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Forbidden Diary: True WWII Prison Survival Story

By: Sai Mun Gani Productions
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  • (NEW! You can now binge all of Season One and Season Two at www.storiestovoice.com/fd-listen and www.storiestovoice.com/fd-listen-1942.) 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 story of body and mind from 1942 to 1945. Under the watchful eyes of Japanese guards, the prisoners set up their own society while constantly scrounging for food—often aided by heroic Filipinos. Japanese commandants and homesick soldiers filtered in and out of camp as guerrillas on the outside fought to take back the Philippines. The first two commandants were civilians plucked from town, the third a remarkable Japanese officer with whom the prisoners found common ground, and the last a demoted lieutenant who was “a real S.O.B.” Natalie’s diary is a fascinating, real-life view of wartime captivity and a gripping tale of courage, tenacity, and hope.

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  • Prologue: The Story Behind the Story

    Prologue: The Story Behind the Story
    Jan 7 2022

    Listen to the prologue if you want to hear about the background of the book, "Forbidden Diary," upon which this audio drama is based.

    NEW FEATURE: For binge listeners, SEASON ONE is now at www.storiestovoice.com/fd-listen. Hear all six episodes in Season One without the recaps and epilogues.

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    4 mins
  • 1941 - Episode 1: On Pins and Needles in Baguio

    1941 - Episode 1: On Pins and Needles in Baguio
    Feb 1 2022

    It’s December 1941, and the Philippines is in Japan’s crosshairs. They’ve invaded China, Korea, and French Indochina. Will the Philippines be next? If so, when? In the town of Baguio, nestled in the mountains on the Philippine Island of Luzon, Jerry and Natalie Crouter wait and watch along with everyone else, wondering what’s going to happen next.

    NEW! You can now binge all of Season One without the recaps and epilogues. Go to www.storiestovoice.com/fd-listen.

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    25 mins
  • 1941 - Episode 2: The Second Pearl Harbor

    1941 - Episode 2: The Second Pearl Harbor
    Feb 2 2022

    Jerry and Natalie see the first bombing of the Philippines from their back door, but no one downtown seems to know about it. Soon the situation becomes all too real for everyone as the Japanese continue to bomb Baguio. Jerry hears disconcerting news about Clark Field.

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    21 mins
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worth the wait

this story is interesting and intriguing the only down side is waiting so long for each episode to come out.

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