Wartime Stories

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Something in the Desert Oct 08, 2026

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Throughout military history, servicemembers have encountered strange things in some of the world's most remote and unforgiving environments. From isolated desert training grounds and military installations to the battlefields of World War II, these places have become the settings for stories involving unexplained disappearances, mysterious figures, and encounters that defy conventional explanation.

Drawing from firsthand military accounts, historical investigations, and wartime legends, this compilation explores bizarre incidents spanning the American Southwest, the deserts of North Africa, and the U.S.–Mexico border — including alleged Sasquatch sightings, unidentified aircraft, ghostly soldiers, mysterious military vehicles, and unsettling encounters with creatures and spirits rooted in local folklore.

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Something in the Lighthouse Oct 02, 2026

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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, these stories explore strange encounters at lighthouses in Maine, Rhode Island, and Florida — from unexplained footsteps and shadowy figures to ghostly apparitions, mysterious voices, and experiences that even skeptical witnesses struggled to explain.

0:00 Introduction 2:39 The Failing Lighthouse 16:22 Strange Events on the Rock 35:35 Point Judith 44:26 Pensacola Lighthouse 58:45 Final Thoughts

1:02:48 Credits 1:03:19 After Action

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Deployment Encounters Nobody Can Explain Sep 30, 2026

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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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Strangeness at Military Academies Sep 25, 2026

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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 stories describe unexplained activity in abandoned buildings, hospital wards, dorm rooms, wooded training grounds, and historic barracks — encounters involving ghostly figures, objects moving on their own, unexplained footsteps, and other experiences that some cadets have carried with them long after leaving the academy.

0:00 - Cold Open 2:17 - The Wentworth Haunting 15:48 - The Hospital Boy 25:46 - The Air Force Cadet 41:15 - The Old Barracks 53:37 - Closing Thoughts 57:33 - Credits 58:03 - Personal Story

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Creepy A** Military Bases Sep 25, 2026

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Military bases are places of routine, discipline, and constant activity. But when barracks grow quiet and the night watch begins, some servicemembers report encounters that have little to do with the duties they were assigned.

Drawn from accounts shared by servicemembers and military families, these stories explore reported hauntings at installations across the United States, Okinawa, and South Korea — from apparitions in outdated uniforms and voices inside empty buildings to unseen footsteps, disturbances in base housing, and night patrols that took an unsettling turn.

0:00 The Blue-Eyed Figure at Camp Horno 9:02 The Knocking at Fort Riley 12:26 The Strange Patrol at Bellows Air Station 27:52 The Haunted Homes of Fort Sill 34:01 Zoe, the Girl in White 37:39 The Woman in the Camp Schwab Barracks 43:00 The Haunted Headquarters at Hickam 51:15 More Hauntings Near Pearl Harbor 57:26 The Woman Outside the Barracks 1:02:28 The Moving Chair at Fort Riley 1:12:44 The Forbidden Aircraft Shelter at Osan 1:16:51 Footsteps at Potato Hill 1:21:57 The Visitor at Not Gate 1:26:25 Sleep Paralysis at Camp Schwab 1:31:37 The Haunted Fort Sill Barracks 1:38:04 Marines from Another Time 1:41:51 The Mimic in the Fort Riley House 1:48:08 The Laughing Child at Camp Horno 1:53:41 The Scream in the Fort Sill Barracks 1:58:02 Hauntings at Pearl Harbor 2:04:38 Strange Stories from Fort Riley Hospital 2:12:36 The Night Marchers of Hawaii 2:18:56 Night Marchers on the North Shore 2:21:47 The Buffalo Soldier at Fort Sill 2:25:48 Credits

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Soldiers vs Giants Through the Ages Sep 19, 2026

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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 stories have emerged from some unexpected places, including the accounts of servicemembers operating in remote corners of the world.

This compilation explores reports of enormous humanlike beings spanning Afghanistan, the Solomon Islands, and North America — drawing from military encounters, local traditions, historical records, and firsthand testimony that continue to raise questions about the origins of these enduring stories.

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Things Wearing Human Faces Sep 18, 2026

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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 military uniforms, strange apparitions in remote jungles, and other encounters with things that seemed capable of taking on a familiar form.

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Something in the Snow Sep 12, 2026

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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, these stories describe enormous figures moving through snowy forests, mysterious creatures stalking military training areas, and encounters with the strange “little people” of Nordic folklore.

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Kids Can Be Scary Sep 11, 2026

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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 experiences ever shared on Wartime Stories.

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Stay Out of the Woods Sep 11, 2026

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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 happens when something unknown begins watching, following, and hunting those who cross its path.

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