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.
Episodes

7 days ago
7 days ago
The former RAF Montrose is now the Montrose Air Station Museum, displaying aircraft and artefacts from the site’s military history.But if the ghost stories are to be believed, there could be more than just echoes of the airfield’s past lingering behind… SOURCES📚 Ghosts In The Air: True Stories Of Aerial Hauntings by Martin Caidin📚 Peter Underwood’s Guide To Ghosts & Haunted Places by Peter Underwood📚 Gazetteer of Scottish And Irish Ghosts by Peter Underwood📚 Shadows In The Sky by Neil Arnold💻 https://rafmontrose.org.uk/ 💻 https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/218027 💻 https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/angus-mearns/659976/first-ghost-in-aviation-history-still-haunting-montrose/ 💻 https://www.ghostclub.org.uk/montrose.htm 💻https://angusfolklore.blogspot.com/2017/01/the-first-operational-military-air-base.html COME SAY HI!Instagram - https://instagram.com/dontscareclaire/THE LEGAL STUFFI don’t claim ownership of all the extracts, including images, videos and audio, featured in this video. I will include material according to the Creative Commons CC0 licensing, or according to fair usage on the basis that I’m reporting, educating, or providing commentary or critique. My whole aim for this channel is to educate and entertain you lovely people, using accurate factual information and personal experiences to the best of my knowledge. I spend hours and hours on the research for each one of my videos, using sources that I like to think are trustworthy. But let’s face it, no one’s perfect, and when you’re dealing with anything in history, especially the paranormal, mistakes will happen. If you’re interested, I’d highly recommend you do your own research, and if I have made a mistake, please tell me about it!

Wednesday May 07, 2025
Wednesday May 07, 2025
Windsor Castle is said to be home to multiple royal ghosts, but they’re not the only ones haunting the ancient hallways.From phantom guards to potentially a Horned God, there seems to be more than just the royals hanging around here. SOURCES📚 The Little Book of Berkshire by Stuart Hylton📚 Haunted Castles of Britain & Ireland by Richard Jones📚 Haunted Royal Homes by Joan Forman📚 Haunted England by Westwood & Simpson📚 The A-Z of British Ghosts by Peter Underwood📚 Haunted Berkshire by Roger Long💻 https://www.bbc.co.uk/berkshire/content/articles/2005/10/12/windsor_castle_ghosts_feature.shtml 💻 https://www.rct.uk/ 💻 https://www.hrp.org.uk/kew-palace/history-and-stories/george-iii/#gs.l3wneh 📺 Crown & Country: WindsorCOME SAY HI!Instagram - https://instagram.com/dontscareclaire/THE LEGAL STUFFI don’t claim ownership of all the extracts, including images, videos and audio, featured in this video. I will include material according to the Creative Commons CC0 licensing, or according to fair usage on the basis that I’m reporting, educating, or providing commentary or critique. My whole aim for this channel is to educate and entertain you lovely people, using accurate factual information and personal experiences to the best of my knowledge. I spend hours and hours on the research for each one of my videos, using sources that I like to think are trustworthy. But let’s face it, no one’s perfect, and when you’re dealing with anything in history, especially the paranormal, mistakes will happen. If you’re interested, I’d highly recommend you do your own research, and if I have made a mistake, please tell me about it!

Tuesday Apr 29, 2025
Tuesday Apr 29, 2025
Windsor Castle has almost 1,000 years of history, and has seen countless kings and queens throughout its lifetime.Surely, it would make sense why a few of those seem to have stuck around after they’re long gone? SOURCES📚 Haunted Castles of Britain & Ireland by Richard Jones📚 Haunted Royal Homes by Joan Forman📚 Haunted England by Westwood & Simpson📚 The A-Z of British Ghosts by Peter Underwood📚 Haunted Berkshire by Roger Long💻 https://www.rct.uk/ 💻 https://www.hrp.org.uk/kew-palace/history-and-stories/george-iii/#gs.l3wneh 📺 Crown & Country: WindsorCOME SAY HI!Instagram - https://instagram.com/dontscareclaire/THE LEGAL STUFFI don’t claim ownership of all the extracts, including images, videos and audio, featured in this video. I will include material according to the Creative Commons CC0 licensing, or according to fair usage on the basis that I’m reporting, educating, or providing commentary or critique. My whole aim for this channel is to educate and entertain you lovely people, using accurate factual information and personal experiences to the best of my knowledge. I spend hours and hours on the research for each one of my videos, using sources that I like to think are trustworthy. But let’s face it, no one’s perfect, and when you’re dealing with anything in history, especially the paranormal, mistakes will happen. If you’re interested, I’d highly recommend you do your own research, and if I have made a mistake, please tell me about it!

Tuesday Apr 22, 2025
Tuesday Apr 22, 2025
In Part 4 of my Haunted Disneyland series, we’re taking a look at Frontierland, and all the strange goings-on that have been reported there…IN CASE YOU MISSED THEM:Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e924-Ura8qc&t=1189s&ab_channel=Don%27tScareClaire Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXmSRsseFvk&t=266s&ab_channel=Don%27tScareClaire Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLuiGmGWDL4&t=1376s&ab_channel=Don%27tScareClaire SOURCES📚 The Unofficial Guide To Disneyland’s Haunted Kingdom by Aubrey Graves📚 “The Park” After Dark: The Original Unauthorised Guide To The Happiest (Haunted) Place On Earth, by Richard Carradine📚 Mouse Tales: A Behind-the-ears Look at Disneyland, by David Koenig💻 https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-dec-31-me-59250-story.html 💻 https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-oct-05-me-31768-story.html 💻 https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-oct-05-me-31768-story.html 💻 https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-dec-27-mn-58078-story.html 💻 https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-dec-13-me-43460-story.html 💻 https://www.yesterland.com/burningcabin.html 💻 https://www.newspapers.com/article/longview-daily-news-phil-straughan-dea/51365381/?locale=en-GB 📺 https://www.youtube.com/@AlextheHistorian COME SAY HI!Instagram - https://instagram.com/dontscareclaire/THE LEGAL STUFFI don’t claim ownership of all the extracts, including images, videos and audio, featured in this video. I will include material according to the Creative Commons CC0 licensing, or according to fair usage on the basis that I’m reporting, educating, or providing commentary or critique. Footage Credits:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw1jCeHAmiM&ab_channel=AllEars.net https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UbdTL5PiA0&ab_channel=Attractions360%C2%B0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-h_3vbg17PM&ab_channel=FOX11LosAngeles My whole aim for this channel is to educate and entertain you lovely people, using accurate factual information and personal experiences to the best of my knowledge. I spend hours and hours on the research for each one of my videos, using sources that I like to think are trustworthy. But let’s face it, no one’s perfect, and when you’re dealing with anything in history, especially the paranormal, mistakes will happen. If you’re interested, I’d highly recommend you do your own research, and if I have made a mistake, please tell me about it!

Tuesday Apr 15, 2025
Tuesday Apr 15, 2025
Roland Doe was a normal 13-year-old boy, until January 1949. Then, he became the centre of an alleged demonic possession, and endured weeks of exorcisms to free him from the demon.His case was so shocking, that it inspired William Peter Blatty to write his novel, The Exorcist, which went on to become the blockbuster movie.But how much of Regan’s ordeal did Roland Doe (now known as Ronald Hunkeler) go through? And how much can we separate fact from fiction?SOURCES📚 Exorcism! Driving Out The Nonsense, by Joe Nickell, published in the Skeptical Enquirer, 2001📚 The Haunted Boy of Cottage City, by Mark Opsnasnick, published in Strange Magazine, 1998📚 The Devil Came To St Louis by Troy Taylor📚 Possessed, By Thomas B Allen💻 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/exorcist-myths-true-story-facts-fiction/ 💻 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/20/the-exorcist-boy-named-magazine 💻 https://skepticalinquirer.org/2021/10/demoniac-who-is-roland-doe-the-boy-who-inspired-the-exorcist/ 📺 Exorcists: The True Story, first aired 2004📺 Ghost Adventures 100th Episode, first aired 2013📺 The Exorcism Of Roland Doe, first aired on Discovery+ in 2021🎙️ Interviews with Troy TaylorCOME SAY HI!Instagram - https://instagram.com/dontscareclaire/THE LEGAL STUFFI don’t claim ownership of all the extracts, including images, videos and audio, featured in this video. I will include material according to the Creative Commons CC0 licensing, or according to fair usage on the basis that I’m reporting, educating, or providing commentary or critique. My whole aim for this channel is to educate and entertain you lovely people, using accurate factual information and personal experiences to the best of my knowledge. I spend hours and hours on the research for each one of my videos, using sources that I like to think are trustworthy. But let’s face it, no one’s perfect, and when you’re dealing with anything in history, especially the paranormal, mistakes will happen. If you’re interested, I’d highly recommend you do your own research, and if I have made a mistake, please tell me about it!

Tuesday Apr 01, 2025
Tuesday Apr 01, 2025
The Exorcist is an iconic horror movie, which redefined the genre when it burst onto the scene in 1974. But it’s infamous not only for making audiences around the world faint and vomit. With all the strange goings-on during production, some are convinced that The Exorcist is subject to something more paranormal.A curse. One which may have killed as many as seven people.SOURCES📚 Castle of Frankenstein 022 (1974)📚 Hollywood Hex by Mikita Brottman📚 Photoplay Film Monthly, May 1974💻 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/exorcist-myths-true-story-facts-fiction/ 📺 The Fear Of God: 25 Years Of The Exorcist, first aired in 1998COME SAY HI!Instagram - https://instagram.com/dontscareclaire/THE LEGAL STUFFI don’t claim ownership of all the extracts, including images, videos and audio, featured in this video. I will include material according to the Creative Commons CC0 licensing, or according to fair usage on the basis that I’m reporting, educating, or providing commentary or critique. My whole aim for this channel is to educate and entertain you lovely people, using accurate factual information and personal experiences to the best of my knowledge. I spend hours and hours on the research for each one of my videos, using sources that I like to think are trustworthy. But let’s face it, no one’s perfect, and when you’re dealing with anything in history, especially the paranormal, mistakes will happen. If you’re interested, I’d highly recommend you do your own research, and if I have made a mistake, please tell me about it!

Tuesday Mar 25, 2025
Tuesday Mar 25, 2025
H.M Oxford Prison shut in 1996, closing a chapter in the castle’s history which had lasted for almost a thousand years.Now part of the prison has been turned into Malmaison Oxford, a boutique hotel, should it come as any surprise that guests are reporting strange paranormal activity in the converted prison cell bedrooms?SOURCES📚 Hotel Lobbies and Lounges: The Architecture of Professional Hospitality, edited by Anne Massey and Tom Avermaete📚 Behind Bars – Britain's Most Notorious Prisoner Reveals What Life is Like Inside by Charles Bronson and Stephen Richards📚 Paranormal Oxford by Ross Andrews📚 Haunted Oxford by Rob Walters📚 The castles of England, their story and structure by Sir James Dixon Mackenzie💻 https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/ 💻 https://www.reddit.com/r/Ghosts/comments/1940x0u/took_this_spooky_pic_back_in_2009_at_oxford/ 💻 https://www.oxfordcastleandprison.co.uk/ 💻 https://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/ 💻 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prAkqKvTE1M&ab_channel=AmysCrypt 💻 https://juliabracewell.com/cruel-or-stupid-the-tale-of-mary-blandy/ COME SAY HI!Instagram - https://instagram.com/dontscareclaire/THE LEGAL STUFFI don’t claim ownership of all the extracts, including images, videos and audio, featured in this video. I will include material according to the Creative Commons CC0 licensing, or according to fair usage on the basis that I’m reporting, educating, or providing commentary or critique. Photo Credits: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IdziL1_6pMbTSqUFABhzL0Feg6DmLsB1TmRdtrDewBw/edit?usp=sharing My whole aim for this channel is to educate and entertain you lovely people, using accurate factual information and personal experiences to the best of my knowledge. I spend hours and hours on the research for each one of my videos, using sources that I like to think are trustworthy. But let’s face it, no one’s perfect, and when you’re dealing with anything in history, especially the paranormal, mistakes will happen. If you’re interested, I’d highly recommend you do your own research, and if I have made a mistake, please tell me about it!

Tuesday Mar 18, 2025
Tuesday Mar 18, 2025
The Hands Resist Him painting is an infamous painting in the paranormal world, with many people claiming that the artwork is haunted.But with rumours of a deadly curse also surrounding the infamous painting, does the backstory give us any clues as to how much of this is true? Check out Beardo Gets Scared’s video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKgpinitMLo&ab_channel=BeardoGetsScared SOURCES📚 Supernatural: 300 Horror Stories, Mysteries and Urban Legends, By Cael Novak📚The Supernatural: Ghosts, Vampires and the Paranormal by Dr Leo Ruickbie💻 https://stonehamstudios.com/haunted 💻 http://www.spokesmanreview.com/news-story.asp?date=103102&ID=s1244540 💻 https://www.whattheheck.com/ebay/scary.html 💻 https://www.dailydot.com/irl/hands-resist-him-haunted-ebay-painting/ 💻 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/art/artists/internets-haunted-paintingthe-bizarre-story-behind-hands-resist/ 💻 https://www.nytimes.com/1978/02/28/archives/henry-seldis-critic-and-lecturer-on-art-memorial-service-slated.html 💻 https://www.bbc.co.uk/derby/unexplained/2002/haunted_painting/ebay_haunted_painting_01.shtml 🎙️ Empty Frames S2E7COME SAY HI!Instagram - https://instagram.com/dontscareclaire/THE LEGAL STUFFI don’t claim ownership of all the extracts, including images, videos and audio, featured in this video. I will include material according to the Creative Commons CC0 licensing, or according to fair usage on the basis that I’m reporting, educating, or providing commentary or critique. Photo Credits: https://docs.google.com/document/d/15iy5m-nHGpT5E5M8BqUlbKgsB8U_kDR_BrcIqFjwq3I/edit?usp=sharing My whole aim for this channel is to educate and entertain you lovely people, using accurate factual information and personal experiences to the best of my knowledge. I spend hours and hours on the research for each one of my videos, using sources that I like to think are trustworthy. But let’s face it, no one’s perfect, and when you’re dealing with anything in history, especially the paranormal, mistakes will happen. If you’re interested, I’d highly recommend you do your own research, and if I have made a mistake, please tell me about it!

Tuesday Mar 11, 2025
Tuesday Mar 11, 2025
Aston Hall in Birmingham is a stately home with a dark past. Rumours about the former owner and man responsible for its construction, Sir Thomas Holte, tell of a mean-spirited man who used violence and terror to keep his staff members in line, with possibly deadly consequences…So it’s no surprise that Aston Hall is now said to be haunted by multiple ghosts from the time of Sir Thomas Holte.SOURCES📚 Haunted Birmingham by Arthur Smith & Rachel Bannister📚 Notes and Queries, Volume 4, Series 10📚 The Folklore, Superstitions And Legends Of Birmingham by Richard S Brown📚 Complete Baronetage by George E. Cokayne📚 A history of the Holtes of Aston by Alfred Davidson💻 https://www.ourwarwickshire.org.uk/content/article/soap-sale-aston-hall 💻 https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/saw-ghost-visited-old-haunt-27869719 💻 https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/info/50170/local_history/1644/aston_local_history/3 COME SAY HI!Instagram - https://instagram.com/dontscareclaire/THE LEGAL STUFFI don’t claim ownership of all the extracts, including images, videos and audio, featured in this video. I will include material according to the Creative Commons CC0 licensing, or according to fair usage on the basis that I’m reporting, educating, or providing commentary or critique. Photo Credits: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1H40rQfRllPPmBljvn-XYEOOsPxYZOXaYOT80uhULjQc/edit?usp=sharing My whole aim for this channel is to educate and entertain you lovely people, using accurate factual information and personal experiences to the best of my knowledge. I spend hours and hours on the research for each one of my videos, using sources that I like to think are trustworthy. But let’s face it, no one’s perfect, and when you’re dealing with anything in history, especially the paranormal, mistakes will happen. If you’re interested, I’d highly recommend you do your own research, and if I have made a mistake, please tell me about it!

Tuesday Mar 04, 2025
Tuesday Mar 04, 2025
John Wayne was an icon during the Golden Age of Hollywood, but it seems that perhaps even after death, he’s still making his presence known…SOURCES📚 The Ghostly Register by Arthur Myers📚 Peter Underwood’s Guide To Ghosts And Haunted Places by Peter Underwood📚 Best Tales Of Texas Ghosts by Docia Schultz Williams💻 https://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/remember-the-haunted-alamo.html 💻 https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-oct-25-me-peeled25-story.html 💻 https://www.johnwayne.com/ 💻 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/movie-toxic-killed-john-wayne-tragedy-conqueror/ 💻https://www.cityexperiences.com/blog/the-history-of-john-waynes-yacht-tour-and-cruise-the-wild-gooseCOME SAY HI!Instagram - https://instagram.com/dontscareclaire/THE LEGAL STUFFI don’t claim ownership of all the extracts, including images, videos and audio, featured in this video. I will include material according to the Creative Commons CC0 licensing, or according to fair usage on the basis that I’m reporting, educating, or providing commentary or critique. Photo Credits: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fKmjgmLzBF6zL9mtx9EeX3oAuqsLtsheHvYDHEmBzlo/edit?usp=sharing My whole aim for this channel is to educate and entertain you lovely people, using accurate factual information and personal experiences to the best of my knowledge. I spend hours and hours on the research for each one of my videos, using sources that I like to think are trustworthy. But let’s face it, no one’s perfect, and when you’re dealing with anything in history, especially the paranormal, mistakes will happen. If you’re interested, I’d highly recommend you do your own research, and if I have made a mistake, please tell me about it!