CLASSIC: Child Soldiers: A Hidden Horror
Stuff They Don't Want You To Know
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4.2 • 11K Ratings
🗓️ 28 May 2026
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
War is an ugly, abhorrent thing--and it's been with humanity since the dawn of our species. While the practice itself is chock-full of conspiracy, corruption and horror, one aspect of war is often ignored: the practice of forcing children to participate. In today's episode, the guys dive into the disturbing stories of children forced into conflict--how the children are taken, how they are indoctrinated, and what happens afterward.
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| 0:00.0 | Fellow conspiracy realists, this classic episode is coming to you now because we had a brief conversation about this in either a recent strange news segment or a more recent episode. |
| 0:12.9 | But in 2021, we looked into a conspiracy and ongoing global tragedy, the practice of forcing children to behave as soldiers. |
| 0:25.1 | Yep. |
| 0:26.1 | When you need someone to hold an AK and aim it at places, I guess for some folks, it doesn't matter which hands those are. |
| 0:37.8 | Yeah, I mean, it's the classic case of targeting the most vulnerable and malleable |
| 0:44.4 | in the most callous and despicable way possible. |
| 0:48.9 | Ugly and abhorrent, I believe is what the metadata here says, and I couldn't agree more. |
| 0:53.0 | This episode may not be appropriate for all listeners, but we do feel it's important, |
| 0:57.0 | so thank you for tuning in. |
| 0:59.7 | This is an IHeart podcast, guaranteed human. |
| 1:06.4 | From UFOs to psychic powers and government conspiracies, history is riddled with unexplained events. |
| 1:12.9 | You can turn back now or learn the stuff they don't want you to know. |
| 1:18.4 | A production of IHeart Radio. |
| 1:46.8 | Hello, welcome back to the show. My name is Matt. My name is Noel. They call me, Ben. We're joined as always with our super producer, Paul Mission Control Deccant. Most importantly, you are you, you are here, and that makes this stuff they don't want you to know. |
| 1:50.4 | We're beginning today's episode with a disclaimer. |
| 1:59.4 | Our discussion today contains descriptions of violence against children, and as such, it may not be suitable for all listeners. |
| 2:06.2 | Today we're examining war. It's one of humanity's continual curses. It's a shadow that's followed this species for the entirety of its existence, possibly before. You know, war may |
| 2:12.5 | predate homo sapiens. And we're just talking about group armed conflict. The first war that is acknowledged universally occurs in Mesopotamia in 2700 BCE. |
| 2:25.5 | And since then, some kind of conflict has occurred in every single era of history on every |
| 2:30.9 | part of the populated globe. |
| 2:33.0 | It continues today. |
| 2:34.1 | It's a horrific thing. We know we have people in the populated globe. It continues today. |
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