The program starts with a brief trailer, presenting the story,

before starting the full audiodrama...

I hope you have a good show, thanks in advance for listening.

References (some):

LIANG, Jiashuo. A History of Japan’s Unit 731 and Implications for

Modern Biological Warfare. Advances in Social Science, Education

and Humanities Research, v. 673. Atlantis Press, 2022.

PBS. The Living Weapon: Shiro Ishii. Link: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/weapon-biography-shiro-ishii.

Accessed: January 2025.

RIDER, Dwight R. Japan’s Biological and Chemical Weapons Programs;

War Crimes and Atrocities – Who’s Who, What’s What, Where’s Where.

1928 – 1945. 3rd ed., 2018 [“In Process” version].

Credits of audio used — in order of appearance (or

“listenance”):

Kulakovka / Pixabay – Lost in Dreams (abstract chill downtempo

cinematic future beats).

BBC Sound Effects – Aircraft: Beaufighters - Take off. (Bristol

Beaufighter, World War II); Army: Parade Ground Manoeuvres -

Platoon strolls single-file on parade ground; Weather: Snow -

Blizzard - heard inside house, with banging shutters; Footsteps In

Snow - Footsteps in snow, 3 men departing; Water - Filling metal

bucket from pond and pouring water on to concrete.

florianreichelt / Freesound ¬– quick woosh.

Thalamus_Lab / Freesound – Vertical Noise_Chinese Folk Duo Decay.

neolein / Freesound – Mystic chinese guzheng.

BBC Sound Effects again – World War 2 - Enemy artillery (World War

II actuality) - 1975 (500S); Aircraft: Beaufighters - Exterior,

steep climb. (Bristol Beaufighter, World War II).

JamesFarrell_97 / Freesound – Game Theme.

Luke100000 / Freesound – turning old pages.

BBC Sound Effects – Sirens & Gunfire - World War II Air Raid

Siren, German, all clear sounded.

Gvidon / Pixabay – Spinning Head.

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If you'd like the script to read

(along with a few other things, like the Audacity

project), you can obtain the text at the production's page on

Archive.org:

https://archive.org/details/the-prisioner-of-unit-731-audiodrama-final

* As a post-show extra: you can listen to

the producer's motivation

for producing this story on ep. 4313.

hpr4313 :: Why I made a 1-episode podcast about a war story:

https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr4313/index.html