Don’t Scare Claire

Apr 01 2025 90 ep. 28 mins 13
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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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The FULL STORY Behind The DEADLY Exorcist Movie Curse

Apr 01 2025 33 mins  
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�

Episode 89: Oxford Castle and Prison

Mar 25 2025 46 mins  
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 P

Episode 88: The Hands Resist Him Painting

Mar 18 2025 25 mins  
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=Bea

Episode 87: Aston Hall

Mar 11 2025 28 mins  
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

Episode 86: The Ghost Of John Wayne

Mar 04 2025 28 mins  
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/rememb

Episode 85: The Royal Family & The Paranormal

Feb 25 2025 22 mins  
In Part 2 of this haunted Royal Family series, we’re getting into more connections that the Royal Family has with the paranormal!We’re chatting about séances, bad omens, questionable witness statements, and a possible involvement in a super-secret government UFO program?SOURCES📚 Sounds From Another Room, by Sir Peter Horsley📚 Whisperers: The Secret History Of The Spirit

Episode 84: Ghosts Witnessed By The Royal Family

Feb 16 2025 22 mins  
It’s no secret that the royal family live in some pretty impressive historical homes. But if the stories are to be believed, they may have been witnesses to some strange ghostly activity over the years. SOURCES📚 Whisperers: The Secret History Of The Spirit World by J. H. Brennan📚 Spare by Prince Harry📚 The King Of UFOs: Royal UFO Secrets Revealed by Mark Christopher Lee�

Episode 83: The Dipping Bridge & Cap Coch, Merthyr Mawr

Feb 02 2025 20 mins  
The Dipping Bridge in Merthyr Mawr, South Wales is home to the local folklore legend of Cap Coch, who allegedly murdered countless travellers as they saught sanctuary at his inn.But did it actually happen? And are the entities reported around the New Inn bridge really the ghosts of Cap Coch and his victims?SOURCES📚 The Legends of Porthcawl and the Glamorgan Coast by Alun Morgan�

Episode 82: The Luxor Hotel

Jan 26 2025 39 mins  
The Luxor Hotel in Las Vegas is an iconic structure, but it’s also got a bit of a reputation… for being haunted, yes, but also — cursed.Where have the stories of this curse come from? Who is haunting this Las Vegas pyramid hotel? And how much of it should we believe? SOURCES📚 The Haunting of Las Vegas by Janice Oberding💻 https://lasvegassun.com/news/1996/sep/26/woman-co

Episode 81: The Atuk Movie Curse

Jan 19 2025 29 mins  
The Atuk movie has gone down in Hollywood history, notorious for being connected to a string of tragic deaths — yet the film didn’t even make it through production.But is there such a thing as the curse of the Atuk movie, or is there something else going on here?⚠️ Naturally, this one is quite dark, there is a lot of talk about death, and there are also conversations around