I saw a ghost on the baby monitor. For a year after my home was haunted by sudden chills, drawers torn open and a dark presence that focused on my sons. It was so terrifying our babysitter refused to come back. Here’s how I banished it: CAPRICE BOURRET

As an American, I’ve always enjoyed Halloween. And, having spent half my life in the UK, I’ve watched it grow in popularity here too.

It falls very close to my birthday so I’ve often combined the celebrations. But it’s the dressing up and having fun aspect I like, not the spookiness! There’s a good reason for that – a very unwelcome spook that invaded my home and terrified me.

I’d recently given birth to twin sons back in 2013 and, like any new mum, my overwhelming instinct was to protect my precious babies.

So when, one evening, my husband Ty turned to me

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