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Dr. Nosleep · Monday · 36 min

War is Hell

War is hell. Not the hell of fire and brimstone preached from pulpits, but the hell that men carry with them long after the guns fall silent. The hell of a brother bleeding out in your arms. The hell of a child's face you can never unsee. The hell of coming home to a world that doesn't understand and doesn't want to. These are the stories of the damned—the soldiers who survived the war only to fight a new one inside their own minds. In this episode, we explore true stories from the darkest corners of human conflict. We examine the testimony of SS-Obersturmführer Kurt Gerstein, who witnessed the extermination camps and spent the rest of his life trying to tell a world that didn't want to hear. We investigate the case of a veteran who slipped back into the shadows and became a serial killer—a man shaped by war into something that could no longer function in peace. And we uncover the accounts of soldiers who saw things on the battlefield that defied explanation: phantom armies, spectral soldiers, and a darkness that followed them home. War is hell. But the worst hell is the one you bring back with you. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dr-nosleep--7309795/support.

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War is hell. Not the hell of fire and brimstone preached from pulpits, but the hell that men carry with them long after the guns fall silent. The hell of a brother bleeding out in your arms. The hell of a child's face you can never unsee. The hell of coming home to a world that doesn't understand and doesn't want to. These are the stories of the damned—the soldiers who survived the war only to fight a new one inside their own minds.

In this episode, we explore true stories from the darkest corners of human conflict. We examine the testimony of SS-Obersturmführer Kurt Gerstein, who witnessed the extermination camps and spent the rest of his life trying to tell a world that didn't want to hear. We investigate the case of a veteran who slipped back into the shadows and became a serial killer—a man shaped by war into something that could no longer function in peace. And we uncover the accounts of soldiers who saw things on the battlefield that defied explanation: phantom armies, spectral soldiers, and a darkness that followed them home. War is hell. But the worst hell is the one you bring back with you.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dr-nosleep--7309795/support.
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