Wartime Stories

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Across the deserts and mountains of Afghanistan, Iraq, and the American Southwest, military personnel have reported encounters with strange, wolf-like creatures that seem to defy conventional explanation. From remote observation posts to isolated military installations, these accounts describe enormous canines, animals walking upright on...

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Across the American Southwest, stories of skinwalkers and other strange humanoid creatures have circulated for generations. From the deserts of Arizona and New Mexico to the remote forests of Colorado, military personnel and civilians alike have described encounters with things that seem to defy any familiar explanation.

Drawn from firsthand accounts, including those of a former Royal Marine Commando and U.S. Army soldiers, these stories explore disturbing encounters with mysterious figures, creatures that appear to...

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For centuries, sailors have returned from the open ocean with stories of enormous creatures lurking beneath their ships. Among the most enduring are accounts of giant squid, animals once dismissed as maritime legends but now known to inhabit the deepest reaches of the world's oceans. Yet some historical encounters...

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For generations, lighthouse keepers and Coast Guardsmen have stood watch at some of the most isolated stations along America’s coastline. Surrounded by rough seas, violent storms, and decades of maritime history, many of these old stations have also developed reputations for something far stranger.

Drawn from firsthand accounts, Coast Guard folklore, and historical records spanning several decades, th...

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For servicemembers deployed far from home, night patrols, isolated outposts, and unfamiliar surroundings can leave lasting memories. Some return with accounts of encounters they still struggle to explain.

Drawn from accounts shared by American, British, and Canadian servicemembers, these stories span deployments to Iraq, Afghanistan, and Qatar — from unsettling figures in abandoned buildings and voices over military radios to strange creatures, unexplained lights, and the feeling that something followed them home.

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Military academies are built around discipline, tradition, and routine. But behind the formations, inspections, and historic barracks, generations of cadets have passed down stories about strange experiences that have become part of the unofficial history of these schools.

Drawn from firsthand accounts at military academies in the United States and the Philippines, these storie...

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Military bases are places of routine, discipline, and constant activity. But when barracks grow qu...

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For thousands of years, stories of giants have appeared across cultures around the world — from ancient religious texts and Indigenous oral histories to legends carried through generations. More recently, similar stor...

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Across cultures, stories have long described strange beings capable of imitating people, animals, or familiar voices. For some servicemembers, encounters with something that appeared almost human—or familiar enough to make them hesitate—have left them questioning exactly what they saw.

Drawn from firsthand accounts spanning Canada, Indonesia, Iraq, and the United States, these stories describe distorted voices in empty training buildings, featureless figures wearing mili...

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The remote forests of Scandinavia have been home to stories of strange creatures and ancient spirits for centuries. For the soldiers who train and stand watch in these isolated places, some of those old legends can feel uncomfortably close.

Drawn from firsthand accounts shared by Norwegian, Finnish, and Swedish servicemembers...

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A three-hour compilation of some of our most unsettling stories, featuring accounts from servicemembers stationed at bases and deployed around the world.

From strange figures appearing outside remote outposts and unexplained voices calling from the darkness to terrifying encounters in the wilderness and things that seem to stalk servicemembers from just beyond sight, these stories explore what...

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For generations, servicemembers have experimented with spiritualism out of curiosity, boredom, or simply to see what might answer. But according to some who have tried, making contact was only th...

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Okinawa was the site of one of the bloodiest battles of World War II, leaving an island marked by immense loss and destruction. For the Marines, Coast Guardsmen, military families, and civilians who have lived and served there in the decades since, some believe the past has never completely gone away.

Drawn from firsthand accoun...

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A two-hour compilation of some of our most unsettling stories involving children, featuring accounts from servicemembers and military families stationed at bases and deployed around the world.

From ghostly children haunting base housing in Japan and California to shadowy figures in Afghanistan, strange encounters on playgrounds in Guam, unexplained voices in the woods, and children who seem to remember lives that were never their own, these stories explore some of the eeriest ex...

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Fort Sill, Oklahoma has served as a frontier outpost, prison camp, and Army training installation for more than 150 years. For the generations of soldiers, families, and civilians who have lived and worked there, some believe the base has never truly let go of its past.

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For thousands of years, cultures around the world have described encounters with malevolent spiritual entities by many different names. But for some American servicemembers, those ancient beliefs became deeply personal after experiences they say defied any ordinary explanation.

Drawn from firsthand accounts shared by soldiers, Marines, and airmen, these stories explore unsettling encounters in Australia, Iraq, and Qatar—fr...

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Joint Base Lewis-McChord sits deep within the forests of Washington State — an area with one of the highest concentrations of reported Bigfoot sightings in the country. For the soldiers, Marines, and Army Rangers who have trained there, some of those stories have come from within the military’s own training grounds.

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Strange stories have surrounded isolated military installations for decades, particularly those located in vast stretches of remote desert. Whether dismissed as folklore, misidentification, or something far more difficult to explain, many Marines stationed at Twenty-Nine Palms have reported encounters they have never been able to forget.

In this episode, we examine firsthand accounts from Marines spanning the 1970...

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A compilation of some of our strangest humanoid encounter stories, featuring firsthand accounts from servicemembers who reported talking animals, pale, lanky figures and humanoid creatures in remote locations around the world.

From alleged skinwalkers and pale crawlers in North America and Europe, blood sucking creatures in Southeast Asia, and other unnatural beings reported in the Middle East, these encounters never made the official reports, but remain in the minds of t...

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For more than twenty years, coalition forces fought in one of the most remote and unforgiving corners of the world. Among the firefights, mountain patrols, and isolated outposts, many servicemembers returned with stories they still struggle to explain.

Drawn from firsthand accounts shared by American and British soldiers and Marines, these are strange tales from Afghanistan—of towering figures seen in the mountains, eerie creatures stalking the night, unexplained lights over the battlefield, and encounters that rema...

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More than seventy years after the fighting stopped, the Korean Peninsula remains divided and technically at war. For the American servicemembers stationed there, the mission means long nights in remote training areas, isolated outposts, and along one of the most heavily militarized borders...

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The American Revolution shaped the birth of a nation, leaving behind battlefields, forts, and historic homes that still stand nearly 250 years later. But according to those who've spent time in these places, history may have left behind more than monuments and memories.

Drawing from wartime legends, historical records, and modern firsthand accounts, these stories explore the stranger side of America's War o...

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For soldiers and Marines operating in some of the world’s most remote jungles, hostile wildlife is often just another part of the job. Snakes, spiders, insects, and other creatures are expected. But every so often, servicemen return with stories that seem to go far beyond anything found in a field guide.

Drawn from accounts spanning Vietnam, South America, and the Pacific during World War II, these stories describe encounters with enormous creatures that continue to r...

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Compilation of our creepiest night shift stories, featuring firsthand accounts from service members who encountered strange and unexplained phenomena while standing watch, patrolling remote military installations, and operating in isolated locations around the world.

From mysterious voices aboard naval vessels to bizarre humanoid encounters in the wilderness, haunted barracks...

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Germany is home to countless reminders of the Second World War — abandoned hospitals, former prisons, forgotten military installations, and training grounds built atop layers of history. For the soldiers who have trained and served there in the decades since, some of those places have left a lasting impression.

Drawn from firsthand accounts shared by British and American servicemen, thes...

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More than a decade after the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan, American troops continued to encounter reminders of the war that came before them — abandoned outposts, rusting vehicles, and battlefields long reclaimed by the mountains. But according to some servicemen, not everything left behind was made of steel and concrete.

Drawn from firsthand accounts submitted by U.S. troops, these stories describe strange voices, unexplained encounters, and experiences connected to the remnants of the Soviet-Afghan War that continue to defy explanation.

During the Gallipoli campaign of World War I, hundreds of British soldiers disappeared during a failed assault near Suvla Bay. In the years that followed, rumors began to spread that the battalion had vanished under mysterious circumstances — swallowed by a strange cloud seen hovering over the battlefield.

Drawing from wartime records, witness testimony, and later investigations, this story explores how one of the First World War’s most enduring mysteries emerged from the chaos and confusion of combat.

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Fort Polk’s Joint Readiness Training Center is designed to prepare soldiers for war — long nights in the woods, simulated combat, and some of the most demanding field exercises in the military. But among those who’ve trained there, the base has earned another reputation entirely.

Across decades of stories shared by soldiers and OPFOR alike, strange encounters in "the...

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Fallujah became one of the most violent battlegrounds of the Iraq War — a city scarred by insurgency, urban combat, and years of relentless fighting. But for some of the Marines and soldiers who operat...

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In the opening days of World War I, British forces found themselves outnumbered and in retreat after the Battle of Mons. But in the weeks that followed, strange reports began to circulate — stories of something appearing on the battlefield at the moment it was needed most.

Drawn from wartime accounts, publications, and firsthand testimony, the legend of the Angels of Mons raises questions about what soldiers believed they saw — and how those stories spread in the aftermath of o...

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Along the U.S.–Mexico border, soldiers and agents operate in some of the most remote and unforgiving terrain in North America. But for those working long nights in the desert, not every encounter can be explained by the environment alone.

From isolated observation posts to temporary military installations, multiple accounts describe strange sounds, shadowy figures, and encounters that seem tied to both regional folklore and something far less understood.

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In a remote training area in Croatia, soldiers on night patrol reported a sudden and complete failure of their equipment — radios, lights, and vehicles all going dark without warning. What followed was an encounter that none of them could explain.

Based on the account of a combat engineer who was there, the incident raises questions about what may have passed over the training grounds that night — and why those involved were warned never to speak about it.

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World-renowned storyteller and retired US Navy SEAL John B. Allen (MrBallen) is well known for his fascination with all things strange, dark and mysterious. As it so happens, John has his own deeply disturbing experience with the paranormal. Something that, in spite of all his attempts to find an explanation for it, haunts him to this day.

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War museums are built to preserve history — collections of weapons, uniforms, and artifacts that once saw real combat. But in some cases, those who work among these exhibits report experiences that feel tied to the past in ways they can’t explain.

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Camp Horno is a familiar training ground for many West Coast Marines — a place defined by steep terrain, coastal fog, and long nights in the field. But for some who’ve trained there, the experience left behind more than just physical exhaustion.

Across multiple accounts from different units and years, Marines have described encounters in the hills, fog, and barracks that defy easy explanation — moments that suggest something may be lingering just beyond the limits of what they can see.

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Guam is often seen as a tropical paradise — a strategic stronghold in the Pacific with a long and violent history beneath its surface. But for those who have lived and served there, the island has a reputation for something harder to explain.

From military bases to abandoned bunkers and jungle-covered hills, servicemen and civilians alike have reported encounters that seem tied to the island’s past — moments that continue to raise questions long after they’ve ended.

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