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, these gripping accounts reveal eerie apparitions and unexplained encounters experienced by soldiers, sailors, pilots and nurses.

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.

Author: Esme Smith

c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1) , c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), First World War, Second World War, Ghosts & poltergeists

Published on 8 Oct 2026 by Imperial War Museum.