Natalie helps Nida. High Command punishes Mr. Tomibe.
The audio of children singing A Sailor Went to Sea is courtesy of the 14th Henrietta Street Museum, Dublin, Ireland. https://14henriettastreet.ie.
To see the Forbidden Diary cast, go to www.storiestovoice.com/fd-cast.
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50 min - 1944, Part 1 - Episode 26: Going Underground
Natalie pitches a very public fit over people rejecting family living and finds herself having to explain why to Bedie. The Crouters and other families dig living spaces under the barracks. Mr. Tomibe reads a story to Miss McKim’s Japanese class.
To see the Forbidden Diary cast, go to www.storiestovoice.com/fd-cast.
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39 min - 1944, Part 1 - Episode 25: Consequences
The Kempeitai interrogate and torture three internees (Gene, Bill and Jim) whom they suspect of helping Wick and Ritchie escape. Mr. Tomibe intercedes and rescues them. Nida, Auntie and Jorge talk about Filipinos being tortured in town. Mr. Tomibe gives Jim a poignant gift.
To see the Forbidden Diary cast, go to www.storiestovoice.com/fd-cast.
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44 min - 1944, Part 1 - Episode 24: No Good Deed
Mr. Tomibe allows a couple to get married in Camp and tries to improve life for prisoners while following High Command’s draconian rules. Japanese soldiers are upset about the prisoners’ bad manners, and Mr. Tomibe implores prisoners not to escape.
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39 min - 1944, Part 1 - Episode 23: Internment-itus
Mr. Tomibe tries to help prisoners get food from the outside and allows married couples to live together. Natalie is dumbstruck that half of the Camp is against Mr. Tomibe's Family Unit Plan. Letters from home finally arrive, and Peg gets a special surprise.
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33 min - 1944, Part 1 - Episode 22: Back to the Bad Old Days
Prisoner escapes and worries about MacArthur returning to the Philippines and has High Command clamping down on internment camps, sending new rules that Mr. Tomibe must enforce. Prisoners learn more about Mr. Tomibe. Nida hears news about her husband Ismael.
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45 min - 1944, Part 1 - Episode 21: Heroic Medicine
June becomes deathly ill. More Red Cross packages are distributed, including medical packages with a new medical supply called plasma which Camp doctors try on June. A new invention saves the day, an internee dies, and Mr. Tomibe expressed his deep condolences.
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45 min - 1944, Part 1 - BINGE Season Four (Episodes 21 - 27)
Includes all seven episodes in Season Four, Part One, without the recaps.
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4 hr 43 min - 1943 - Episode 20 Epilogue: Interview with MacArthur Memorial Archivist
Archivist and historian Jim Zobel tells riveting stories about what was going on outside of Camp Holmes during the last half of 1943. Jim talks about MacArthur’s covert operations to rescue civilians, keep Filipinos on the side of the Americans, and destroy the Japanese occupation economy. Zobel offers insights into why the guards at Camp Holmes thought Japan was losing the War as early as 1943 and which rumors circulating around Camp were actually true.
You can view paintings and sketches drawn by people who were interned with Natalie by clicking See Pictures under the episode descriptions at www.storiestovoice.com/fd-listen-1943.
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About Forbidden Diary: True WWII Prison Survival Story
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Audio-drama based on a WWII diary written by Natalie Crouter during her internment in a Japanese prison camp in the Philippines.
Three weeks after the first bombings of the Philippines…
on December 8, 1941, Natalie, her family, and 500 civilians were marched at gunpoint to a deserted U.S. military post (Season One: 1941). Thus began their survival of body and mind from 1942 to 1945. Natalie’s story is a fascinating, real-life view of wartime captivity and a gripping tale of courage, tenacity, and hope.
Included are interviews with Jim Zobel, historian and archivist at the MacArthur Memorial in Norfolk, VA, and Curt Brooks who was interned in a civilian prison in Manila during WWII.
The cover art incorporates a sketch entitled, "The Double Fence," by Fern Harrington Miles. To read about Fern and other prison artists interned with Natalie, go to www.storiestovoice.com/fd-artist-credits.
Original artifacts, prison art and Natalie's original diary entry, can be viewed by going to www.storiestovoice.com/fd-listen and clicking on See Pictures. You can also see the Forbidden Diary cast by going to www.storiestovoice.com/fd-cast.