Child's play

Becky Cousins, 29, from Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire

As the car sped up the M40, my friend and colleague Shamime Mathu was scrolling through her phone. It was March 2020, and we were on our way to Cannock Chase in Staffordshire. This dark forest of towering pine trees is said to be the lair of one of the UK’s most notorious spooks, the mysterious Black-Eyed Child. The freaky phantom, which takes the form of a little girl, is said to scream at passers by and stare at them through spine-chilling coal-black eyes.

And if that sounds really creepy – well, that was the whole point! Together with Kane Ward, my other team mate from paranormal investigation