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Every soldier has a story. Some, they try to forget. Others, they can’t stop thinking about – stories that no one else would believe happened. Something that terrified them. Something they cannot explain. Hosted by Marine Corp Reconnaissance veteran, Luke Lamana, this is Wartime Stories. A weekly podcast that is a mix of horror, mystery, and awe inspiring tales. Where the strange, dark & mysterious meets the battlefield and beyond.
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- Yesterday2h 29m
Soldiers vs Giants Through the Ages
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- 2 days ago1h 4m
Things Wearing Human Faces
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
- 1 weeks ago1h 1m
Something in the Snow
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- 1 weeks ago3h 6m
Stay Out of the Woods
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
- 2 weeks ago1h 16m
Possession, Shadows, Orbs, Car Bombs
Upgrade your sleep with Boll & Branch. Get 15% off your first order plus free shipping at bollandbranch.com/wartimestories with code wartimestories. Exclusions apply. Visit prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/WARTIMESTORIES and use code WARTIMESTORIES to 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 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 the beginning. Drawn from accounts shared by American and British servicemen, these stories describe Ouija sessions in barracks, an abandoned military morgue, and the historic streets of Tombstone, Arizona — encounters followed by shadow figures, unexplained phenomena, apparent possession, and even a chilling warning of a soldier’s death. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- 3 weeks ago58 min
One Messed Up Island
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- 4 weeks ago2h 26m
Kids Can Be Scary
Don’t sleep on @ultrapouches. New customers get 15% Off with code WARTIMESTORIES at takeultra.com! #UltraPouches #ad 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- Aug 21, 20261h 2m
Fort Sill is a Madhouse
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About Wartime Stories
Every soldier has a story. Some, they try to forget. Others, they can’t stop thinking about – stories that no one else would believe happened. Something that terrified them. Something they cannot explain. Hosted by Marine Corp Reconnaissance veteran, Luke Lamana, this is Wartime Stories. A weekly podcast that is a mix of horror, mystery, and awe inspiring tales. Where the strange, dark & mysterious meets the battlefield and beyond.
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