MedCrimes: a Medical True Crime Podcast · Kate Macy and Devon Rebecca
Dr. Shiro Ishii and Unit 731; part 2
·44 min·2 clips
The man responsible for 10,000-12,000 deaths was hired to teach American officers his bioweapon techniques at Fort Detrick—and possibly used them in Korea.
As heard by us
A grim Unit 731 episode where clinical detail meets live, horrified reaction.
Unit 731's medical crimes are handled through the bodily consequences of deliberate experimentation: prisoners severely dehydrated and malnourished, wrong-type blood transfusions, and water mixed with iperite and lewisite gas.
Why you'd press play
Press play if you can handle clinical horror with a Diet Coke palate cleanser.
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