Don’t Scare Claire

The TRUTH Behind The Queen Mary’s Ghost Stories

The Queen Mary is believed by some to be haunted by up to 600 ghosts… And while we have historical records for some, other backstories just don’t quite add up.But from ghostly little girls playing hide and seek, to phantom crew members still doing their jobs long after their shift should have ended, there really does seem to be something paranormal happening on board the Queen Mary.SOURCES📚 Haunted Queen of the Seas by Nicole Strickland📚 Ghosts of the Queen Mary by Brian Clune, Bob Davis💻 https://www.crescentavalleyweekly.com/leisure/04/19/2018/the-legend-of-b340/ 💻 https://navyhistory.au/ss-queen-mary-the-loss-of-hms-curacoa-1942/2/ 💻 https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-06-11-vw-4030-story.html 💻 https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/editors-corner/rms-queen-mary-corporate-haunting 💻 https://skepticalinquirer.org/2013/07/the-queen-mary-is-not-haunted-but-i-understand-why-you-think-she-is/ 💻 https://www.queenmary.com/ 💻 https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/the-british-liner-queen-mary/ 💻 https://www.nytimes.com/1943/10/01/archives/disaster-averted-by-the-queen-mary-great-liner-nearly-capsized-in.html 💻 https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/08/a8083208.shtml 🚢 Stories from The Queen Mary’s ghost tours: https://www.queenmary.com/ 📺 Most Haunted: Season 6, Episode 17📺 Dead Famous: Season 1, Episode 6📰 Greenock Telegraph, 6th June 1934Special thanks to Rachael Goddard for helping out with the research on this one! 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!

The Shocking History of the Queen Mary (BEFORE the Ghosts)

Before the ghost tours and the paranormal reports, the RMS Queen Mary had already lived through a history so dramatic, that it's no wonder she's said to be haunted.From a luxury ocean liner, to a WW2 troopship, this legendary ship accidentally sank a Royal Navy cruiser, survived a 92-foot rogue wave, and hosted world leaders, celebrities, and soldiers before her retirement to Long Beach, California.If you only know of the ghost stories about the Queen Mary, you've only heard half the story! SOURCES📚 Haunted Queen of the Seas by Nicole Strickland📚 Ghosts of the Queen Mary by Brian Clune, Bob Davis💻 https://www.crescentavalleyweekly.com/leisure/04/19/2018/the-legend-of-b340/ 💻 https://navyhistory.au/ss-queen-mary-the-loss-of-hms-curacoa-1942/2/ 💻 https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-06-11-vw-4030-story.html 💻 https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/editors-corner/rms-queen-mary-corporate-haunting 💻 https://skepticalinquirer.org/2013/07/the-queen-mary-is-not-haunted-but-i-understand-why-you-think-she-is/ 💻 https://www.queenmary.com/ 💻 https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/the-british-liner-queen-mary/ 💻 https://www.nytimes.com/1943/10/01/archives/disaster-averted-by-the-queen-mary-great-liner-nearly-capsized-in.html 💻 https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/08/a8083208.shtml 🚢 Stories from The Queen Mary’s ghost tours: https://www.queenmary.com/ 📰 Greenock Telegraph, 6th June 1934Special thanks to Rachael Goddard for helping out with the research on this one! 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!

Episode 116: Leap Castle

Leap Castle in Ireland is referred to as one of the most haunted castles in the country, with countless ghost stories involving mysterious monks, vengeful ladies, and even a malevolent elemental.And with a history said to be as dark and violent as this, you have to wonder… is the elemental still roaming the castle, feeding off everything that happens inside?SOURCES📚 Hell House & Other True Hauntings From Around The World, by Alison Rattle and Allison Vale📚 Haunted Castles of Britain & Ireland, by Richard Jones📚 Leap Castle: A Place and Its People, by Marigold Freeman-Attwood💻 https://thejasongreene.com/Leapcastle/ 💻 https://offalyhistoryblog.com/2018/02/10/the-most-haunted-castle-in-ireland-the-story-of-novelist-andrew-merry-aka-mrs-mildred-darby-of-leap-castle-co-offaly-by-noel-guerin/ 📺 Castle Ghosts of Ireland, first aired 1995Leap Castle on the thumbnail: Trenchspike via Wikimedia Commons 4.0COME 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!

Episode 115: Highgate Cemetery

Highgate Cemetery in London is one of the UK's most haunted graveyards, known not only for the famous people buried there, but also the ghosts said to haunt the burial ground. But in the 1970s, Highgate became the centre of a media storm... because supposedly, there was a vampire on the loose. SOURCES📚 The Highgate Cemetery Vampire Hunt: The Anglo-American Connection in Satanic Cult Lore, by Bill Ellis📚 Haunted Highgate, by Della Farrant📚 Beyond The Highgate Vampire, by David Farrant📚 The Highgate Vampire, by Seán Manchester💻 https://davidfarrant.org/ 💻 https://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vol17/pt1/pp54-62 💻 https://vamped.org/2015/02/27/5-reasons-why-a-wampyr-didnt-walk-in-highgate-cemetery/ 📺 The Curse Of The Highgate Vampire, first aired on Discovery+ 2021📺 One Hour With Jonothan Ross, first aired 1990COME 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!

Episode 114: Clophill Church Part 2

The desecrated church in Clophill became a magnet for vandals, morbid thrill-seekers, and possibly even devil worshippers.But decades later, strange lights, ghostly figures, and an oppressive energy still leave many explorers running for their car.Are the ghost stories proof of something darker still haunting Clophill, or are they just a product of the satanic panic that overtook the area in the 60s?SOURCES📚 Ghosts of Bedfordshire by Betty Puttick📚 Raising the Devil: Satanism, New Religions, and the Media, By Bill Ellis📚 The Paranormal Diaries: Clophill, by Kevin Gates📚 Devil Worship In Britain, by A.V.Sellwood and Peter Haining💻 https://www.clophillecolodges.co.uk/st-mary-s-old-church 💻 https://metro.co.uk/2016/02/19/does-this-video-show-a-hooded-monk-ghost-creeping-around-a-church-5706153/ 💻 https://clophillhistory.mooncarrot.org.uk/ 💻 http://clophill-lodge.co.uk 💻 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-45736101 📰 Bedfordshire on Sunday, 1985COME 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!

Episode 113: Clophill Church Part 1

In the quiet Bedfordshire village of Clophill sits the ruins of a desecrated church that looks unassuming nowadays, but it has a terrifying past. In the 1960s and 70s, rumours of devil worship, black magic rituals, and grave desecration spiralled into a full-blown satanic panic that almost destroyed the village rector.But was it all just bored teenagers and mindless vandals tormenting the village of Clophill, or was something truly evil going on here?⚠️ This one is very dark, with some pretty graphic descriptions involving animals, as well as mentions of sexual assault and murder. If that’s not your thing, maybe give this one a miss. Look after yourselves 🖤SOURCES📚 Ghosts of Bedfordshire by Betty Puttick📚 Raising the Devil: Satanism, New Religions, and the Media, By Bill Ellis📚 The Paranormal Diaries: Clophill, by Kevin Gates📚 Devil Worship In Britain, by A.V.Sellwood and Peter Haining💻 https://www.clophillecolodges.co.uk/st-mary-s-old-church 💻 https://metro.co.uk/2016/02/19/does-this-video-show-a-hooded-monk-ghost-creeping-around-a-church-5706153/ 💻 https://clophillhistory.mooncarrot.org.uk/ 💻 http://clophill-lodge.co.uk 💻 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-45736101 📰 Bedfordshire on Sunday, 1985COME 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!

Episode 112: RAF East Kirkby

Is RAF East Kirkby one of the most haunted WW2 airfields in Britain?From eerie footsteps in the old control tower to the ghosts of Bomber Command who never came home, the Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre, some believe so. SOURCES📚 Lancaster At War: 5, by Mike Garbett and Brian Goulding📚 Shadows In The Sky: The Haunted Airways Of Britain, by Neil Arnold📚 Ghosthunter, by Eddie Burks and Gillian Cribbs📚 Ghost Stations (multiple in the series), by Bruce Barrymore Halpenny💻 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/world-war-2/8863954/Guy-Gibson-ghost-of-Dambusters-dog-found-at-airbase.html💻 https://hauntedhistoryoflincolnshire.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk/ 💻 https://www.fightercontrol.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5234 💻 https://www.wartimememories.co.uk/airfields/eastkirkby.html 💻 https://www.bbc.co.uk/lincolnshire/asop/people/pw_fred_020605.shtml#text 💻 https://www.bcar.org.uk/east-kirkby-history 💻 https://www.lincsaviation.co.uk/ 💻 https://www.key.aero/article/amazing-story-lancaster-just-janes-flight-australia-uk 💻 https://raffeaea.com/home/stories/po-christopher-witton-panton/ 💻 https://www.key.aero/article/aeroplane-meets-andrew-panton 💻 https://www.strullendorf.de/HKV/cms/core/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=112:der-flugzeugabsturz-vom-31-maerz-1944-auf-dem-plateau-der-friesener-warte&catid=40:publikationen&Itemid=57 💻 https://repository.lincoln.ac.uk/articles/event/Where_they_fell_The_164_Lancasters_lost_from_East_Kirkby/25160105?file=44442545 📺 Most Haunted Season 3 Episode 1, first aired 2003📺 The Watchtower: Guardian of the Bomber Legend, first aired 1986COME 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!

Episode 111: Denbigh Castle

Denbigh Castle in North Wales has seen centuries of rebellion, brutal sieges, executions… and if local legend is to be believed, even a fire-breathing dragon?!And with a history like Denbigh’s, it’s no surprise that people report tragic ghost sightings and eerie paranormal encounters.But are its hauntings just part of the legend of Denbigh Castle, or is something still lingering within its walls?SOURCES📚 Notes On The Folk-Lore Of The Northern Countries Of England And The Borders by William Henderson📚 Haunted Castles of Britain & Ireland, by Richard Jones💻 https://www.castlewales.com/denbigh.html 💻 https://www.ruthinhistoryhanesrhuthun.org/broadsheet-no-25 💻 https://www.ruthinhistoryhanesrhuthun.org/broadsheet-no-25 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!

Episode 110: Denbigh Mental Hospital

Once a place of "restorative treatment", Denbigh Asylum (also known as the North Wales Mental Hospital) has now been left in ruins.But why do so many believe that this once-grand Victorian building is one of the most haunted places in Wales?SOURCES📚 Psychiatry in Medical Practice by W. Lindsay Neustatter📚 North Wales Hospital, Denbigh 1842 - 1995 by Clwyd Wynne📚 Ghost Stories From North Wales Asylum by Peter Glynn📓 Michael, Pamela, and David Hirst. "Recording the many faces of death at the Denbigh Asylum, 1848–1938." History of Psychiatry 23.1 (2012): 40-51.💻 https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/local-news/outrage-over-most-haunted-tv-2810932 💻 https://www.iwa.wales/agenda/2023/11/denbigh-asylym-north-wales/ 💻 https://madnessofnorthwales.com/the-role-of-mercury-in-the-treatment-of-syphilis/ 💻 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7744477.stm💻 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-east-wales-43652268 💻 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-east-wales-38887938 💻 ​https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5165789/Student-snaps-image-ghost-caretaker-abandoned-asylum.html 💻 ​https://www.denbighshirefreepress.co.uk/news/25488360.denbigh-asbestos-roosting-bats-slow-progress-hospital-site/ 📺 Most Haunted Live: Village Of The Damned, first aired 2008COME 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!

Episode 109: The Winchester Mystery House

The Winchester Mystery House in San Jose, California, has stood for over a century, famous for its bizarre architecture, chilling ghost stories, and enduring legend of Sarah Winchester.But now, it’s known as one of America’s most haunted houses, where paranormal activity, ghost sightings, and eerie legends refuse to die.But is there any truth to the ghostly legends? SOURCES📚 Haunting America: The Truth Behind Some of America's "Most Haunted" Places by Karen Stollznow📚 Sarah Winchester: Beyond the Mystery by Bennett Jacobstein and Fran Galt📚 Captive of the Labyrinth: Sarah L. Winchester by Mary Jo Ignoffo💻 https://winchestermysteryhouse.com/ 💻 https://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/ghost-stories-tv-ghost-hunter-and-sj-native-weighs-silicon-valleys-most-famous-haunts/ 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!