Now an independent and confident woman, Katie is still not comfortable ... with the pitch black that we first learn to fear the dark. About 90% of children experience this at some stage.

"There's a long history of people being intensely curious about the 'dark side,' and trying ... that leave them frozen with fear. Sparks describes a woman in her late thirties who saw Silence ...

"It is dark and I live in a village ... A spokesperson for Lincolnshire Police said women and girls should be able to "feel safe and be safe", "free of fear and harassment".

People from Wisconsin are among the hundreds of thousands feeling the impacts of the devastating wildfires in California.

In something straight out of a horror movie, a Texas woman had a very unexpected fright ... immediately to prove her unbelievable tale. "As scared as I was when this happened, I am the one who ...