Don’t Scare Claire

Don’t Scare Claire

Looking for paranormal stories, ghostly encounters, and grisly tales from history? Hi! I’m Claire, come sit with me to chat about all things morbid, mysterious and macabre… If you love to get your learnin’ on and prefer the stories behind history’s most chilling paranormal legends, we’re going to be best friends. We’ll get into everything from dark history and real-life haunted houses, to creepy urban legends and the best kinds of bedtime stories - ghost stories.

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July 14, 2026 29 mins

Each of these six ghost stories comes from a real person, with firsthand accounts of experiences that witnesses still can't fully explain.

⚠️ Just a heads-up, there are brief mentions of child abuse in this episode, so if you need to, please feel free to sit this one out and look after your mental health.

From a girl with no eyes sobbing on a landing, to a house so haunted there were parts of it you simply didn't go after dark...

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Each of these six ghost stories comes from a real workplace, with firsthand accounts of experiences that witnesses still can't fully explain.

From a fourth floor office that staff refused to be left alone on, to a centuries-old pub where something still walks the upstairs floor after last orders, and an unassuming storeroom that turned out to have a tragic history of its own.

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Wharram Percy, in the Yorkshire Wolds, is the most famous deserted medieval village in England.

For forty years, archaeologists studied the life and death of the village, and in the process, uncovered a sinister secret…

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📚 History of English Affairs, by William of Newburgh

💻 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352409X1630791X

💻 https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/wharram-per...

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Each of these eight ghost stories comes from a real person, with firsthand accounts of experiences that witnesses still can't fully explain.

From a late uncle who only stopped pacing the hallway when someone finally asked him to, to a great-grandmother who seemed to follow the babies in the family from house to house, to a phone call that couldn't possibly have happened... and one angry spirit who made very sure everyone knew he ...

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Salt Lake City's Capitol Theatre has been entertaining audiences since 1913, but once the curtain falls and the crowds go home, something else takes the stage.

Staff have reported flickering lights, slamming doors, and a ghost the theatre has nicknamed George. But for two police officers assigned to night security, what they encountered went far beyond a mischievous spirit…

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📚 Forgotten Tales of Utah, by Andy ...

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Each of these six ghost stories comes from a real person, with firsthand accounts of experiences that witnesses still can’t fully explain.

From unexplained voices echoing in empty hangars in the dead of night, to a German WW2 housing block that still appeared to be

Scary sea captain and kids. Voices in hangar. Voices over radio. Nazi barracks. Re-enactors.

To my knowledge, these are not creepypasta or fictional horror ...

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Above the iconic white cliffs of Dover, stands one of England’s most formidable fortresses. Throughout the centuries, Dover Castle has seen

But with stories of ghostly soldiers, phantom screams, moving objects and a possible unsolved murder, is Dover Castle haunted by one tragic legend, or by everything this place has witnessed?

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Each of these six ghost stories comes from a real person, with firsthand accounts of experiences that witnesses still can’t fully explain.

From a late-night drive that stopped two witnesses in their tracks, to dark figures lingering at the roadside, and one story that feels less like a haunting and more like reality slipping out of place…

To my knowledge, these are not creepypasta or fictional horror stories. Ever...

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May 5, 2026 38 mins

Gloucester Prison is one of the most unsettling haunted locations in the UK, built on centuries of punishment, suffering, and death.

Before it became the prison we know today, this site was part of Gloucester Castle, where prisoners were held in grim conditions for hundreds of years.

After closing its doors for good in 2013, Gloucester Prison has quickly developed a reputation for being haunted. Shadow figures flit in the corn...

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Each of these five ghost stories comes from a real home, with firsthand accounts of experiences that witnesses still can’t fully explain.

From something unseen tripping a motion sensor, to a bible inexplicably flying across the room, and possibly… warnings from beyond the grave?

To my knowledge, these are not creepypasta or fictional horror stories. Every story in this video comes directly from a real person’...

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April 14, 2026 33 mins

Deep in Central London, there’s a royal palace that has been at the centre of British history for almost 500 years… and according to dozens of witnesses, not all of its residents have left.

St James’s Palace is still an incredibly important place to the British monarchy, but below the pageantry, lies a 19th Century scandal that left one man dead, under deeply suspicious circumstances…

Ever since, peopl...

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Each of these five ghost stories comes from a real school or library, with firsthand accounts of experiences that witnesses still can’t fully explain.

In this week’s collection, something lingers behind in the empty school corridors, long after the last student has gone home. In Australia, did the previous owner of this library’s collection make his presence known to pass on a message from beyond the grave?

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The Garrick’s Head pub and the Theatre Royal in the city of Bath have some interesting stories about a mysterious Grey Lady ghost, who has been seen on both sides of the building.

But she’s not the only one supposedly haunting this 18th-century, former mansion…

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📚 Collins Ghost Hunters’ Guide To Britain

📚 The International Directory of Haunted Places, by Dennis William Hauck

📚 The Haunt...

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Ever since David was an infant, his life has been affected by the paranormal. 

Each of these ghost stories comes from David and his family’s accounts of experiences that they couldn’t fully explain. 

To my knowledge, these are not creepypasta or fictional horror stories. Every story in this video comes directly from a real person’s own claimed experience. Make of them what you will.

Have you had an un...

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March 17, 2026 42 mins

Kedleston Hall in Derbyshire is a stunning visitor attraction, where you can spend the day out admiring the Robert Adam architecture and 18th-century furnishings.

But the history of this sprawling estate is even more fascinating. It’s been owned by the Curzon family for almost 900 years… so it comes as no surprise that it’s picked up more than a few ghosts over the years.

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📚 Kedleston Hall Guidebook...

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Each of these nine ghost stories comes from firsthand accounts of experiences that witnesses still can’t fully explain.

In this week’s collection, the memory of a long-gone building burrows itself into this witness’s memory. How did it get there, and why? In Jamaica, a tourist unknowingly upsets a ghostly resident, and one of the most infamous entities in Edinburgh Vaults makes its presence known… and is ...

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March 3, 2026 36 mins

RAF Scampton is famous for, amongst other things, being the World War 2 home of 617 Squadron, also known as the Dambusters.

But if the ghost stories are to be believed, there could be more than just its rich history lingering behind here…

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1:10 The History Of RAF Scampton

12:52 RAF Scampton Ghost Stories

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Photo of RAF Scampton on the Thumbnail: Copyright Richard Croft under CC BY-SA 2.0

📚 Folklo...

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February 24, 2026 30 mins

Each of these four ghost stories comes from a real home, with firsthand accounts of experiences that witnesses still can’t fully explain.

In this week's collection, a family described being warned of a life-threatening disaster, while another case terrified home invaders so badly that they left empty-handed. All of these stories have one thing in common... something in the home was watching.

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Ready for another haunted London story? Because we’re going back to the London Underground! This time, we’re covering the ghost stories and paranormal encounters on the Bakerloo Line.

Initially opened in 1906 and expanded since then, the Bakerloo line has transported millions of passengers across London, but some say that not all of them were alive…

From mysterious figures seen boarding a train and disappeari...

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February 10, 2026 22 mins

Each of these seven ghost stories comes from a real home, with firsthand accounts of experiences that witnesses still can’t fully explain.

From a garden refit that may have angered the long-passed, to unexplained bruises that appeared overnight, each of these stories centres around a home where something didn’t want to be ignored.

To my knowledge, these are not creepypasta or fictional horror stories. Every story in...

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