World War Weird

Season 2

2018 · 8 episodes · 6h 0m in all

Episodes

1. 1

   1. Churchill's Ice Ship; Phantom Fortress; The Amber Room Mystery; Unidentified German Object

   20 Sept 2018 · 45 min

   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.

2. 2

   2. Bird Wars; Nazi Sex Spies; Vanishing Batallion; Operation Psychic

   27 Sept 2018 · 45 min

   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.

3. 3

   3. Japanese Impostors; The D-Day Puzzle; German Corpse Factory; Buried Alive for Blighty

   4 Oct 2018 · 45 min

   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?

4. 4

   4. Vampire Wars; Cat's Eyes; Attack of the Mad Gasser; Double Trouble

   11 Oct 2018 · 45 min

   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.

5. 5

   5. Nazi Lord of the Rings; America's Black Death; The Dream That Saved London; The Ghost Ship

   18 Oct 2018 · 45 min

   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.

6. 6

   6. Nazi Hunt for Atlantis; Audrey Hepburn: Teenage Spy; The Fighting Girlfriend; The Angels of Mons

   25 Oct 2018 · 45 min

   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?

7. 7

   7. The Deadly Toyshop; The Blackout Ripper; Flight 19; Skeleton Lake

   1 Nov 2018 · 45 min

   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.

8. 8

   8. Mad Monk Murder Mystery; Nazi Baby Factory; Cannibal Soldiers; The War Bear

   8 Nov 2018 · 45 min

   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.