Paranormal 'Encounters' from World War I

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You watch as your candlestick shrinks. You sit huddled in a corner of a muddy hole your superiors call a trench, and clasp your hands over the finger-sized fire. It only heats the front of your hands, but you still savour every second of its warmth. After a short while, you feel the biting cold return, as a thin coil of smoke rises from your candlestick. Images of your late friend return as fast as the light had extinguished. The noise that smashed your eardrums. The chunk of your friend’s head that blew off by the shrapnel. You wish it happened to you instead. You wish they were the one sitting in the trench. To your left, a glow appears that makes you turn. A silhouette of your friend sits next to you. Blood streams from the side of their head but they do not look at you. Instead, they are pointing to a wall at the end of the trench, eyes not blinking. What do you do?
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Created by Daniel Turner (B.A. (Hons) in History, University College London)
Script:
Luke Ursone
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[@mylastaccountgotdeletedtha6936]

I always felt that WW1 was more creepy compared to the over saturated WW2. The less technological advancement, the conditions, the brutality, the time, it all has a dark feeling to it. There’s a video called “WW1 Neurosis” that captures the feeling I’m describing in the best way. Even Battlefield 1 had a creepy bunch of Easter eggs, namely the ones involved with unlocking the Peacekeeper revolver.

[@thehobbit6226]

Honestly it's the muddy trench warfare that did it for me

[@stomper5432]

There basically the same war poor germany was just helping Austria and the allies tried to make them pay for it. So hitler made the allies pay FOR THAT!!!

[@Ongang161]

Everything was new and everyone thought it was gonna be fun, and since this was the start of modern warfare, it hit like a sack of bricks the reality of modern war

[@LyricClock-fo8he]

And the much less war films about it

[@kayodephillips5435]

@PitStudios dead on it

[@danielbandeira5472]

Red Baron was so incredible that even flying saucers didn't stand a chance

[@GrosvnerMcaffrey]

Is there more to that story or is it a joke?

[@ivanelias3916]

poor Aliens. trap in the middle of WW1.😐

[@GrosvnerMcaffrey]

@@ivanelias3916 like how Columbus allegedly saw a ufo during his voyage west

[@sirpixel7945]

Nothing enters the Red Baron's sky; not even the aliens.

[@gustavoaraujopenha8463]

Imagine if the UFO was an diplomatic convoy and after brutally killing their diplomats the galatic community has chosen to exile us for our barbaric means

[@dannymcbas6130]

My great-great grandfather fought in ww1 at Isonzo in the Austro-Hungarian army. My great grandpa always told me that he (his father) used to stare at dark corners in the room mumbling sorry, i'am so sorry, as he a platoon commander had to lead his 20+ men into machine gun fire, and he also claimed to see their faces, looking down at him angry.

[@fabiovezzari2895]

What an horrible weight... Sorry from Italy

[@Reprodestruxion]

The alpini and the slovenians didn’t play around

[@christianflores3437]

It's normal for our brain to see the dearly departed and give them life. So ghosts.

[@christianflores3437]

But they are figments that sometimes gain too much attention from affected .

[@Gamerafighter76]

Wow, I can’t even begin to imagine what he felt.

[@derekbootle8316]

The Red Baron didn't shoot down a flying saucer, but he did shoot down a Beagle flying a dog house. That was memorialized in song ,"snoopy vs the red baron". Then he went into the frozen pizza matket.

[@Candiedbacon75]

He had to fake his death before moving to Italy.

[@TopG20073]

This guy is on something

[@garfe5555]

Underrated comment lmfao

[@Selvikus]

The Royal Guardsmen!

[@BeagleBuddy-qf7uw]

Outrageous

[@collectingonthecheap56353]

I remember reading a story about a WW1 pilot who was in a dogfight, shot down his opponent, flew back to base and landed, but did not leave his plane. The groundscrew went to check on him, and found that he was dead. The examination by the field surgeon determined that the pilot likely dyed during that dogfight or shortly after long before he was near the base. That story creeps me out to this day.

[@JohnDavies-cn3ro]

Oswald Boelke, the great German ace, once encountered a British plane, flying straight and level where it had no business to fly straight and level, buzzed it and got no reaction from the crew. Getting closer he discovered that both men were already dead, and would keep flying until their plane ran out of fuel. W E Johns also mentions a similar story, of a British RE8 which landed back at its base with a dead crew on board, and commented that a 'Harry Tate' wasn't an easy 'bus to land at the best of times!

[@Gooniath]

Bro maxed out muscle memory 💀

[@iangreen4572]

Or died after he landed.

[@johnrandall125]

There is a similar story about a B17 bomber during WW2. It landed safely, but badly shot up, after a mission over Germany. It went into its normal parking spot on the apron and the engines shut down. Nobody emerged. Puzzled, the ground crew made access and found every person on board, even the pilot, were dead, having succumbed to combat wounds. What probably happened was that the pilot was the last man alive, used the last of his strength to land and then died, still strapped into his seat.

[@daspuguh6136]

i think there is a similar story like this but with p-40 in east asia

[@hubaibhabib7060]

Beautiful, My father is a war veteran, n he sometimes when in a mood tells us his stories which are appropriate to be told. Most of the times he just tells us that if he told us some other stuff we won't be able to sleep. He also told us that during the time of war they could tell by looking in the eyes of the other that this man will not come back, n he used to be right.

[@lakehuntist1459]

I AM THE BEEST YOUUTUBER YOU'RE ALL TRAASH COMPARED TO ME IM THE BEEST🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓

[@aka99]

In which war did your father fight? There are many horrific videos in the internet from wars and conflicts, such as the Islamic state or the Chechen war in late 1990s

[@hubaibhabib7060]

@@aka99 1971 India Pakistan. This was the time when Bangladesh came into being.

[@hubaibhabib7060]

@Ayronical From Pakistan, we lost due to political issues n lost East Pakistan, now Bangladesh

[@shidbot123]

War isn't beautiful, it's a horror for the people who experience it

[@Carandini]

The ghouls story has a germ of truth to it: there were scumbags on both sides who would steal from corpses in No Man's Land. Soldiers on both sides, when recovering bodies, would find men who'd had their ring fingers cut off, evidence of a ghoul stealing wedding rings in the fastest and most grisly manner. There was a widespread habit of summarily executing prisoners caught with serrated knives or bayonets as this was taken to be proof that they were sneaking out and sawing off fingers while looting corpses. No 'organized bands of mad cannibals' but rather isolated instances of macabre thieves preying on the dead.

[@iangreen4572]

The German bayonet had a serrated top at the beginning of the war but after protests they were ground down. I've got a couple of each in my collection.

[@hannahdyson7129]

My great granfather said they found dead freinds who had been taken as a prisoner by the Germans in no man's land castrated and dead . They didn't take prisoners after that

[@kevinstachovak8842]

Awesome! WW1 doesn't get enough attention. The impact of this conflict was enormous, and some of it is still playing out to this day

[@ipellaers]

Just watched "All quiet on the Western Front" yesterday, I'd recommend it if you "like" WW1.

[@kevinstachovak8842]

@@ipellaers I was eagerly awaiting its release. Was not disappointed :). Indy Neidel and company have a great channel called The Great War, but I suspect that I'm preaching to the choir.

[@lakehuntist1459]

I AM THE BEEST YOUUTUBER YOU'RE ALL TRAASH COMPARED TO ME IM THE BEEST🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓

[@geordiejones5618]

It very much is. All modern politics as they stand now still have ripples of the tensions that built into this conflict. Basically every modern nation owes its current state to the periphery of the biggest waste of life ever. The biggest changes are in art, science and philosophy. You can see an old world/new world split during this war where art, science, religion, philosophy, and trust in central government were all shook to the core and underwent rapid reevaluations. The Great Depression and WW2 just reinforced those fears and now nuclear conflict is our daily reminder that it can we can all be set back to pre-industrial living in the blink of an eye. Few if any nations could survive losing the global trade network that exists today. Probably the US just bc it has farmland, fresh waster, oil and a navy that could take on the rest of the planet combined.

[@haydenmartin4026]

dude all war even the current on in ukraine is cuz of the Roman Empire if you think about it

[@capncake8837]

Honestly, they oughta make more movies about this type of thing. There’s already one called Death Watch.

[@Candiedbacon75]

they just remade all quiet on the western front for a 3rd time on netflix. Very good movie(s)

[@capncake8837]

@@Candiedbacon75 That’s true.

[@nicolebarfuss3067]

what are mandalorian terrorists doing in WW1

[@Cerbera82]

When I saw the title of this video i instantly thought of Death Watch. Great film 👍

[@existentialbunny1408]

My great-grandfather was an officer in the French army. He survived a gas attack (still scarred his body) and was captured by German forces. He described the treatment he and his men received in the POW camp to be respectful and in excellent condition. He even drew a entire map layout of the camp that we have to this day...Drastic difference to his description of the terror in seeing the creeping smokey gas come closer, men scrambling to put masks on (if they had any), followed closely by a forward charge from the germans, at which point was then complete chaos

[@someguy7629]

Before gas mask, you had to pee in your handkerchief and hold it against your nose and lay to the ground. Imagine if you could not pee.......

[@existentialbunny1408]

@@someguy7629 I'm sure it would be easy at the sight of a dude emerged from a yellow fog screaming, bayonet in hand charging towards you

[@avatar5023]

@@someguy7629 why? That would only distract you more.

[@economicallyunviablekitten]

@@avatar5023 late reply so I apologize, but if I remember it properly it’s because the urine would help neutralize the chemicals used in gas attacks to a degree

[@avatar5023]

@@economicallyunviablekitten weird.

[@ds-iv8gn]

I remember a story from the Korean War that stood out to me. There was an unknown Marine who wrote a letter to his mom saying he was in a patrol in a blizzard in Korea, and there was a guy in his platoon he had never seen before who was over 6’4” (back then that was very tall) who said his name was Michael. The Marine was leading the patrol with “Michael” behind him. As he’s walking forward talking with Michael, they came across 7 enemy soldiers not even 50 feet in front of him who spotted him. He says he instantly knew he was dead and “Michael” pushed him over and rushed towards the enemies as each one fired the round in their chambers. When the Marine’s sergeant caught up with him, he asked how he not only did not get shot by 7 men 50 feet in front of him, but how he killed those 7 men without firing his rifle and that those men were killed by a sword. The Marine said he didn’t do anything and that Michael pushed him over and ran forward. His sergeant asked who Michael was and that they didn’t have anyone with that name in the platoon. When the Marine described Michael his sergeant still didn’t know who he was talking about and Michael was nowhere to be found. The Marine tells his mom he thinks he was visited and saved by Michael the Archangel from the Bible. Now that story is most likely fake, but as an active duty Marine of Christian faith, that story still inspires me even if it might be fake. *Edit* Thanks for all the likes and support, and for those of you saying 6’4” is still very tall, almost everyone in my platoon myself included is at least 6’ so I guess I just got used to thinking that was average height lol

[@greatwolf5372]

Its impossible to verify most anecdotes like this. But if this story provides you with hope and comfort, then thats only what matters.

[@Konichi_Suzuki]

Is your hands magic or something??(・∀・)

[@billmers3219]

Hey, the Bible says we all have our own guardian angel Thanks to all who have served ❤️

[@jacobfarr3579]

Look up the song Camouflage by Sabaton (it’s a cover but I don’t remember the original artist). It’s reminiscent of this story.

[@detroitandclevelandfan5503]

Sir thank you for your service. I think I have your answer to your story, or a similar story. Here is an interview of a Korean Vet. Fast forward to 21:00 in the video kzbin.info/www/bejne/fWelhIOnhct3jsU

[@fat.tony_]

paranormal encounters from all wars would be a nice series

[@desmondhumebrotha3522]

Absolutely I second this! So many stories and plenty from US wars, especially the civil war. Apparently even modern day troops in Afghanistan reportedly encountered Soviet ghosts

[@mjatriumxironreign8969]

@@desmondhumebrotha3522 soviet ghosts, i bet in the Vietnam war the americans encountered french ghosts

[@SlyCooper1920]

Oh yes, that I want to see!

[@commandingjudgedredd1841]

Bedtime Stories usually do a few military related ghost stories.

[@commandingjudgedredd1841]

@@mjatriumxironreign8969 Talking of French ghosts. In the Fifties, during a stormy night, off the coast of Devon, England. A landing craft was spotted seemingly in trouble. Two nearby Royal Navy ships were despatched to offer assistance. However as the two ships drew nearer, the crews noticed it was flying the flag of the wartime Free French Navy, then the LC vanished before their eyes.

[@NordicUlfr]

Imagine our first alien contact and they say. We wanna give some respect to the red baron for shooting down one of our supersonic all metal and shielded patrolcraft with a plane made out of Plywood and paper.

[@someguy7629]

It probs was an observation balloon of some kind.

[@mannerheim6208]

With machine guns none the less

[@Spetsnaz690]

The monsters in no man's land story would really make a great science fiction movie. Zombie apocalypse in the middle of the battlefield of ww1 where Germans deploy a gas that turns soldiers into zombies. I really wanna see a zombie movie one day set in the middle of ww1 or ww2

[@augustwolf_2256]

someone made a Lego stop-motion film with that premise. It was surprisingly good. : kzbin.info/www/bejne/pYa6hYeaoLWrnck

[@ericjosephgarand8585]

The original *All Quiet on the Western Front* novel will enter the public domain in 2025, so I would say that sounds like a million-dollar idea to me! 🧟‍♂️

[@Bergmann8]

There is one out called “Trench 11”, I don’t know where it’s streamed I guess you can search it up. It’s not really about war but still

[@Windhaver]

By the Blood of Heroes by Joseph Nassise fits this bill. In the book the Germans managed to turn dead soldiers into zombies led by an intelligent zombie Red Baron. It's a wild read.

[@capncake8837]

I mean, the Germans already sorta did that in real life with the Russians.

[@VideoClam]

I'm from Alaska and I say that Simple History is waaaaay better than The Infographics Show!

[@michaelhowell2326]

You say that like there is some sort of disagreement about that fact.

[@brourtoxic_117]

Simple history is better at history infographics is better at other things yknow like creepypastas

[@chandsitara6686]

The infographics show is kinda biased in some areas

[@---ej8tq]

@@chandsitara6686 That's an understatement...

[@adamarens3520]

@@chandsitara6686 it’s too biased and I stopped watching it.

[@lucianoosorio5942]

“I cut my teeth in the trenches of the Somme.” JRR Tolkien

[@somebritishguy8022]

All Quiet On The Western Front 2022 perfectly captures the thousand yard star in the scene where Paula almost goes crazy after stabbing a French Soldier then witnessing him slowly dying. Soon attempting to save the life of the French Soldier. And the final scene as Paula walks out the bunker bleeding.

[@aka99]

Paul, not Paula

[@azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401]

Paul

[@redditfunnyhurhur6023]

His face when they were doing one last battle is depressing he looks broken and completely deprived of any feelings. And his friends deaths genuinely shocked me it was so brutal and realistic

[@Squatch_Patriot]

@@redditfunnyhurhur6023 Talking about the tank battle scene? Yeah getting the flamethrower and shot in the back was messed up.

[@redditfunnyhurhur6023]

@@Squatch_Patriot that guys death was so depressing for me to watch he was such a likeable character

[@borleyboo5613]

Thought you might have mentioned The Angels of Mons story. That’s an interesting one. But these poor souls must have been horrendously traumatised when you think about what they witnessed. It’s no wonder they saw, or thought they saw, ghosts and spirits. God bless them.

[@mayuyumiwazaki8769]

I was wishing to see that story in this video,it was fun to read

[@yourcasualfinn2213]

They have a video already made of it

[@commandingjudgedredd1841]

There was another intriguing account concerning an ambulance that was stopped by a sentry. The driver slams on the brakes, and gets out, only to find the sentry is nowhere to be found, but he also see's this deep shell crater in front of him. If the sentry hadn't appeared, the ambulance and its occupants would've ended up as fatalities that night.

[@schizoidboy]

Allegedly it was the fantasy and horror writer Arthur Machen who came up with the story, but like everything else it ended up a wartime legend.

[@monoXcide01]

Already made a video kzbin.info/www/bejne/fmXKfH2Hjqtlj80

[@angelocaranza3359]

There are also a few urban legends of the Great War that also sound a bit creepy: 1.) The Attack of the Dead Men during the Siege of Osowiec Fortress (September 1914- August 1915) 2.) Angels and Hounds of Mons (September to November 1914 at the Battle of Mons) 3.) The Crucified Soldier (April 24th, 1915 during the Second Battle of Ypres) 4.) Kadaververwertungsanstalt or German Corpse Factory (A Propaganda Story)

[@therealrtx5645]

Attack of the dead men actually are real

[@angelocaranza3359]

@@therealrtx5645 and it did happen.

[@therealrtx5645]

@@angelocaranza3359 yeah but they actually aren't real zombie

[@angelocaranza3359]

@@therealrtx5645 Well in reality, the reason the Russians soldiers appeared to look undead or have a zombie appearence is the result of the Germans launching Chlorine Gas Attacks on the Osowiec Fortress. You have remember there only 60 Russians soldiers by the time the Germans attempted to take the fort before they were counterattcked by them.

[@therealrtx5645]

@@angelocaranza3359 100 actually

[@keving1318]

Fatigue can also cause hallucination. I had been on duty for a long time during an alert, it was deep midnight, perhaps 3 am, when I could have sworn I saw someone cross the demarcation line. By the time I turned to grab my weapon and turned back to challenge them, they were gone. I was sleep deprived and it was late. Stress was high and it can happen.

[@arithgutierrez]

I've had that happen a lot too when I'm at the field. Staying awake for 30 plus hours chilling with the SAW NVGs on . I remember squinting and can barely make out what you assume is a squad sized element moving. Good thing I never shot I figured out at the end of that exercise that our opposing force never even went that route.

[@Fellow_Daoist]

3 am is called the witching hour for a reason. They say it's when ghosts, demons, and other entities are the most active.

[@keving1318]

@@Fellow_Daoist Well all I know is that after that, I was WIDE awake.

[@RandomGuy9]

Happened to me too when we slept in forests for several nights. I always see big shadows between the trees.

[@henrikgustafsson6385]

On a long day and night march, my comrades saw werewolfs in the forest, hunting our platoon. And just before bed, some saw soldiers from like 1700 sitting around our campfires among us. They where really wacky that night. Not I, my leutenant made me fix strong coffee. Sleep deprivation is no joke.

[@stevenweaver3386]

Canadian WW1 veteran Will R. Bird wrote in his book "Ghosts Have Warm Hands", he twice had an encounter with his older brother's ghost, who had died at Ypres in 1915.

[@blazi2293]

It's just too funny to imagine the first interaction between humans and aliens would be getting shot down by none other than the Red Baron himself

[@justineallandevelos6491]

Alien: we just wanted to say hi...but this guy in his red flying machine decided to shoot my ship down instead! i'm never returning to this planet again!

[@cookiedough69]

Really begs the question of how many encounters were just psychological and how many were more real.

[@sud1881]

I believe that many of these encounters were hallucinations caused by the utterly horrible soup of mental damage caused by such a intense war. But I do acknowledge the fact that we have no way to prove either way. Still at the end of the day, the truth is irrelevant since these encounters will inevitably be revealed as truth or hallucinations.

[@jbsmith966]

the wild men/ghouls part, I have heard something similar to those stories from American soldiers seeing things like that in Afghanistan

[@becky2235]

Please can you tell me more? I've not heard of this? Thanks

[@becky2235]

@Big Daddy no not heard of it before now but thanks for the reply happy Halloween!

[@Guts-wv6mn]

The deserts of Afghanistan are full of corpses from countless wars plus the lack of water and burning sun can lead to hallucinations

[@meatiest1989]

True. One of my relatives was an Afghan commando during the 2010s who claimed to hear Russian voices from fallen Soviets.

[@Not0nSaturn]

I feel like the most paranormal stuff would be in ww1, great vid!

[@walterbar3118]

I once read a story from Prague, were they have the ghost of a frech officer from the 18th century spooking arround. At least until World War I, when a soldier performing guard duty greeted the ghost properbly. Maybe some Czechs can confirm this...

[@Kate0603]

Gaelic is not a dialect, but a language family! It includes Welsh, Scottish Gaelic, Irish, Manx, Cornish and even Breton spoken in Brittany, France.

[@Imnotsmg4bob]

*Yeah, I also heard of certain Corporal that went missing after a trench raid. Apparently he fell into a dark pool, probably merged with some entity, dragged his platoon mates into his own dark world and then was never seen again, I did hear there are these men who are trying to find him and many like him, they have a weird symbol on their shoulders but I dunno much about that.*

[@ForkLefts]

Hey man why are you starting at my femur while holding that sledgehammer

[@nateh8syou]

Please remain stationary. SCP Cognitohazard MTF response teams will be with you shortly

[@thatoneperson134]

[Locating] [Please wait while Mobile Task Force arrives]

[@taseen_gamerguy2971]

*He runs through the walls, and waits in halls*

[@shadowman8535]

*and he also likes to smile a lot.... maybe too much*

[@bill884]

My great-grandfather fight in ww2 in the Greece army against the italians and German's. He said that one night they get to sleep in a cemetery up in a hill and one of his comrades saw something, he pointed down to the river and said to rest of the soldiers that there was a men in a black shape that stare at him and mock his every move. The rest try to see it but in no avail. In the end many just go to sleep again. It is very creepy if you think about it. When i was a child i was thinking that ww2 whas a clean war in comparison to ww1 but! The reality is that it was not, it was a unclean as ww1 especially in the Balkans.

[@tacticalsweater5119]

Shell shock is ptsd at its most extreme.

[@MeliesCinemagician]

There's another famous story that, in 1918, the British sank a German U-boat, the UB-85, that was just sitting in the water, making no attempt to evade them or dive. When they brought the German survivors on board, the British asked them about their strange behavior, and the Germans claimed that, earlier that night, they had been recharging the sub's batteries when they were attacked by a monster that came out of the water, with a small head, large eyes, and "teeth that could be seen glistening in the moonlight." The monster retreated after the German sailors shot at it, but it caused enough damage to the U-boat that they were left sitting ducks for the British.

[@sallyjune4109]

ok, THAT'S creepy!

[@FormerGovernmentHuman]

While ptsd/shell shock may certainly have been a contributing factor, sleep depravation would play a much larger one. Combine the two and illusions are almost guaranteed. Anyone that has gone to Ranger school, or RASP, BUDs, que course or cag has had to experience extreme sleep deprivation. You begin to hallucinate pretty quickly especially when exhausted physically as well as mentally. You don’t need PTSD to hallucinate from an extreme lack of sleep. The hallucinations are typically the worst at night.

[@fabiovezzari2895]

Can you share some things that you and your fellas saw?

[@numbnumbjuice7296]

I dont think people understand if you are deprived of sleep you open yourself up to the spirit world

[@docE3885]

I did meth when I was younger and stayed up for days and days and the hallucinations are extremely real. I could describe down to the last detail what people sitting in trees where wearing not just glimpses of people but just sitting in the trees with binoculars and a Jersey and jeans or standing there using some sort of laser tree saw to cut branches off. I even heard the scanner my brother had described in exact detail the house we where in where the cameras where and countdown to breaking the door down. I quit that stuff after my brother died and I joined the Army as a medic and spent many many sleepless days working 48 hours straight as a infantry medic in the beginning of the war in Iraq and many nights on checkpoint duty after patrolling all day but never saw anything even after brutal combat and having people die on me anything like I saw on meth. I saw a tree bend over to tie it’s shoes driving through to forest at night ffs.

[@skypher7936]

There is a notorious story about Angels of Mons in which British soldiers describe seeing phantoms of Hundred Years War era archers firing arrows at German soldiers during the Battle of Mons Looks like there are more interesting supernatural stories to be told of

[@ronkolek613]

That was a made up fantasy story that got picked up by newspapers and printed as fact.

[@johnrandall125]

That was a propaganda story made up by the British tabloid press.

[@ivanf.482]

I'm Italian, my grand-grandpa served in ww1. He said he dreamed the Virgin Mary once, when he was sleeping in a cemetery with a comrade She told him to leave that place cause the Austrians were about to bomb it with artillery. He woke up and told it to his comrade, who didn't believe him When he returned there the next day, his comrade was dead, torn to pieces

[@lakehuntist1459]

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[@ivanf.482]

@@lakehuntist1459 ?

[@Anzac1]

Wow

[@MJ-in9od]

did his friend die by artillary

[@fecesmuncher2448]

Maybe it was just a gut feeling that manifested and well, saved him.

[@MergeTheGreatLakes]

this is so weird seeing how big your channel has gotten. i remember watching your videos late on a school night till 2-3am a few years ago. then would show and tell my history teacher your videos and we’d talk about them in class. this was when u had roughly 30k subs. im so impressed by this growth, its so well deserved. these videos are fantastic.

[@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

I remember an account of a soldier with an eyepatch who leaped off from a cliff, and fell into a river. Apparently, he encountered a ghostly apparition who could summon all the people that soldier had killed and use them against him. The Sorrow he felt was insane, and he thought he was about to cross the River Styx on the Other Side, but he took a Revival Pill in his tooth and managed to escape.

[@saberchampion3339]

I heard that same guy had a clone who killed the body double of the guy with eyepatch from rockets which made a outer heaven then the guy died in Zanzibar

[@saberchampion3339]

Then the guy had 2 clones one would kill the guy but the 2nd clone invaded shadow moses with members of foxhound

[@tristinkirby]

There's only room for one Snake and one Boss.... The Boss

[@Cydia942]

¿Metal Gear?

[@kalebesalesvieira2144]

I actually heard that this soldier walked around alone in the river confused seeing the ghost of an ancient man and some dude that got stinged to death by wasps

[@DE-cr5mg]

My great great grandfather was near the black forest when his position was over run and he was bayoneted by a german and then made it to a med tent it was full soo he layed outside all night blood freezing to the ground then was stitched up to live to be 102

[@vorynrosethorn903]

I'm sure the civilians must have been somewhat surprised to discover that Russians wore kilts, flew British flags and had a fondness of whiskey. In all seriousness though for most Brits during the time period Highlanders were as iconic as Cossacks were, it was more likely that people just enjoyed tall tales, especially ones which suggested good tidings for the overall longevity of the war and victory.

[@phant0]

You don't even need shellshock to hallucinate. Just be sleep deprived enough and be forced to stay awake all night to stare at a dark empty field and you'll see all sorts of things.

[@tabulldog2743]

The Valkyrie one is the creepiest one for me. I mean, imagine seeing THAT during patrol. Eerily out of place during a war...

[@aeroanosupremo]

At least i am going to Vallhalla

[@MaldMachine]

I wish you would make more videos like this, the grim atmosphere of the world wars alongside paranormal make such an amazing terrifying setting

[@marcastals7886]

- Who stole my beer? - Cossacks... (belch)

[@IntrepidMilo]

Amazing. One of the most interesting paranormal encounters I have heard about that took place in World War 1 was the Angel of the Mons.

[@IrishTechnicalThinker]

I love these types of stories and encounters. Looking forward to this one.

[@johnrandolph1989]

Man I just finished watching All Quiet on the Western Front, and now I get to watch this.

[@tommyatkins2527]

Oh my god me too hahahaha 😂 🤣 😅...now that's spooky 👻

[@johnrandolph1989]

@@tommyatkins2527 tis the month for chills and thrills.

[@fecesmuncher2448]

Fr bro

[@tommyatkins2527]

@@johnrandolph1989 definitely I agree

[@pocketsand4404]

I believe the "Ghost at Ypres" one. A battlefield such as WW1 would be a believable place to have ghosts.

[@om-5711]

Your content is amazing, keep it up!

[@Raptorias]

omg the black figures following the guy is the scariest part.

[@jussieronen3707]

Imagine travelling across the stars to a newly discovered alien planet and getting your ultra advanced spacecraft shot down by a thing that's barely able to fly and effectively made out of paper and wood

[@BoringTrader]

German engineering > aliens

[@familyfriendusenarme8221]

the final part of the vid was the best, imagine living such disbelief because of the things you saw in the trenches, from people dying from extremely unfair and unavoidable situations to inhuman living conditions that nothing is too ridiculous or unbelievable to you and the others

[@AgnibhaSen47]

This video is one of my favourite KZbin videos ever. Well done ❤️

[@the_diplomat51]

The Wild Men/Ghouls immediately reminded me of a flash game: Carveola Incident. It's a story about you, an allied officer pulled away from your ticket home for one "last assignment" where you'll have to work with allies and former enemies to investigate an area where there were reported sightings of crazed men, ghoul-like so to speak. On the first nightwatch your trench gets attacked by these ghoulish men, which you'll soon discover to be the undead. For a simple and straightforward flash game, it certainly still creeps me out.

[@gorgeousfreeman2240]

I remember playing that a LOOOONG time ago.

[@justineallandevelos6491]

Eyyyy good to see some fellow armor games players here

[@chrisidoo]

Reminded me of a flash game called Autumn War. Especially the sound effects.

[@Jordan-mj7kz]

On account of the ghouls men mistook fleeing injured soldiers as these creatures due to the large amounts of shelling most then men would Be covered in blood and missing limbs so it’s not hard to see why they thought zombies where crawling/stumbling at them

[@spookyskelly5276]

Shell shock isn't just ptsd or stress, it was also the constant concusive artillery blasts turning soldiers brains to mush.

[@marcoferreira3832]

that's UFO one is funny, I mean imagine your an advanced alien race that mastered space travel but then is shot for by a wingy boy and 2 pew pew guns

[@aka99]

😅

[@linkieloos]

Did the Red Baron shoot down an extraterrestrial aircraft? Ancient astronaut theorists say "YES!" Even so, the idea of bizarre sightings in war is forever fascinating.

[@LesangdesdieuX]

The gouls story is mostly true with trench raiders covered in mud creeping in the night to cut the throat of guarding soldiers, also there is accounts of guys staying hidden in holes and caches in no mans land to try to hide and cope with the violence around them being broken by all of this.

[@wattsnottaken1]

10:08 Rick Dalton cameo lol 😂 // 1:20 I love the detail of showing us the Scottish black watch kilts. Relevant since we just received an awesome video about the black watch a few weeks ago

[@nocturnalcove9736]

I'd love to see a WW1 ghost horror series! It just seems fitting for the time.

[@Goobersoomr]

My classes watched one of your videos and it felt phenomenal

[@Jasonx6700]

I heard a story from a local in my island, it was during ww2 when my people hid in caves from the battles. When she entered the cave, an old woman named natividad said "dont go in" and then 4 days later, the japanese filled the cave with dynamite, the woman survived but she found out natividad died a month ago!?

[@Thomas-rl9xd]

Please do a video on the battle of Delville wood. As a South African it would be truly amazing to see our troops remembered on this channel. Thanks..

[@mohammadtausifrafi8277]

Very well made video and excellent explanation.

[@RandomTrinidadian]

The Valkyrie Story..... I think our boy here was suffering the effects of lack of oxygen. That, or he really needed a Girlfriend.

[@imperialwyvern]

Or Both

[@CallMeCU8E]

The ghouls of no man's land story would make for a awesome horror movie.

[@tresemiselada3828]

There's a 2002 horror movie called Deathwatch, set in WW1 German trenches, following a squad of lost British soldiers. Not best reviewed but I loved the atmosphere and the ending.

[@sevengates555]

Always remember. Never forget. History is awesome❤

[@shampoo1991]

God everytime I see a new upload I get super hyped. Never though I'd say that about learning 😅

[@BigJoe2.0]

Ww1 was definitely the scariest war!

[@prakashghumaliya2002]

Thank you for video sir

[@stephenmorgan2714]

Great episode.

[@kingdarkem]

Quite frankly.....im amazed how there isnt more paranormal stuff happen. All the horrific stuff that happened on those battlefields like the brutality at the somme, paschendal and Gallipoli. Just seems to be the kind of misery that would cause horrific hauntings.

[@daviddavidson2357]

WWI is by far the most interesting war. Also new drinking game, take a shot whenever SH says Britain, survivor wins.

[@franc_idk]

1:09 "Narrator explaining the horrors of war" Some dude in the background: Nah man imma sleep this off

[@emilkaapola7191]

I would've imagined UB-65 being mentioned on this list, though that account is so detailed that it almost deserves its own video

[@darkcrescent2903]

Ok one guy seeing a ghost is creepy but an officer seeing it the next night is another thing

[@silverballstudios3578]

The biggest reason why WW2 gets so much attention is due to the fact(s) that unlike the governments of ww1 fighting because just of a simple misunderstanding… The second war began because of these horrific and inhumane dictators and governments. Also because of maw many casualties there were compared to ww1. And just how many technologically advancements and just the sheer number of nations who fought or participated in it…

[@aka99]

And because of Americans fought and Hollywood movies about ww2

[@ceecurs]

@@aka99 Americans fought in both world wars

[@omargerardolopez3294]

@@ceecurs Yeag, but they got a bigger role in the sequel

[@doinyamom5810]

WW1 wasn't a misunderstanding. It was very much intended, buildup to the war had been brewing since the 1890s

[@user-lo1ut9df6d]

simple history doesn't feel the same without the old voice.

[@nidatantan8000]

Agree

[@59wulf]

this voice sounds so robotic

[@robvig60]

Narration a cross between Rod Serling and Max Headroom… “Pe-ter Weib-strecht..”. “These ghooooouls..” 😂

[@jeffmee763]

My great great grandfather who was injured home always said to the day he died he had seen the angel at mons.

[@chheinrich8486]

Considering its ww1, id say almost all of these were just results of ptsd

[@chaydenendicott3152]

I had been watching your channel for a while. I am from Alaska and I was wondering if you can make a episode of the Alaska Territorial Guard (ATG) it was a defense force of Alaskan natives during world war 2

[@Guts-wv6mn]

Hope you guys do the WWII edition too, this video was very interesting

[@joseviveros3434]

I love this video

[@ceecurs]

Imagine been shot down by a WWI triplane while in a advanced space ship capable of interplanetary travel.

[@frijidmeatwad5253]

Do one of the orange glowing ball during the Korean War, that got shelled by artillery and didn’t go down. When it flew close to the US side, a lot of people became sick

[@thomashan4963]

That ending is perfect 👍🏽

[@Mountain_Man_]

One of the most interesting paranormal ww1 legends to me was the Angels of Mons

[@The_Practical_Daydreamer]

Imagine a strategy game called World War Wonderful, where it is set in the time period and you control supernatural forces based on the nation you choose, like playing as Britain and being able to call the Angels of Mons as backup, Russian being able to resurrect the dead like in the attack of the dead men.

[@gustavoaraujopenha8463]

Weird Wars pnp RPG is literrally that, you fight the germans which dicovered necromancy with the allied forces now armed with espers and tru faith clerics. Also one of the Bolt Action expansions ad supernatural beings to every faction, like Werebears for russians and undead for the germans. Both are WWII themed tough.

[@dylantensen6516]

I'm surprised you guys didn't include the Angels of Mons. Probably the most popular paranormal story of the war. At least here in Canada

[@tavish4699]

just saw all quite on the western front having this in mind this video makes allot more sense

[@Falkriim]

A perfect video to watch on Halloween night

[@SirHenrik88]

It is normal for a soldier standing guard in the middle of the night to see enemy figures everywhere. Every stone and tree can become a human figure when you are nervous and its dark. You don't need to be shell-shocked to experience that.

[@MxinGm]

5.3k views in 20 minutes this channel has grown!

[@angelosusa4258]

Great video and world war 1 has some creepy stories. I have had several paranormal encounters, some good and some creepy I believe some of these like ghost, angels are real especially when they were given messages to leave or find something dangerous and lived

[@factsdontcareaboutyourfeel7204]

Just watched the new version of “ all quiet on the western front “ pretty good .. worth a watch .

[@2Potates]

Lot of WW1 related ghost stories in Ypres and the surrounding town funny enough.

[@darkaxel1991]

Oddly enough, the tale about the Red Baron and the UFO would have a pretty run of the mill explanation: A pilot sees a zeppelin or observation balloon that looks weird and shoots it down. No real UFO is going to be scratched by WWI era aircraft machine guns.

[@hbomb3251]

Amen for the insight into the minds of the young who fought in the Great War

[@eddiev3052]

I remember seeing that Weekly World News magazine about the Red Baron and the ufo in the magazine kiosk in the Walmart checkout line when I was a little kid. That issue even had a poorly photoshopped image of Manfred in his triplane chasing a UFO over the clouds. Lol Those Newspapers used to give me the creeps when I was little. Especially the pictures of the Batboy, Bigfoot, alien abductions or the vampires in NYC subways, rapture and end of the world prophecies.

[@JOHNZNKCZ]

damn the Animation is getting better and better!