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Curiosity, boredom, and a desire to contact the unknown have led some servicemembers to experiment with Ouija boards and séances. According to their accounts, the most troubling experiences sometimes began after the session had ended.

This compilation brings together stories of military spiritualism, alleged possession, unexplained visitors, and warnings of death. Spanning barracks, military hospitals, Guam, and Northern Ireland, the accounts include the Camp Lejeune Ouija-board incident, the mystery of the Gulf Breeze Six, and encounters witnesses believed were connected to something they had invited to answer.

00:00 - Cold Open

00:11 - The Ouija Board Ban

07:13 - The Haunted Town of Tombstone

29:21 - The Possessed Sailor

40:26 - The Abandoned Naval Hospital

46:16 - The Military Morgue

59:36 - The Gulf Breeze Six

1:45:30 - The Ouija Board That Returned

1:48:20 - The Haunted Navy Barracks

2:01:20 - Lincoln's Premonitions

2:17:31 - The Barracks Ouija Board

2:24:24 - The Soldiers in Northern Ireland

2:31:41 - The Australian Barracks

2:44:07 - Wentworth Military Academy

2:58:11 - Credits

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For centuries, witnesses have described strange objects moving through the skies — sometimes appearing to pursue aircraft, and sometimes seeming to fight battles of their own. From early European accounts of celestial clashes to reports shared by military aircrews during World War II, these stories have inspired explanations ranging from atmospheric phenomena to secret weapons and visitors from elsewhere.

This compilation explores historical UFO reports and military legends, from the apparent aerial battles over Nuremberg, Basel, and Stralsund to the mysterious Foo Fighters encountered by Allied crews. It also examines the disputed stories surrounding Operation Highjump and Admiral Byrd, before turning to pilot Thomas Mantell's fatal pursuit in 1948 — tracing the witness accounts, proposed explanations, and speculation behind these enduring mysteries.

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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 two legs, and mysterious figures that appear to change their form.

Drawn from firsthand accounts of British and American military personnel, this episode explores unsettling encounters with unexplained creatures during deployments and training exercises. From British soldiers pursuing a mysterious figure through the mountains near Kandahar to American troops encountering wolf-like creatures in Iraq, and a paratrooper witnessing something unusual through his night vision equipment in the New Mexico desert, these experiences left witnesses questioning what they had actually seen.

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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 mimic human voices, and animals behaving in seemingly impossible ways. From an isolated desert road outside Phoenix to the forests near Fort Carson and the training grounds of Fort Bliss, these experiences left witnesses questioning what they had actually seen.

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This compilation brings together naval and maritime encounters involving warships, nuclear submarines, enormous sharks, and an apparent time slip in Bermuda. Drawing from sailors’ accounts, civilian testimony, and maritime legends, these stories range from disturbances aboard USS Bonhomme Richard and USS Constitution to the haunting associated with the German submarine UB-65.

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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 suggest that these creatures may have been far more dangerous than we understand.

Drawing from firsthand naval accounts, historical newspaper reports, and scientific investigations spanning more than a century, this episode explores terrifying encounters with giant squid in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans — from shipwrecked survivors allegedly dragged beneath the waves to naval vessels attacked by enormous tentacled creatures, including a mysterious incident involving a U.S. Navy warship during the Cold War.

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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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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.

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1:02:48 Credits

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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 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.

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