Wartime Ghost Stories

Discover chilling tales from the frontlines and beyond with this spine-tingling collection of wartime ghost stories. From the trenches of the First World War to Britain's home front during the Second, through the tense Cold War years and modern-day conflicts, these gripping accounts reveal eerie apparitions and unexplained encounters experienced by soldiers, sailors, pilots and nurses. This book also uncovers spooky stories of IWM's own resident ghosts across its historic sites. Whether you are a believer or sceptic, these atmospheric tales explore how echoes of the past continue to haunt the present. From haunted trenches and airfields to ghostly ships, castles and even Nissen huts, you'll encounter the ghost of a German soldier, a woman in black, phantom sailors and other hair-raising encounters.