Wartime Stories

Wartime Stories

Ballen Studios
Society & Culture
en
Explicit

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

Episodes (50)

The Battle of Alcatraz

The Battle of Alcatraz

September 01, 2025 34m Episode 63
Alcatraz was designed to be an inescapable prison for America’s most dangerous criminals. But in 1946, a desperate breakout attempt by its prisoners forced battle-hardened U.S. Marines – fresh from...
When Men Fight Wars with Wolves

When Men Fight Wars with Wolves

August 25, 2025 25m Episode 62
For as long as humans have existed, they’ve engaged in warfare with one another. But those battlefields often put soldiers at odds with nature’s deadliest combatants. These are stories of the conflict...
The Worst Job in Vietnam

The Worst Job in Vietnam

August 18, 2025 35m Episode 61
The Vietnam War was defined by brutal heat, punishing rain, and impenetrable jungles full of hidden danger at every step. And that was just on the surface. Underneath it all there was an even more...
The Chilean Army and the Chupacabra

The Chilean Army and the Chupacabra

August 11, 2025 44m Episode 60
When Chupacabra attacks swept across Chile in 2000, the military stepped in. But what they discovered was so shocking, it drew the attention of NASA.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and...
Haunted Military Aircrafts

Haunted Military Aircrafts

August 04, 2025 33m Episode 59
Veterans share chilling encounters with haunted aircrafts, ghostly pilots, and red-eyed figures lurking in cargo bays.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at...
What Are These Things?

What Are These Things?

July 28, 2025 26m Episode 58
Strange things seen by members of the military and others.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
The Wailing Woman

The Wailing Woman

July 21, 2025 38m Episode 57
The tragic tale and eerie encounters of La Llorona, the legendary wailing woman.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at...
Demonic Night Vision Goggles

Demonic Night Vision Goggles

July 14, 2025 42m Episode 56
Were the strange visions simply a trick of the night vision goggles, or did they truly reveal paranormal entities?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at...
The Butcher of Paris

The Butcher of Paris

July 07, 2025 38m Episode 55
Paris fell silent under German occupation in 1940, and desperate civilians turned to Dr. Marcel Petiot for help, unaware that the true horror awaited inside his home.See Privacy Policy at...
Listen Now: A Twist of History

Listen Now: A Twist of History

June 30, 2025 41m
The Battle of Antietam during the American Civil War remains the bloodiest day in American history. That day, and the future of the United States, could have turned out very differently, if not for a...
The Legend of Old Green Eyes

The Legend of Old Green Eyes

June 23, 2025 32m Episode 53
While there are plenty of Civil War stories, it’s the ghostly encounters that should truly be feared.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at...
The Object Returns

The Object Returns

June 16, 2025 23m Episode 52
Military police report object destroying a radio tower.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Strange Lights Over Fort Campbell

Strange Lights Over Fort Campbell

June 09, 2025 28m Episode 51
A diamond-shaped UFO was chased by helicopters over Fort Campbell, KY.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
A War With Aliens

A War With Aliens

June 02, 2025 22m Episode 50
Bank manager has a terrifying vision before a UFO encounter.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Mutiny on the HMS Hermione

Mutiny on the HMS Hermione

May 26, 2025 38m Episode 49
The Captain’s cruelty drives crew to murder and surrender their ship to the enemy.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at...
Time Keeps on Slipping

Time Keeps on Slipping

May 19, 2025 41m Episode 48
A coast guardsman saw something unbelievable.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Birds Don't Call At Night

Birds Don't Call At Night

May 12, 2025 33m Episode 47
These things can mimic other animals.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
The Disappearance of Lt. Whipkey

The Disappearance of Lt. Whipkey

May 05, 2025 27m Episode 46
Why would a lieutenant remove all of his own teeth...?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Vietnam Vets and Skinwalkers

Vietnam Vets and Skinwalkers

April 28, 2025 26m Episode 45
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...
The Stuff of Nightmares

The Stuff of Nightmares

April 21, 2025 38m Episode 44
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

Tales of Wartime Cannibalism

April 14, 2025 33m Episode 43
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

Pilots Who Slipped Through Time

April 07, 2025 37m Episode 42
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

A Fate Worse Than Death... Pt. 2

March 31, 2025 33m Episode 41
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...
A Fate Worse Than Death... Pt. 1

A Fate Worse Than Death... Pt. 1

March 24, 2025 22m Episode 40
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...
The Little Girl on the Ramp

The Little Girl on the Ramp

March 17, 2025 30m Episode 39
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.
REDACTED - "Charles Manson and the CIA (Part 1)"

REDACTED - "Charles Manson and the CIA (Part 1)"

March 10, 2025 42m Episode 38
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,...
Death Has An Echo

Death Has An Echo

March 03, 2025 32m Episode 37
Locations with massive bloodshed have eerie stories.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
The Apache

The Apache

February 24, 2025 24m Episode 36
A soldier recounts a strange encounter during his time at Fort Campbell.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
A Man Who Saw Hell

A Man Who Saw Hell

February 17, 2025 40m Episode 35
After being wounded, Sergeant Roy Benavidez returned to a dangerous battlefield to rescue his comrades and classified material.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy...
Stealing Trucks From Vietcong

Stealing Trucks From Vietcong

February 10, 2025 33m Episode 34
A special forces recon team sent to hijack a North Vietnamese supply truck must fight for their survival after their mission is compromised.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and...
The Man Who Never Quit

The Man Who Never Quit

February 03, 2025 31m Episode 33
Roy Benavidez becomes a Green Beret and saves the lives of eight fellow soldiers.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at...
The Kitsune

The Kitsune

January 27, 2025 46m Episode 32
A brothel in Okinawa has fox murals on the walls and a missing Marine.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Operation Highjump

Operation Highjump

January 20, 2025 51m Episode 31
The secret mission to find Hollow Earth.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Soldiers Scared to Actual Death

Soldiers Scared to Actual Death

January 13, 2025 33m Episode 30
What killed these Irish and British men?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
The Giants of Afghanistan

The Giants of Afghanistan

January 06, 2025 43m Episode 29
Shocking stories from soldiers and drone operators.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Skinwalkers in Germany

Skinwalkers in Germany

December 30, 2024 34m Episode 28
Soldiers confront an unexplainable creature that shatters their understanding of reality.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at...
An Invisible Hand

An Invisible Hand

December 23, 2024 33m Episode 27
Stories of bizarre coincidences.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
What Was Killing These Men?

What Was Killing These Men?

December 16, 2024 21m Episode 26
A German experiment that hunted British men on the front line.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Every Ship is Haunted

Every Ship is Haunted

December 09, 2024 21m Episode 25
U.S. and Canadian sailors report terrifying ghost encounters at sea.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
The Mantell UFO Incident

The Mantell UFO Incident

December 02, 2024 30m Episode 24
Military personnel in Kentucky and Ohio report strange lights in the sky.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
The Missing Sniper

The Missing Sniper

November 25, 2024 19m Episode 23
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.See Privacy Policy at...
Supernatural Encounters in a War Zone

Supernatural Encounters in a War Zone

November 18, 2024 29m Episode 22
In Iraq, soldiers encounter something locals call "jinn."See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
America’s First Mass Murderer

America’s First Mass Murderer

November 11, 2024 34m Episode 21
A peaceful neighborhood is shattered when Howard Unruh goes on a deadly "Walk of Death."See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at...
The Indian Army and the Yeti, Pt. 2

The Indian Army and the Yeti, Pt. 2

November 04, 2024 33m Episode 20
An explorer stumbles too close, risking a face-to-face encounter with the dangerous Yeti.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at...
The Indian Army and the Yeti, Pt. 1

The Indian Army and the Yeti, Pt. 1

October 28, 2024 19m Episode 19
An Indian Army expedition discovers massive footprints in the snow. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Exorcisms on American Military Bases

Exorcisms on American Military Bases

October 21, 2024 38m Episode 18
Military bases harbor dark secrets as personnel face chilling paranormal activity tied to past tragedies.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at...
Soldier's Ghost

Soldier's Ghost

October 14, 2024 20m Episode 17
An American soldier in Vietnam encounters a 2000 year old ghost.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Seeing Death Before it Happened

Seeing Death Before it Happened

October 07, 2024 25m Episode 16
A soldier's ghostly brother leads him to safety.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Skin-Walker

Skin-Walker

September 30, 2024 30m Episode 15
Military personnel encounter shape-shifting creatures in the American wilderness.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at...
Herman Lamm - A Soldier Turned Bank Robber

Herman Lamm - A Soldier Turned Bank Robber

September 23, 2024 29m Episode 14
A dishonorably discharged German soldier uses his military skills to pull off major bank heists in America.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at...

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