{"podcast":{"title":"Proof Positive","slug":"proof-positive-7769387","podcast_index_feed_id":7769387,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/PODAGEN1376325340","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/888b1f84-0357-11f1-befc-ab71d1d198c5/image/70b2158e31ae217cacd060fb38c52caa.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Daniel Torres","episode_count":108,"summary":"What happens when the official story doesn't add up? Join Daniel Torres as he picks apart the cases, scandals, and mysteries that everyone else stopped asking questions about. This isn't your typical true crime podcast — it's investigative documentary work that digs into current events, historical cover-ups, and social issues that deserve a second look. Daniel spent eight years as a freelance journalist chasing down everything from small-town corruption to corporate whistleblowers. He started this podcast because the best stories always had too many layers for a newspaper article. Now he's using that same dogged reporting to unpack the investigations that matter, the ones that got buried, and the ones that are still happening right now. Each episode is a deep dive into real documentation — court filings, leaked memos, forgotten archives. You'll hear the actual evidence, not just opinions about it. Daniel breaks down complex cases so you can understand what really went down and why it matters today. Sometimes he even convinces his neighbors to share their weird hobbies, which honestly makes for surprisingly good radio. Ready to question everything you thought you knew? Follow Proof…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-27T18:19:49.347648+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387"},"episode":{"title":"How Japan's Unit 731 Conducted Secret Medical Experiments During WWII","slug":"how-japan-s-unit-731-conducted-secret-medical-experiments-during-wwii","published_at":"2026-07-27T02:24:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387/how-japan-s-unit-731-conducted-secret-medical-experiments-during-wwii","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/PODAGEN8503093726.mp3?updated=1776260346","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/PODAGEN8503093726.mp3?updated=1776260346","summary":"What happens when doctors become monsters? In this chilling episode, Daniel Torres exposes one of WWII's darkest secrets - Japan's Unit 731, where medical researchers tortured thousands in the name of \"science.\" This isn't just history - it's a warning about what happens when ethics disappear. On Proof Positive, we uncover how Unit 731 operated with a massive $200 million budget, performing live vivisections without anesthesia and testing biological weapons on entire cities. You'll learn how researchers justified horrific experiments, discover why the US granted these war criminals immunity after Japan's surrender, and understand how scientific institutions can become instruments of terror. Daniel breaks down the psychological mechanisms that turned healers into killers and reveals uncomfortable truths about medical ethics under pressure. 📍 Chapters: [00:00] Introduction with Daniel Torres [01:30] Inside Unit 731's secret compound [04:00] The vivisection experiments and biological weapons [07:00] How doctors justified torture as research [10:00] The US immunity deal and cover-up [12:00] Lessons for modern medical ethics 🔍 Topics: Unit 731, Japanese war crimes, medical experiments, biological warfare, WWII history, scientific ethics ⭐ Found this episode eye-opening? Follow Proof Positive and leave us a 5-star review - it helps other history buffs find us. We drop new episodes daily, diving deep into the stories that shaped our world. See you tomorrow for another mind-bending investigation! Get new episodes at Proof Positive ------ Keywords: human rights, media manipulation, true crime, war crimes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"What happens when doctors become monsters? In this chilling episode, Daniel Torres exposes one of WWII's darkest secrets - Japan's Unit 731, where medical…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":753,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/proof-positive-7769387/episodes/how-japan-s-unit-731-conducted-secret-medical-experiments-during-wwii/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-positive-7769387/how-japan-s-unit-731-conducted-secret-medical-experiments-during-wwii.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}