World War Weird

2 seasons available

Exploring some unsolved mysteries from the two World Wars, from platoons that vanished, to alien war machines.
Churchill's Ice Ship
S2 E1

Looking at Churchill's plan to create a giant ice ship, ghost planes that fly themselves and a Nazi treasure hunt for the Amber Room.

Bird Wars
S2 E2

Looking at how to improve their bombs, the US Navy turned to the animal world for inspiration; when 270 men vanished into a cloud, witnesses claimed the soldiers had been abducted by aliens.

World War Weird
S1 E1

Dive into tales of a strange Japanese balloon bomb, mysterious U-boat sightings and deep-sea anomalies that surfaced during the world wars. These weird wartime encounters challenge the boundaries of logic and history with every eerie detail.

World War Weird
S1 E2

Did WWII pilots really witness glowing orbs in the night sky? Could bat bombs have changed the course of the war? Explore otherworldly sightings and explosive experiments that blur the line between science, fear and folklore.

Stalin's Dogs & Nazi Gold
S1 E3

Explore WWII's oddest military experiments, from Stalin's canine commandos and Rommel's buried Nazi treasure to unexplained aerial circles reported by RAF pilots. These are the forgotten footnotes of history that defy belief.

Zombie Spies & Plague Plots
S1 E4

Dive into deeply unsettling wartime legends: from Stalin's rumored attempts to create human-ape hybrids to reports of Nazi zombie spies and a strange plague that surfaced decades later.

World War Weird
S1 E5

This eerie installment of weird wartime mysteries and military deception includes Stalin's obsession with flying saucers, a ghost army built to fool Hitler, and the mysterious disappearance of bandleader Glenn Miller.

World War Weird
S1 E6

Magicians joining the war effort, a double agent who deceived Hitler and strange UFO sightings over Canada? These bizarre stories prove that our world wars were even weirder than we were taught in school.