Lights On Still Scared

Lights On Still Scared Paranormal stories, folklore & real-life encounters. Hosted by psychic medium Karen Swanston and paranormal investigator & author Graeme Milne.

🚨👻 FINAL HOURS! 👻🚨That's it.The ghosts are closing the doors at MIDNIGHT. 🚪😂Our Lights On, Still Scared T-Shirt & Signed...
31/08/2026

🚨👻 FINAL HOURS! 👻🚨

That's it.

The ghosts are closing the doors at MIDNIGHT. 🚪😂

Our Lights On, Still Scared T-Shirt & Signed Book Competition ends TONIGHT.

If you have a TRUE paranormal story you haven't sent us yet…

THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE.

👕 Exclusive T-shirt designs that won't be available to buy
📖 A signed copy of Graeme's latest book for our winner
👻 Four stories will receive prizes

ENTER BEFORE MIDNIGHT:

🌐 Go to our website
📝 Complete the Contact Form
👕 Mark it “T-Shirt Competition”
👻 Send us your TRUE story

MIDNIGHT. TONIGHT.

After that…

🔒 THE COMPETITION IS CLOSED.

So stop thinking about sending us that story…

and SEND IT! 😂👻

Good luck everyone!

💡👻 LIGHTS ON, STILL SCARED

We take the stories seriously. Ourselves? Less so.

🚨👻 TODAY IS THE DAY — ENTRIES CLOSE AT MIDNIGHT! 👻🚨No more “I'll send it tomorrow…”Because there isn't a tomorrow! 😂Our ...
31/08/2026

🚨👻 TODAY IS THE DAY — ENTRIES CLOSE AT MIDNIGHT! 👻🚨

No more “I'll send it tomorrow…”

Because there isn't a tomorrow! 😂

Our Lights On, Still Scared T-Shirt & Signed Book Competition officially closes TONIGHT — 31st August at MIDNIGHT. ⏰

So if you have a TRUE paranormal story you've been meaning to send us, this is your final chance.

It could be a ghostly encounter, a strange coincidence, a possible timeslip, something involving a beloved animal, an unexplained voice or simply an experience that has stayed with you because you've never been able to explain it.

🏆 OUR WINNER WILL RECEIVE:

👕 Their choice of one of FOUR exclusive Lights On, Still Scared T-shirt designs, inspired by some of our first podcast episodes.

These particular designs will NOT be available to buy on our website.

PLUS…

📖 A signed copy of Graeme's latest book!

And the next three stories we choose will each receive one of the remaining exclusive T-shirt designs.

👻 HOW TO ENTER

🌐 Visit the Lights On, Still Scared website
📝 Complete the Contact Form
👕 Mark it “T-Shirt Competition”
👻 Send us your TRUE paranormal story

That's all you need to do.

⏰ DEADLINE: MIDNIGHT TONIGHT — 31ST AUGUST

We've already received some wonderful stories…

But could the winning one still be sitting on YOUR phone? 👀

You've got until midnight to find out.

💡👻 LIGHTS ON, STILL SCARED

We take the stories seriously. Ourselves? Less so.

🚨👻 LAST DAY TO ENTER! 👻🚨This is it…Your final day to enter our Lights On, Still Scared T-Shirt & Signed Book Competition...
30/08/2026

🚨👻 LAST DAY TO ENTER! 👻🚨

This is it…

Your final day to enter our Lights On, Still Scared T-Shirt & Signed Book Competition!

Entries close TOMORROW, 31st August, at MIDNIGHT. ⏰👻

So if you've been sitting on a strange story you've always meant to send us…

NOW is the time!

We're looking for your TRUE paranormal experiences — and they don't have to involve a full-bodied apparition walking through the bedroom wall.

Perhaps you've experienced:

👻 A ghost or unexplained figure
🏚️ Something strange in your home
🚗 An unexplained encounter on the road
⏳ A possible timeslip
🐾 A visit from a much-loved animal
☎️ A mysterious voice, sound or message
😳 Or simply something that, years later, you STILL can't explain.

🏆 THE WINNER

Our favourite story will receive:

👕 Their choice of one of FOUR exclusive Lights On, Still Scared T-shirt designs, inspired by some of our first podcast episodes.

These designs will NOT be available to buy on our website.

PLUS…

📖 A signed copy of Graeme's latest book!

And the next three stories we choose will each receive one of the other exclusive T-shirt designs. 👕👻

HOW TO ENTER

🌐 Visit the Lights On, Still Scared website
📝 Complete the Contact Form
👕 Mark it “T-Shirt Competition”
👻 Tell us your TRUE story

And that's it!

📅 ENTRIES CLOSE TOMORROW — 31ST AUGUST AT MIDNIGHT.

After that, the haunted doors are closing. 🚪👻

So come on…

What's the strangest thing that's ever happened to you?

We can't wait to read your stories.

💡👻 LIGHTS ON, STILL SCARED

We take the stories seriously. Ourselves? Less so.

👻 HERE'S A QUESTION WE'VE BEEN PONDERING…Do ghosts know they're dead?It sounds like a simple question.But think about it...
29/08/2026

👻 HERE'S A QUESTION WE'VE BEEN PONDERING…

Do ghosts know they're dead?

It sounds like a simple question.

But think about it.

Some reported apparitions appear to interact with the living.

They respond to questions.

They seem aware that someone is watching them.

They move objects, make noises or apparently attempt to communicate.

If those accounts are genuine, you could argue that whatever we're encountering has some awareness of its surroundings.

But then there are the other stories…

👻 The figure that walks down the same corridor every night.

👻 The soldier who continues marching across a battlefield centuries after the battle ended.

👻 The woman repeatedly seen standing at the same window.

👻 The footsteps that always climb the same staircase.

These apparitions don't seem interested in us at all.

They're simply…

doing what they've always done.

So perhaps we're actually describing two completely different phenomena.

One might be an intelligent presence, something capable of seeing, hearing and responding to us.

The other could be more like a recording of the past, somehow replaying itself again and again.

And then there's an even stranger possibility…

What if some ghosts don't realise anything has changed?

What if, from their perspective, they're simply going about their normal lives…

…and WE'RE the strange figures appearing in their house? 😳

Perhaps somewhere in 1826 there's a terrified family telling everyone:

"You'll never believe this, but last night we saw a woman standing in our bedroom wearing very strange clothes and holding a little glowing rectangle." 📱😂

So what do you think?

👻 Do ghosts know they're dead?

And if they don't…

who exactly is haunting whom?

👇 We'd love to hear your theories.

💡👻 LIGHTS ON, STILL SCARED

We take the stories seriously. Ourselves? Less so.

🌊⚰️ THE PHANTOM BOAT OF GLENCOEThere are ghost ships.And then there is the old Highland story of a boat whose appearance...
28/08/2026

🌊⚰️ THE PHANTOM BOAT OF GLENCOE

There are ghost ships.

And then there is the old Highland story of a boat whose appearance supposedly meant that something terrible was about to happen.

Near Ballachulish, on Scotland's west coast, lies an island traditionally associated with the burial of members of Clan MacDonald.

According to the story, centuries ago a small boat was carrying the body of a MacDonald chief towards his final resting place when disaster struck.

The boat sank.

But apparently, that wasn't the last anyone saw of it.

In the years that followed, people began telling of a strange apparition on the water.

A spectral boat would appear, drifting across the loch.

Inside it could supposedly be seen the figure of a dead oarsman.

But the really disturbing part was what followed behind.

Floating upon the water…

was a coffin. ⚰️

The appearance of the phantom boat became regarded as an omen — a warning that misfortune was about to befall the MacDonalds.

And according to Highland tradition, one of its most chilling appearances came before one of the darkest events in Scottish history.

The Massacre of Glencoe in 1692.

This time, the phantom vessel was said to carry something different.

Ghostly female mourners were reportedly aboard, their voices carrying across the water as they sang a traditional Highland lament for the dead.

A funeral procession…

before the deaths had even occurred.

Which leaves us with a rather interesting question.

Was the phantom boat simply an old Highland legend created around tragedy?

Was it believed to be a supernatural warning?

Or — particularly after our recent adventures with timeslips — could stories like this represent something even stranger?

Not a haunting of something that had already happened…

…but an echo of something that hadn't happened yet? ⏳👻

What do you think?

🌊 Folklore?
⚰️ A death omen?
👻 A genuine apparition?
⏳ Or another strange glimpse of the future?

💡👻 LIGHTS ON, STILL SCARED

We take the stories seriously. Ourselves? Less so.

👻 QUESTION OF THE DAY…You are allowed to ask a ghost ONE question.Just one.And they have to answer you truthfully.What w...
27/08/2026

👻 QUESTION OF THE DAY…

You are allowed to ask a ghost ONE question.

Just one.

And they have to answer you truthfully.

What would you ask? 👀

Would it be…

💀 What happens after we die?

👻 Why are some people able to see you?

🏚️ Why do some ghosts appear to remain in particular places?

⏳ Can you see the past AND the future?

❤️ Can our loved ones still see and hear us?

😱 Or would you ask something completely different?

There are probably hundreds of questions we'd like answered…

But you only get ONE.

👇 So what are you asking?

And we're rather hoping nobody wastes their opportunity by asking:

"Are you there?" 😂

💡👻 LIGHTS ON, STILL SCARED

We take the stories seriously. Ourselves? Less so.

🚨👻 LAST WEEK TO ENTER! 👻🚨Our Lights On, Still Scared T-Shirt & Signed Book Competition closes on 31st August, so if you'...
26/08/2026

🚨👻 LAST WEEK TO ENTER! 👻🚨

Our Lights On, Still Scared T-Shirt & Signed Book Competition closes on 31st August, so if you've been meaning to send us your strange, spooky or downright inexplicable story…

THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE! 😱

We want to hear your TRUE paranormal story.

Perhaps you've seen a ghost. 👻
Experienced something you simply can't explain.
Heard footsteps when nobody was there.
Encountered something strange on a lonely road.
Had a bizarre coincidence, premonition or timeslip. ⏳

Or perhaps something happened years ago that still makes you wonder…

What on earth was THAT?

🏆 THE WINNER WILL RECEIVE:

👕 Their choice from on of FOUR exclusive Lights On, Still Scared T-shirt designs, inspired by some of our first podcast episodes.

These particular designs will NOT be available to buy from our website, so the only way to get one is through the competition.

📖 PLUS a signed copy of Graeme's latest book!

But we're not stopping there…

🥈🥉 THE NEXT THREE STORIES WE LOVE will each receive one of the remaining exclusive T-shirt designs.

👻 HOW TO ENTER

Head over to the Lights On, Still Scared website.

👉 Complete the Contact Form
👉 Mark it “T-Shirt Competition”
👉 Send us your TRUE paranormal story

That's it!

Your story doesn't need to be dramatic. Sometimes the strangest experiences are the small ones — the thing you glimpsed out of the corner of your eye, the voice you couldn't explain, or that moment when you knew something wasn't quite right.

And remember…

We take the stories seriously. Ourselves? Less so. 💡👻

📅 COMPETITION CLOSES 31ST AUGUST

So get those stories in!

We can't wait to read them. 👻

🎉 OVER 9,000 FOLLOWERS! 🎉Whoop whoop! In just 14 weeks, the Lights On, Still Scared Facebook community has grown to more...
26/08/2026

🎉 OVER 9,000 FOLLOWERS! 🎉

Whoop whoop! In just 14 weeks, the Lights On, Still Scared Facebook community has grown to more than 9,000 followers and we honestly couldn’t be more delighted!

A huge welcome to everyone who has recently joined us. We hope you enjoy the strange stories, haunted histories, paranormal mysteries and occasional silliness that Graeme and I share.

And to everyone who has followed us from the beginning, listened to the podcast, shared our posts, left comments or sent us their own spooky stories, thank you! Every like, share, message and word of encouragement helps Lights On, Still Scared continue to grow.

More than 9,000 of you in only 14 weeks is an amazing achievement, and it simply wouldn’t have happened without you.

Thank you for being part of our wonderfully spooky community! 👻❤️

We take the stories seriously. Ourselves? Less so.

Karen & Graeme
Lights On, Still Scared

⏳👻 NEW EPISODE COMING: EPISODE 15 — TIMESLIPS: PART TWO 👻⏳Just when we thought we'd found our way safely back to the pre...
25/08/2026

⏳👻 NEW EPISODE COMING: EPISODE 15 — TIMESLIPS: PART TWO 👻⏳

Just when we thought we'd found our way safely back to the present…

time appears to have slipped again.

This week on Lights On, Still Scared, we're heading back down the timeslip rabbit hole with Timeslips: Part Two.

And apparently, the Romans have followed us. 😂

🏛️ MORE MARCHING ROMAN SOLDIERS
Because if there's one thing we've discovered while researching timeslips, it's that Roman soldiers seem remarkably determined to keep marching through modern Britain.

⚔️ BATTLEFIELDS THAT MAY NOT BE AS QUIET AS THEY LOOK
Are some reports of ghostly armies and battles actually hauntings — or could witnesses somehow be seeing fragments of the battle itself?

⏳ MORE EXTRAORDINARY TIMESLIP STORIES
People who suddenly find themselves looking at streets, buildings and landscapes from another era — sometimes only for seconds before everything returns to normal.

And that raises the question we've been asking throughout these episodes:

Are these really ghosts?

Or could some apparently paranormal encounters be something completely different?

Perhaps, occasionally, people aren't seeing the dead at all.

Perhaps they're seeing the past.

We'll be looking at more fascinating cases, discussing what might cause these extraordinary experiences and, inevitably, wondering why so many Roman soldiers seem incapable of simply staying in their own century.

Honestly, lads. The empire's over. You can stop marching now. 😂🏛️

🎙️ LIGHTS ON, STILL SCARED — EPISODE 15
⏳ TIMESLIPS: PART TWO

Available now wherever you listen to your podcasts or on our website lightsonstillscared.com/episodes

💡👻 We take the stories seriously. Ourselves? Less so.

😈⚡ THE DEVIL, THOR… AND A HANDFUL OF MUDThe Devil’s Punch Bowl in Surrey is a spectacular place — but one of the stories...
24/08/2026

😈⚡ THE DEVIL, THOR… AND A HANDFUL OF MUD

The Devil’s Punch Bowl in Surrey is a spectacular place — but one of the stories told about its creation is even more spectacular.

According to an old tale, the Devil and Thor were having something of a disagreement.

And apparently neither of them believed in calmly talking things through.

⚡ Thor began hurling thunderbolts at the Devil.

😈 The Devil retaliated in the best way he could think of…

by throwing enormous handfuls of mud at Thor.

As their supernatural argument continued, great clumps of earth were supposedly hurled across the landscape, helping to create the strange hills, hollows and features associated with the area.

Geologists may have their own explanation for the landscape of the Devil’s Punch Bowl.

But where's the fun in that when the alternative involves Thor, the Devil and the most spectacular mud fight Surrey has ever seen? 😂

Have you heard this version of the legend — or a completely different one?

👻 Lights On, Still Scared
We take the stories seriously. Ourselves? Less so.

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