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Ready to be seen? Check that appointment off your to-do list with Zocdoc ✅: zocdoc.com/wartimestories #sponsored 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. 0:00 Introduction 01:35 Arizona Encounter 15:08 The San Isabel Crawler 29:45 The Man in the Desert 36:30 The Oryx on Thermal 50:36 Final Thoughts 54:38 Credits 55:09 After Action Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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For a limited time only, new customers get 20% off + free shipping at blueprint.bryanjohnson.com by using code WARTIMESTORIES at checkout. #Blueprint #ad Get firearm security redesigned and save 10% off @StopBoxUSA with code WARTIMESTORIES at stopboxusa.com/WARTIMESTORIES #stopboxpod #ad 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sponsored by BetterHelp. Visit betterhelp.com/wartimestories. For members in the US, therapy may now cost less. With insurance, many members pay $15 or less. Some pay $0. If you don't have insurance or you don’t live in the United States, you can still get 10% off your first month. *Insurance availability, coverage, and cost may vary by state, plan, provider network, therapist availability, and deductible status.* If you’re ready to launch your business before Black Friday, go to shopify.com/wartimestories to start your free trial. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Go to surfshark.com/wartime or use code WARTIME at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark! 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Visit prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/WARTIMESTORIES and use code WARTIMESTORIES and get $150 if you win your first $5 lineup! Don’t sleep on [@ultrapouches]. New customers get 15% Off with code WARTIMESTORIES at takeultra.com! #UltraPouches #ad For a limited time only, new customers get 20% off + free shipping at blueprint.bryanjohnson.com by using code WARTIMESTORIES at checkout. #Blueprint #ad 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Your data is being sold right now. Let my sponsor Aura find the brokers selling it and remove you automatically. Try 14 days for free: aura.com/wartimestories 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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For a limited time only, new customers get 20% off + free shipping at blueprint.bryanjohnson.com by using code WARTIMESTORIES at checkout. #Blueprint #ad Sign up for your $1-per-month trial today at shopify.com/wartimestories #sponsored 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Sign up for your $1-per-month trial today at shopify.com/wartimestories #sponsored For a limited time, our listeners get 50% off FOR LIFE, Free Shipping, AND 3 Free Gifts at Mars Men at mengotomars.com #sponsored 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 1970s through the present day who describe encounters with mysterious humanoid figures, massive canine-like creatures, and other unexplained beings reported throughout the Twenty-Nine Palms training area. From stories resembling skinwalkers to strange nighttime encounters in the Mojave Desert that defy easy explanation, these are the experiences that continued to stay with those who lived through them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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For a limited time only, new customers get 20% off + free shipping at ⁠blueprint.bryanjohnson.com⁠ by using code WARTIMESTORIES at checkout. #Blueprint #ad 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 the servicemen who saw them and continue to defy easy explanation long after the witnesses returned home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Head to betterhelp.com/wartimestories to get 10% off your first month with our sponsor, BetterHelp. Therapy can be a meaningful space to reflect, grow, and create positive change in your life.  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 of Independence—and the unexplained experiences still reported where the Revolution was fought. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Sign up for your $1-per-month trial today at shopify.com/wartimestories #sponsored 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Sign up for your $1-per-month trial today at https://www.shopify.com/wartimestories #sponsored 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 one of the war’s earliest and most desperate battles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Watch on Spotify. If you’re subscribed to Spotify Premium, you don’t get any Spotify ads on my video. -- Sign up for your $1-per-month trial today at shopify.com/wartimestories #sponsored -- 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. John recalls a trip to a remote cabin in the mountains of New Hampshire — a place that seemed quiet and isolated, but quickly became the setting for something far more unsettling. Over the course of three nights, a series of unexplained events left a lasting impression on everyone inside the cabin, raising questions about who or what may have been moving through the house after dark. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For a limited time, our listeners get 50% off FOR LIFE, Free Shipping, AND 3 Free Gifts at Mars Men at Mengotomars.com #sponsored -- Live Better Longer with BUBS Naturals. For A limited time get 20% Off your entire order with code wartimestories at Bubsnaturals.com #sponsored -- 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. From display halls to storage rooms and restored vehicles, staff and visitors alike have described strange sounds, unexplained movement, and encounters that raise questions about what may still linger within these collections. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In remote training areas, far from anything resembling civilization, service members occasionally report encounters they struggle to explain. Most can be written off — stress, exhaustion, or misidentified wildlife. But some accounts are harder to dismiss. Across multiple locations and separate incidents, soldiers and Marines have described seeing the same pale, human-like figure moving just beyond the treeline — watching, tracking, and vanishing without a trace. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Some stories aren’t told until years later — passed quietly between friends, or remembered only after something brings them back to the surface. Within the Wartime Stories team, a handful of these experiences have stayed with us, each one difficult to explain. From abandoned buildings to historic battlefields and training grounds, these firsthand accounts reflect moments that didn’t make sense at the time — and still don’t now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

During a field exercise in the jungles of the Philippines, a unit of artillerymen responded to a nearby village reporting livestock thefts and the disappearance of a newborn child. What they encountered in the forest that evening would become one of the strangest stories ever shared between soldiers. Drawing on accounts passed between servicemen and long-standing regional folklore, the incident raises unsettling questions about what may exist deep within some of the world’s most remote jungles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Across every branch of the military, crews depend on their machines for survival — aircraft, ships, and vehicles that become lifelines in combat. But sometimes, certain machines develop reputations that go far beyond normal mechanical trouble. From a Marine Corps helicopter with a deadly past… to a British jump jet plagued by accidents… to a World War I submarine surrounded by tragedy and ghostly sightings, servicemen have long shared stories of war machines that seemed marked by something darker than bad luck. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

During combat deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan, some soldiers reported encounters that didn’t fit any known threat, animal, or enemy tactic. Small humanoid figures seen at night. Unexplained movement around guard posts. Local interpreters refusing to enter certain villages without explanation. Often dismissed as stress, exhaustion, or superstition, these accounts share striking similarities with regional folklore that long predates modern warfare. From remote outposts to abandoned settlements, servicemen describe experiences they still struggle to explain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the skies over wartime Europe and the Pacific, Allied pilots began encountering something they couldn’t identify — glowing objects that followed their aircraft, evaded radar, and vanished without explanation. Was it a Nazi weapon? Or something from another world?  Recorded in combat reports and wartime newspapers, the Foo Fighter sightings would haunt aircrews long after the war ended, raising questions that were never fully answered. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Before the Civil War, Champ Ferguson was a quiet mountain farmer, a loving husband and father living a simple life in the hills of Kentucky. But when the conflict came to his doorstep, something broke, unleashing a savage brutality that would make his name whispered in terror across the border states as one of the Confederacy's most infamous and bloodthirsty guerrilla fighters. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the island of Oahu, the US military stands as a symbol of modern power, a high-tech fortress in a tropical paradise. But when the sun sets over the volcanic peaks, an older power awakens, and today’s soldiers come face to face with the ghostly armies of Hawaii's ancient warrior kings. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is Part Two of the story of the Depraved Doctors of the Third Reich. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Nazi obsession with creating a pure Aryan race was not just a political ideology; it became a twisted scientific mission. Entrusted with this dark purpose, German physicians abandoned their ethics to perform monstrous experiments on children, the disabled, and prisoners of war, all in a depraved attempt to engineer their vision of humanity. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices