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Episode 133: The Haunting of OP Rock and The Ghosts of the War in Afghanistan
Since the time of Alexander the Great and Genghis Khan, empires have routinely set up shop in Afghanistan before inevitably collapsing, one after the other. Following 9/11, President Bush declared a “War on Terror” that would launch the United States into 20 years of combat in Iraq and Afghanistan. In 2009 following President Obama’s decision to send an additional 30,000 troops to the country, members of the marines and the army began experiencing strange paranormal occurrences – especially in the Afghan province of Helmand. Perhaps the best illustration of these supernatural happenings is in the story of OP Rock: a military observation post first occupied by the Welsh Guard before being taken over by the Marines. This episode explores the testimony of several soldiers in Afghanistan during the period of 2009 – 2011 and the ghostly lights, apparitions, disembodied voices, and hallucinations they encountered.
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TIME STAMPS
00:00:00 – INTRO & DONORS
00:13:20 – MANSCAPED AD
00:17:40 – PART I: THE HEART OF ASIA
00:38:00 – PART II: AFGHANISTAN IN THE MODERN ERA
01:01:00 – PART III: OP ROCK
02:20:00 – PART IV: KEY INTERVIEW CLIPS
02:47:40 – PART V: THE THEORIES
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