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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. From Ballen Studios, and 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.  New episodes every Monday. Share your stories: info@wartimestories.com

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    • Apr 28, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • weekly NEW EPISODES
    • 31m AVG DURATION
    • 48 EPISODES


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    Vietnam Vets and Skinwalkers

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2025 26:37


    Two US Army veterans are forever haunted after witnessing a strange desert ritual involving a possible skinwalker and the subsequent mysterious death of their friend.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    The Stuff of Nightmares

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2025 38:42


    If these soldiers' stories are true... burn the jungles.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    Tales of Wartime Cannibalism

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2025 33:08


    Hunger drove these men to the unthinkable.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    Pilots Who Slipped Through Time

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2025 37:04


    Men who everyone thought were dead... come back.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    A Fate Worse Than Death... Pt. 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2025 33:38


    USS Indianapolis sank after delivering bomb parts, leaving sailors to five days of shark attacks and survival before rescue.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    A Fate Worse Than Death... Pt. 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2025 22:39


    The USS Indianapolis, after delivering a key component of the atomic bomb, was sunk by a Japanese submarine, leaving hundreds of sailors stranded in shark-infested waters for five days.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    The Little Girl on the Ramp

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2025 30:45


    Strange happenings plague Marines stationed at Camp Schwab in Okinawa.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    Fan Favorite - "Charles Manson and the CIA (Part 1)"

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2025 42:04


    This story is a fan favorite from Redacted: Declassified Mysteries with Luke Lamana.When journalist Tom O'Neill set out to write a simple story on the anniversary of the Manson Family murders in 1999, he was pulled into an investigation that lasted 20 years. In the first part of this two part episode, we explore O'Neill's findings about Charles Manson's relationship to the CIA, drug studies at a CIA funded medical facility that the cult leader frequented, and the alleged role CIA assets might have played the night of the Manson Family murders.Listen now: Wondery.fm/RedactedSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    Ballen Studios Presents: Late Nights with Nexpo

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2025 39:22


    From Ballen Studios, welcome to Late Nights with Nexpo, the official podcast of YouTube creator, Nexpo, featuring the most bizarre and chilling true stories and mysteries to be found. Listen to unravel the unexplained.New and exclusive episodes every Wednesday.Listen now: https://ballen.lnk.to/latenightswithnexpoSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    Death Has An Echo

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2025 32:01


    Locations with massive bloodshed have eerie stories.

    The Apache

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2025 24:48


    A soldier recounts a strange encounter during his time at Fort Campbell.

    A Man Who Saw Hell

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2025 40:30


    After being wounded, Sergeant Roy Benavidez returned to a dangerous battlefield to rescue his comrades and classified material.

    Stealing Trucks From Vietcong

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2025 33:52


    A special forces recon team sent to hijack a North Vietnamese supply truck must fight for their survival after their mission is compromised.

    The Man Who Never Quit

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2025 31:06


    Roy Benavidez becomes a Green Beret and saves the lives of eight fellow soldiers.

    The Kitsune

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2025 46:38


    A brothel in Okinawa has fox murals on the walls and a missing Marine.

    Operation Highjump

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2025 51:11


    The secret mission to find Hollow Earth.

    Soldiers Scared to Actual Death

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2025 33:19


    What Killed These Irish and British Men?

    The Giants of Afghanistan

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2025 43:19


    Shocking stories from soldiers and drone operators.

    Skinwalkers in Germany

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2024 34:04


    Soldiers confront an unexplainable creature that shatters their understanding of reality.

    An Invisible Hand

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2024 33:07


    Stories of bizarre coincidences.

    What Was Killing These Men?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2024 21:55


    A German experiment that hunted British men on the front line.

    Every Ship is Haunted

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2024 21:05


    U.S. and Canadian sailors report terrifying ghost encounters at sea.

    The Mantell UFO Incident

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2024 30:33


    Military personnel in Kentucky and Ohio report strange lights in the sky.

    The Missing Sniper

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2024 19:15


    How did the sniper travel that far in 15 minutes? Recent government disclosures have revealed UFO sightings are hardly uncommon among active military service members.

    Supernatural Encounters in a War Zone

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2024 29:28


    In Iraq, soldiers encounter something locals call "jinn."

    Listen Now To My New Show - REDACTED: Declassified Mysteries with Luke Lamana

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2024 46:49


    Behind the closed doors of government offices and military compounds, are hidden stories and buried secrets from the darkest corners of history. Each week, Luke Lamana, a Marine Corp Reconnaissance Veteran, pulls back the curtain on what once was classified inform®eation exposing the secrets and lies behind the world's most powerful institutions. From the hitmakers at Wondery and Ballen Studios, we bring you REDACTED: Declassified Mysteries with Luke Lamana. The stories are real, and the secrets are shocking.Listen Now: Wondery.fm/REDACTED_WS

    America's First Mass Murderer

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2024 34:40


    A peaceful neighborhood is shattered when Howard Unruh goes on a deadly "Walk of Death."

    The Indian Army and the Yeti, Pt. 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2024 33:35


    An explorer stumbles too close, risking a face-to-face encounter with the dangerous Yeti.

    The Indian Army and the Yeti, Pt. 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2024 19:05


    An Indian Army expedition discovers massive footprints in the snow.

    Exorcisms on American Military Bases

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2024 38:58


    Military bases harbor dark secrets as personnel face chilling paranormal activity tied to past tragedies.

    Soldier's Ghost

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2024 20:32


    An American soldier in Vietnam encounters a 2000 year old ghost.

    Seeing Death Before it Happened

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2024 25:54


    A soldier's ghostly brother leads him to safety.

    Skin-Walker

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2024 30:51


    Military personnel encounter shape-shifting creatures in the American wilderness.

    Herman Lamm - A Soldier Turned Bank Robber

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2024 29:02


    A dishonorably discharged German soldier uses his military skills to pull off major bank heists in America.

    Terror in the Deep

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2024 24:28


    Submariners report ghostly encounters in the depths of the ocean.

    Nightshift: Fort Campbell

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2024 27:40


    Night time patrols turn terrifying as a soldier encounters an inexplicable beast at Fort Campbell.

    Ghost Tanks

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2024 24:17


    Long after its end, ghosts of WWI continue to appear.

    The Cursed Treasure of Cahuenga Pass

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2024 45:28


    A forgotten Mexican war chest.

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    Solomon Islands Giants

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2024 44:13


    In the dense jungle of the Solomon Islands, in 1942, Japanese troops fear there may be something even more dangerous than the Allied forces.

    There is Something in the Barracks

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2024 33:04


    Supernatural tales of dark forces and inexplicable nightmares blur the line of reality.

    El Diablo

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2024 33:31


    In 1986, during an operation in Honduras, a soldier has a terrifying encounter with a creature from local lore.

    Night Shift: Afghanistan

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2024 23:48


    Terrifying experiences from three former service members in Afghanistan.

    Devil Creatures of Quang Binh

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2024 26:29


    In the jungles of Vietnam, American soldiers are encountered by unearthly creatures lurking in the shadows.

    The Kersey Time Slip

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2024 31:17


    While on a routine training exercise, time stands still for three young Royal Navy cadets.

    The Choctaw Killings

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2024 27:33


    Choctaw warriors seek revenge for a series of murders, but find a killer unlike anything they'd ever seen.

    The Scout Rangers and the Aswang

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2024 41:32


    In the southern Philippines, Scout Rangers battle to keep the jungle from stealing the body of their fallen comrade.

    Pale Crawlers

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2024 31:08


    Amidst the rugged terrain of the Mountain Warfare Training Center, Marines come face to face with strange figures lurking in the shadows.

    Introducing: Wartime Stories

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2024 2:14


    From Ballen Studios, and 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. New episodes every Monday.

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