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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Episodes

Tuesday Feb 27, 2024

The Ye Olde Trip To Jerusalem has sat nestled in the cliffside of Nottingham for hundreds of years, so it’s no surprise it’s rumoured to be more than a little bit haunted!Come sit by me as we get into the centuries of history in this ancient Nottingham pub, and all of the real paranormal stories that have been reported!SOURCES📚 Haunted Nottingham by Andrew Wright: https://tinyurl.com/Haunted-Nottingham (Affiliate Link)📚 Ghosts And Legends Of Nottinghamshire by David Haslam: https://tinyurl.com/Nottinghamshire-Ghosts (Affiliate Link)💻 http://www.yeoldetriptojerusalem.com/ (Accessed via Wayback Machine)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/14y6SAeyjNoYibw4Tjhnb1eiKEAFYNQJ1-2Yza_aSfOw/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!

Episode 19: Tamworth Castle

Tuesday Feb 27, 2024

Tuesday Feb 27, 2024

Tamworth Castle is home to centuries of grisly history, so it’s no surprise it’s rumoured to be haunted as hell — but is there something darker lurking here?Come sit by me as we get into exactly what went down here, some of the real paranormal stories that have been reported, and find out exactly why Tamworth Castle will forever be burned into my brain 😳SOURCES📚Haunted Staffordshire by Philip Solomon: https://tinyurl.com/Haunted-Staffordshire (Affiliate Link)📚 Tamworth Castle: Its Foundation, History and Lords from the Norman Conquest to the Present Day, by Reverend Henry Norris. : https://tinyurl.com/Tamworth-Castle (Affiliate Link)📚 Haunted Castles Of Britain And Ireland by Richard Jones: https://tinyurl.com/Haunted-Castles-Jones (Affiliate Link)📚 Staffordshire Ghost Stories by David Bell: https://tinyurl.com/Staffordshire-Ghost-Stories (Affiliate Link)💻 www.tamworthcastle.co.uk 📺 Most Haunted Season 3, Episode 10, first aired in 2003COME 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/10egbBwgoUta1TUDzT0npylX7baNElCGBioQOBQ75OdI/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!

Episode 18: The Stanley Hotel

Tuesday Feb 27, 2024

Tuesday Feb 27, 2024

The Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado is claimed to be one of the most haunted hotels in America, with real paranormal activity reported in every single room of the huge sprawling resort.Come sit by me as we get into the history of this allegedly haunted hotel, how it served as the inspiration for Stephen King’s The Shining, and some of the super creepy ghost stories that have been claimed here.SOURCES📚 The History and Haunting of the Stanley Hotel, 2nd Edition by Rebecca F Pittman: https://tinyurl.com/Stanley-Hotel (Affiliate Link)💻 www.visitestespark.com/plan/about/history/💻 https://www.westword.com/arts/haunted-by-its-past-will-the-stanley-hotel-have-a-happy-ending-8437814📺 Ghost Hunters Season 2 Episode 22, first aired in 2006COME 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/1vV-GdEIR1FGCJHQBodJU73yCi_S4JI0gatvPEJ8o3H4/edit#heading=h.9g321zw99std 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 Feb 27, 2024

30 East Drive in Pontefract is said to be one of the most haunted houses in the UK, with an entity known as the Black Monk of Pontefract terrorising the Pritchard family in the 60s.But the story didn’t end with the Pritchards… Come sit by me as we get into the history of 30 East Drive, right up to the real ghost stories from today!Cheers to @TheOuijaBrothers for requesting this video, and a huge thanks to @GhostsOnTrent for shouting me out on their recent live stream from the LIVING ROOM OF 30 EAST DRIVE ITSELF (WHAAAT?!) Check it out 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1JsdoaXJog&t=14622s&ab_channel=GhostsOnTrent SOURCES📚The Black Monk of Pontefract by Richard Estep and Bil Bungay: (Affiliate Link)📚 Poltergeist!: A Study In Destructive Haunting by Colin Wilson: https://openlibrary.org/books/OL3785794M/Poltergeist%21📚 Extreme Hauntings by Paul Adams and Eddie Brazil: https://tinyurl.com/Extreme-Hauntings (Affiliate Link)💻 http://www.30eastdrive.com/ 💻 The Ouija Brothers’ interview with Bill Farrar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aK-3vQTa2Ys&t=1280s&ab_channel=OuijaBrothers 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/1rfuZXiIuemnYXgwhPmUPMeliJrUKLw7i73gIvNIPAnI/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 Feb 27, 2024

The old Coronation Street set in Granada studios had some weird paranormal stories coming out from both cast and crew members — and it seems that some actors who have since passed away are still showing up for work on the longest-running TV soap.Come sit by me as we get into exactly what’s been reported on these allegedly haunted Coronation Street sets and who may still be walking the cobbles once the cameras have stopped rolling…SOURCES💻 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4424902/Exorcist-called-Coronation-Street-ahead-demolition.html💻 https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/coronation-street/a826736/coronation-street-kym-marsh-is-creeped-out-old-set-is-haunted/💻 https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/7588019/granada-studios-haunted-coronation-street/💻 https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/06/01/coronation-street-cast-set-ghosts_n_7482820.html 📺 Most Haunted Season 7, Episode 16, first aired in 2005COME 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/19Q1qYGBDt9gRoxB-h2EC1nTf7GaYV6gp6zblb3T8mvc/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!

Episode 15: The Golden Fleece

Tuesday Feb 27, 2024

Tuesday Feb 27, 2024

Famously claiming to be York’s most haunted pub, the Golden Fleece has a long history that has meant it’s picked up a few ghostly regulars over the centuries…But who haunts the Golden Fleece, what happened to them, and does the ancient inn really live up to its reputation as being the most haunted in York? SOURCES📚 Haunted York by Rupert Matthews: https://tinyurl.com/ghosts-of-york (Affiliate Link)💻 https://www.jorvik.co.uk/golden-fleece/ 💻 https://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/hauntings/the-golden-fleece-york/ 💻 https://samuraidave.wordpress.com/2006/11/11/staying-a-night-at-yorks-most-haunted-pub/ 💻 https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/ghost-hanged-pub-landlord-captured-6707174 💻 https://www.yorkconservationtrust.org/our-buildings/herbert-house-and-lady-peckett-s-yard 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/1BOmzHQg2-_PCMDb0rwDyENDEu5bnTbWmjgT63gj5JIg/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!

Episode 14: Ashwell Prison

Tuesday Feb 27, 2024

Tuesday Feb 27, 2024

Ashwell Prison in Rutland had a murky past, with everything from escapes to prison riots. But is it really haunted?Come sit by me as we get into the history of the site of Ashwell, including its time as a World War 2 camp for the 82nd Airborne Division — and of course, all the ghostly goings-on that still occur to this day 👻SOURCES📚 https://www.langhaminrutland.org.uk/books/wartime.pdf 💻 https://insidetime.org/behind-the-gate-hmp-ashwell-abandoned/ 💻 https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2009/apr/11/hmp-ashwell-prison-riot-lockdown 💻 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/leicestershire/4483501.stm 💻 https://thegaolevents.co.uk/ 💻 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/leicestershire/3245375.stm 💻 https://insidetime.org/disturbance-at-ashwell-prison/ 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/14M__eal4kknC_e1QdxMSX5FMuUak9qgQNh3cnd4kIDU/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 Feb 27, 2024

The National Justice Museum, formerly known as the Galleries of Justice, is home to more than a few spectral beings that continue to serve their time behind the prison walls.Come sit by me as we get into just how truly horrific the conditions were at Nottingham County Gaol, and exactly who continues to haunt the location long after their date with the hangman…SOURCES📚 Murder And Crime Nottingham by Adam Nightingale: https://tinyurl.com/Murder-Crime-Nottingham (Affiliate Link)📚 Olde Nottinghamshire Punishments by Ian Morgan: https://tinyurl.com/Olde-Notts-Punishments (Affiliate Link)📚 Haunted Nottingham by Andrew James Wright: https://tinyurl.com/Haunted-Nottingham (Affiliate Link)💻 http://www.nottshistory.org.uk/articles/shirehall.htm 🏛️ The National Justice Museum (shoutout to the guides Andy and Claire!)📺 Most Haunted, Season 15 Episode 4, first aired in 2003COME 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/1FsBD1a3ZP6KAkdaPJBf5GyONNagRJEwpm5T34FJJhuM/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 Feb 27, 2024

The Busby Stoop chair, also known as the dead man’s chair, is apparently responsible for the deaths of multiple people who have dared to sit in it 😱Come sit by me where we get into the story of this cursed chair, the hauntings, and how it came to find itself perched 5 feet high on a museum wall.SOURCES📚 Dead Man’s Chair: The Legend Of The Busby Stoop Chair by Mark Robinson: https://tinyurl.com/Dead-Mans-Chair (Affiliate Link)💻 http://www.thirskmuseum.org/displays.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. Photo Credits: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KwOKJI8KWePxu_TT08tPHESlquj5azlFZjWPFaMpBBs/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!

Episode 11: Edward Mordrake

Tuesday Feb 27, 2024

Tuesday Feb 27, 2024

The legend of Edward Mordrake and his demonic twin face is well over 100 years old at this point, but is it really possible? Was it a complete hoax? Is the truth somewhere in between?Come sit by me as we get into old Ed’s story, some possible explanations for his condition, and a few reasons why he’s still being talked about to this day.SOURCES📚 https://archive.org/details/anomaliescuriosi00goul/page/188/mode/2up?q=edward+mordake 📰 https://www.newspapers.com/article/4697600/boston_post/ 💻 https://www.farmersmuseum.org/cardiff-giant/ 💻 https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/welles-scares-nation 💻 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00381-014-2581-6 📺 American Horror Story Season 5, Episode 7, first aired in 22nd October 2014COME 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/1B5vA93eYF317EiOafZG9zhZprSlwhbl31rT1A4gXgFM/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!

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