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  • Don’t Scare Claire

    7 Real Ghost Stories From History’s Most HAUNTED Places

    11/08/2026 | 34 mins.
    Each of these seven ghost stories comes from a real historic site, with firsthand accounts of experiences that witnesses still can’t fully explain.

    Historic places like Norman castles, medieval prisons and retired ocean liners have seen centuries of history, of human lives being lived… and lost.

    And while nowadays, visitors can tour around these locations to learn the history, some witnesses see that history come to life, in unexplained and sometimes unsettling ways.

    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

    My episode on the Edinburgh Vaults: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRS1XQs1ei0

    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!
  • Don’t Scare Claire

    They Were Watching Over Me | Real Ghost Stories

    28/07/2026 | 31 mins.
    Each of these four 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 suicide, alcoholism and domestic 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 little girl in a Victorian graveyard still searching for her mother, to a phone call that went through on a line that wasn't connected to anything, and a thirteen-year-old boy who had to tell his mum she couldn't stay.

    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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    Don’t Let These Children In | Real Ghost Stories

    14/07/2026 | 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, and two sisters who let something in that they really… REALLY, shouldn't have.

    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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    This Office Had Something WRONG With It | Real Ghost Stories

    30/06/2026 | 31 mins.
    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.

    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!
  • Don’t Scare Claire

    This Abandoned UK Village Had A VAMPIRE PROBLEM

    23/06/2026 | 27 mins.
    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…

    SOURCES

    📚 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-percy-deserted-medieval-village/history/

    💻 https://historicengland.org.uk/whats-new/news/archaeological-evidence-living-dead-in-mediaeval-england

    💻 https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/apr/03/medieval-villagers-mutilated-the-dead-to-stop-them-rising-study-finds

    💻 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-39477005

    💻 https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/tourism/yorkshires-wharram-percy-ghost-village-21575223

    💻 https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1011377?section=official-list-entry

    💻 https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/wharram-percy-deserted-medieval-village/history/research/

    💻 https://www.southampton.ac.uk/news/2017/04/living-dead.page

    💻 https://borthcat.york.ac.uk/pr-wp-6

    📺 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=se9oaqa7idw

    📺 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wutHmixz1W0

    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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