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Jun 2018
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MAG 105 - Total War

RUSTY QUILL
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Case #D-1862-143


Statement of Second Lieutenant Charles Fleming, regarding his experiences during the Taiping Rebellion. Original statement undated, but apparently written in early 1862.



Content Warnings for this episode are at the end of the show notes.


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Edited this week by Elizabeth Moffatt, Brock Winstead & Alexander J Newall.



Performances:



  •  "The Archivist" - Jonathan Sims
  •  "Chinese Librarian" - Peng Wei



Sound effects for this episode provided by Taira Komori & mmiron.


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  •  warfare
  •  drowning
  •  cannibalism
  •  undead

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