
World War Weird (2017)
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Dominic Selwood as Self
Episodes 22
Submarines & Sea Monsters; Fire from the Sky; Hitler’s Halt Order
Discover some of the more remarkable tales that came out of the world wars. Hear about a weird Japanese weapon and the U-boat activity that awakened something strange in the oceans.
Read MoreClose Encounters; Dead Secret; Vampire Squadron; The British SS
Were strange glowing orbs spotted by night pilots in WWII a secret German weapon or alien life? Tune in to hear about some wartime weirdness, including an army of killer bats.
Read MoreStalin's Dog Army; Hunt for Nazi Gold; Nazi Close Encounters; Game of Spies
Stalin's canine army, Rommel's hidden hoard of Nazi gold, and mysterious circles reported by RAF pilots across Britain. Hear about war at its weirdest in this intriguing series.
Read MoreArmy of the Apes; Zombie Squadron; The Nazi Plague; Ghost Airship
Hear about some bizarre tales that occurred while the world was at war, including Stalin's human/ape hybrid, zombie spies and a Nazi plague spreading through 1970s Connecticut.
Read MoreAliens Invade; Ghost Army; What Happened to Glenn Miller?
This is war at its weirdest. Learn all about Stalin's flying saucer, an Allied ghost army designed to fool Hitler and the mystery wartime disappearance of musician Glenn Miller.
Read MoreMonty's Magic Army; The Spy Who Hates Me; Aliens Invade; Churchill’s Dirty Secret
Hear about some bizarre wartime happenings, including the magicians who fought the Nazis, the German spy who double-crossed Hitler, and some strange sightings of UFOs in Canada.
Read MoreChurchill's Ice Ship; Phantom Fortress; The Amber Room Mystery; Unidentified German Object
Looking at some incredible tales from war, including Churchill's plan to create a giant ice ship, ghost planes that fly themselves and a Nazi treasure hunt for the Amber Room.
Read MoreBird Wars; Nazi Sex Spies; Vanishing Batallion; Operation Psychic
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.
Read MoreJapanese Impostors; The D-Day Puzzle; German Corpse Factory; Buried Alive for Blighty
Crossword puzzles in a national newspaper begin to attract the attention of MI5, the answers are code words for the upcoming D-Day operation. Is this the work of a spy?
Read MoreVampire Wars; Cat's Eyes; Attack of the Mad Gasser; Double Trouble
Hukbalahap Rebels in the Philippines believe they have a new enemy - a vampire. The British claim that an RAF pilot's incredible night vision comes from eating carrots.
Read MoreNazi Lord of the Rings; America's Black Death; The Dream That Saved London; The Ghost Ship
In 1940, Japan launch an attack on a Chinese city - but they are not dropping bombs. Swarms of fleas descend and the city is infected with the bubonic plague.
Read MoreNazi Hunt for Atlantis; Audrey Hepburn: Teenage Spy; The Fighting Girlfriend; The Angels of Mons
At the Battle of Mons, the Germans retreat in panic when confronted by a group of angels. Is this divine intervention, mass hallucination - or something even stranger?
Read MoreThe Deadly Toyshop; The Blackout Ripper; Flight 19; Skeleton Lake
In blacked-out London four young women are murdered - just like Jack fifty years before. When two flights disappear without a trace, the legend of the Bermuda Triangle begins.
Read MoreMad Monk Murder Mystery; Nazi Baby Factory; Cannibal Soldiers; The War Bear
The Germans hear that Polish forces are fighting alongside a huge bear. Tales of this beer-swilling, chain-smoking beast terrify them - but incredibly the stories are true.
Read MoreNazi Anti-Gravity; Phantom Cities; Stalin's Cursed Tomb; Poultry of Mass Destruction
Bizarre events during wartime, featuring a Nazi anti-gravity device, phantom cities built during the Second World War, Stalin's cursed tomb and poultry of mass destruction.
Read MoreCharlie Chaplin and the League of Blood; Hitler's Dog Army; Bazooka Charlie; The Eagle & the Bear
A Japanese secret society's repeated attempts to kill Charlie Chaplin and Hitler's plan in 1942 to use educated dogs to do a soldier's job.
Read MoreThe Tsar's Monster; Last Man Standing; Lavatories vs the Luftwaffe; Missiles on Ice
The unfortunate fate of the world's first tank, which failed to make it onto the battlefield, and the case of the Japanese soldier who continued fighting - until 1974.
Read MoreHonour Among Pilots; When Hormones Attack; The Russian Rumor; Handheld Nukes
The story of Franz Stigler, a German Luftwaffe pilot in the Second World War who risked his own life to save the crew of an American B-17 bomber.
Read MoreNazi Dinosaurs; Hitler's Supergun; Incredible Flying Tanks; Psychic Soldiers
While Nazi scientists were conducting brutal experiments in an attempt to create an Aryan master race, a team of zoologists were overseeing their own bizarre science trials.
Read MoreThe Big Stink; The Dyatlov Pass Incident; Kill Fidel!
A program set up by the Special Operations Executive, the forerunner to MI6, to undermine German and Japanese officers by spraying them with a foul-smelling substance.
Read MoreHitler's Holy Spear; Battle of the Beams; The Nazi's Brother; The Porton Down Poisonings
The story of Herman Goering's younger brother Albert, who was opposed to Nazism and helped Jews and others escape persecution in Germany, but found himself shunned due to his name.
Read MoreConcentration Camp Rebellion; The Nazi Fog; The Nuke That Fell to Earth
A daring plan devised in 1943 by the inmates of the Death Camp at Sobibor, as they staged an organised rebellion to fight back against their Nazi oppressors.
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