What Lurks in the Treeline: Phenomena of Camp Lejeune & Onslow County (Part 3)
RSS Feed Camp Lejeune has its fair share of ghost stories, but after years of investigating the area and hearing experiences from Marines and locals, we've started wondering if there's more to these hauntings than just the military base itself.
In Haunted Camp Lejeune Part 3, we take things a little further by looking into the history of Onslow County, North Carolina, and what was here long before Camp Lejeune was established. We share some of the things uncovered while researching the area's past, including early settlements, slavery, the turpentine industry, displaced families, and old burial grounds. Some of this history isn't talked about nearly as much as you might think, and it raises some interesting questions about the experiences people continue to report today.
We also had an overwhelming response to a TikTok post asking locals and Marines to share their paranormal experiences. With over 140 comments, there were plenty of stories to go through, and some of them were pretty unsettling. We're talking about children appearing in the woods at Camp Devil Dog, voices mimicking family members, shadow figures, strange animal encounters, and even a military training exercise where something unusual was reportedly spotted through thermal equipment.
Along the way, we share some of our own experiences investigating the area, including a few recent encounters that have left us scratching our heads.
There's a lot to unpack in this one, and while we don't claim to have all the answers, we wanted to take a closer look at the history, the stories, and the similarities that keep showing up. Because the more we look into what's happening around Camp Lejeune and Onslow County, the more questions we seem to have.
Episode Timestamps:
00:00 — Introduction & why we're revisiting Camp Lejeune
06:35 — Listener submissions & researching the land
12:00 — Early courthouses, slavery & forgotten history
18:57 — Displaced families, cemeteries & turpentine
33:51 — Camp Devil Dog's child apparitions
48:06 — Mimicking voices & screams in the woods
59:51 — Military thermal footage & shapeshifting creatures
1:02:16 — Megan's unsettling cat encounter
1:05:00 — Haunted housing & the Lady in White
1:08:24 — Hunters, shadow figures & strange creatures
1:15:36 — The unexplained sound that shook Megan's home
1:26:58 — The mysterious white barn owl
1:30:57 — Can the land itself be healed?
Question for Listeners: Have you experienced anything unexplained at Camp Lejeune or anywhere in Onslow County? Do you believe disturbing the land's history can influence paranormal activity, or could something else be lurking in these woods?
Episode Keywords: Haunted Camp Lejeune, Haunted Onslow County, Camp Devil Dog, Jacksonville NC, military ghost stories, black-eyed children, mimics, shapeshifters, Not Deer, shadow figures, turpentine camps, haunted military bases, paranormal encounters, Hidden In The Shadows Podcast.
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