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🗓️ 25 February 2025
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Born in what is now North Korea, Yang Kyoungjong didn't set out to become a soldier -- but fate had other plans. In today's classic episode, Ben and Noel trace one man's journey through prisons, battlefields and multiple armies in a desperate bid to survive World War II.
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0:00.0 | fellow ridiculous historians, we are returning to you from far, far away, with a classic episode |
0:06.4 | that, uh, that we think you're going to really dig. Uh, we've got a lot of veterans in the |
0:11.7 | crowd. And usually if you're a veteran, you fight for just one army. And then there's this other |
0:17.6 | guy. Yeah, we're talking about Yang Kyeong Jong, who didn't really set out to become a soldier, |
0:23.7 | but the wheel of fate had other plans. |
0:28.0 | And we hope you join us in this episode from 2018, |
0:32.2 | wherein we follow the travels of one remarkable man |
0:36.6 | through prisons, battlefields, and a gripping, |
0:42.3 | harrowing experience that ultimately leads to him fighting for not just one army, but three armies |
0:48.6 | during World War II. Let's roll it. Welcome to the Criminalia podcast. |
0:54.8 | I'm Maria Tremarki. |
0:56.1 | And I'm Holly Fry. |
0:57.5 | Together, we invite you into the dark and winding corridors of historical true crime. |
1:02.8 | Each season, we explore a new theme from poisoners to art thieves. |
1:07.3 | We uncover the secrets of history's most interesting figures, from legal injustices to |
1:13.3 | body snatching. And tune in at the end of each episode as we indulge in cocktails and mock tales |
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