Yamashita’s gold

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:02):
Well, today we'll be looking at the story of Yamashida's Gold.
The enduring World War II treasure conspiracy in Asia. Amid
the chaos of World War Two in Southeast Asia, tantalizing
legend emerged Yamashida's Gold, an alleged horde of looted treasures
hidden by Japanese forces in the Philippines, named after General

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Tomoyuki Yamashida, the Tiger of Malaya, who commanded Japanese troops
in the Philippines from nineteen forty four. The myth claims
billions in gold, jewels, and artifacts and stolen from across
Asia were concealed in caves and tunnels to fund Japan's
war effort. Authors Sterling and Peggy Segrave popularized the tale
of books like Gold Warriors, alleging a secret operation called

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Golden Lily, orchestrated by Emperor Hibrohido's brother, Prince Chichibu, involving
Akuza and elite Japanese society. The conspiracy deepens with claims
a US intelligence including Edward Lansdale, discovered much of the
loop post war, using it for Cold War black ops
via the m Fund. Notable events include Filipino treasure hunter

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Rohelio Roxas in a nineteen seventy one discovery of a
golden Buddha and gold bars near Bagui, where she claim
was seized by President Marcos, leading to a nineteen eighty
eight lawsuit where Hawaiian court awarded awarded Roxa's estate millions,
though the full treasure's value remained speculative. Skeptics, including historians

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like Ambethel Campo and Ricardo Jose, dismissed it as a hoax,
citing illegal, illogical transport routes, amid ale, Allied naval dominance,
and zero verified fines despite decades of searches, yet pursuits persist.
In twenty eighteen, arrest occurred on Caponees Island for illegal
digging in TV shows like Gloss Gold of World War Two,

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Fielva Frenzy