About this season
World War II is the source of hundreds of unsolved mysteries. `World War Weird' explores some of World War II's most confounding stories, from platoons that disappeared to strange `alien' war machines, each bringing its own set of unique and bizarre twists, turns and revelations. In the fast paced and frantic chaos of battle, there was no way for these inexplicable occurrences to be investigated. However, thanks to extensive archive footage, expert interviews and eyewitness accounts, the truth behind some of these instances can now be unearthed.
Episodes (8)
1. Churchill's Ice Ship; Phantom Fortress; The Amber Room Mystery; Unidentified German Object
Aired 20 September 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. Bird Wars; Nazi Sex Spies; Vanishing Batallion; Operation Psychic
Aired 27 September 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. Japanese Impostors; The D-Day Puzzle; German Corpse Factory; Buried Alive for Blighty
Aired 4 October 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. Vampire Wars; Cat's Eyes; Attack of the Mad Gasser; Double Trouble
Aired 11 October 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. Nazi Lord of the Rings; America's Black Death; The Dream That Saved London; The Ghost Ship
Aired 18 October 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. Nazi Hunt for Atlantis; Audrey Hepburn: Teenage Spy; The Fighting Girlfriend; The Angels of Mons
Aired 25 October 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. The Deadly Toyshop; The Blackout Ripper; Flight 19; Skeleton Lake
Aired 1 November 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. Mad Monk Murder Mystery; Nazi Baby Factory; Cannibal Soldiers; The War Bear
Aired 8 November 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.