Strange Things at Sea
Summary
This episode of Wartime Stories explores paranormal encounters aboard U.S. Navy vessels, featuring sailor accounts of haunted submarines, aircraft carriers, and amphibious assault ships. Listeners share chilling experiences, such as seeing ghosts of deceased crew members, unexplained hatch movements, and apparitions in engine rooms. The show also covers a civilian’s encounter with a ghostly sailor on an aircraft carrier and a 1928 sighting of a massive, mythical shark by author Zane Grey. Finally, the episode concludes with a mysterious story of two Coast Guardsmen who discover a time-displ…
Topics discussed
Introduction and sponsor read
Ghost sighting on a ballistic missile submarine
Viewer comments on submarine hauntings
Historical context: USS Tang and POWs
Hauntings on the USS Constellation and other subs
Encounter in the hangar bay of a submarine
Mechanical issues and bad luck on an amphibious ship
Ghost of a sailor who hanged himself on LHD-6
Zane Gray's encounter with a giant shark
Ghostly encounters on a Navy ship in Japan
Sailor in outdated uniform in the engine room
Sponsor reads: Ridge and Take Ultra
John and Barbara's past life connection in Bermuda
The disappearance of the village of St. Catherine
John investigates the history of the lost village
Reunion with Barbara and their shared memories
Ghost footsteps in the engineering space of a carrier
Fishermen's tale of a massive shark in Port Stephens
Strange radio signals heard at sea
Hauntings on the USS Constitution
Shadows in the missile compartment of a submarine
The cursed German U-boat UB-65
Sinking of UB-65 and historical records
Ghostly machinery in Auxiliary Room 2
Sighting of a giant shark near a carrier
Sailor in WWII uniform in Pearl Harbor
Credits and production team
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