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Don’t Scare Claire

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    It All Started When I Died | Real Ghost Stories

    24/03/2026 | 36 mins.
    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 unexplained encounter that you would like to share? Tell me your story for a chance to be featured on the channel https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdbPjdRwf2UCYVDNsyN_wI7wk0m1oxIqpPWNWe_nliGZ9cIyQ/viewform

    COME SAY HI!

    Instagram - https://instagram.com/dontscareclaire/

    THE LEGAL STUFF

    I 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!
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    Ghost Stories They Don’t Tell Visitors In This Historic Mansion

    17/03/2026 | 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.

    SOURCES

    📚 Kedleston Hall Guidebook

    💻 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/7730409/Lady-Scarsdale-accuses-National-Trust-of-neglecting-security-after-break-in-at-Kedleston-Hall.html

    💻 https://www.greatbritishlife.co.uk/magazines/derbyshire/22633471.richard-felix-stately-ghosts-kedleston-hall-derbyshire/

    💻 https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/peak-district-derbyshire/kedleston-hall/history-of-the-curzons

    💻 https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/aug/16/guardianobituaries

    💻 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/derbyshire/8660898.stm

    💻 http://nationaltrustcollections.org.uk/object/108990

    📺 Secrets of the National Trust with Alan Titchmarsh

    And a huge thank you to the staff and volunteers at Kedleston Hall!

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    THE LEGAL STUFF

    I 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!
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    I KNOW What I Saw... | Real Ghost Stories

    10/03/2026 | 31 mins.
    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 possibly even photographed.

    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 unexplained encounter that you would like to share? Tell me your story for a chance to be featured on the channel https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdbPjdRwf2UCYVDNsyN_wI7wk0m1oxIqpPWNWe_nliGZ9cIyQ/viewform

    COME SAY HI!

    Instagram - https://instagram.com/dontscareclaire/

    THE LEGAL STUFF

    I 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!
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    Episode 127: RAF Scampton

    03/03/2026 | 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…

    0:00 Intro

    1:10 The History Of RAF Scampton

    12:52 RAF Scampton Ghost Stories

    SOURCES

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

    📚 Folklore of Lincolnshire, by Susanna O’Neill

    📚 Paranormal Lincolnshire, by Daniel J Codd

    📚 Ghost Stations (Various Volumes), by Bruce Barrymore Halpenny

    💻 https://www.raf.mod.uk/our-organisation/squadrons/6-1-7-squadron/

    💻 https://www.49squadron.co.uk/

    💻 https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/the-incredible-story-of-the-dambusters-raid

    💻 https://www.raf.mod.uk/display-teams/red-arrows/news/final-flight-of-red-arrows-jet-from-raf-scampton/

    💻 https://www.dambusters.org.uk/airfields/scampton/

    💻 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-15521637

    💻 https://vulcantothesky.org/articles/memories-of-raf-scampton/?srsltid=AfmBOoo1HwzLp1zzvZ2IN3tQZ1t2ZZiqZvR9o6ow7vUcIW2YVg1Pal-a

    💻 https://hauntedhistoryoflincolnshire.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk/surrounding-areas/newark/

    💻 http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafscampton (Accessed via Wayback Machine)

    💻 https://www.strangehistory.net/2014/03/02/mcconnels-passing-an-at-death-encounter/

    💻 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/world-war-2/8863954/Guy-Gibson-ghost-of-Dambusters-dog-found-at-airbase.html (Accessed via Wayback Machine)

    💻 https://www.baaa-acro.com/city/scampton-afb

    💻 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9qpr2481wxo

    💻 https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/6nj0f1/serious_military_or_police_service_members_of/

    💻 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/world-war-2/8863954/Guy-Gibson-ghost-of-Dambusters-dog-found-at-airbase.html

    📰 London Gazette, 25th May 1943

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    THE LEGAL STUFF

    I 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!
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    Episode 126: Listener Ghost Stories Vol. 4

    24/02/2026 | 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.

    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 unexplained encounter that you would like to share? Tell me your story for a chance to be featured on the channel https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdbPjdRwf2UCYVDNsyN_wI7wk0m1oxIqpPWNWe_nliGZ9cIyQ/viewform

    COME SAY HI!

    Instagram - https://instagram.com/dontscareclaire/

    THE LEGAL STUFF

    I 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!

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About 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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