My mother used to watch General Hospital when I was a kid. There was one character who went to the nut house. A while later the character came back but was played by a different actress. I used to think that people who went to mental institutions came back as totally different looking people.
A childhood belief about tv shows

others believed things like this
- I used to think that "Jabberwocky" was a character from Star Wars.— Katya
- I used to believe Jessica Simpson was a secret character from "The Simpsons"— Lemon Jelly
- I thought that Ted Bundy was a character on "Married With Children."— Patrick
- As a kid, I thought that the character Kimiko Tohomiko from Xiaolin Showdown's name was Chemical. — Chase Young Fangirl
- I thought Hurricane Dennis (in 2005) and the character Dennis from the Spongebob movie were related somehow.Anon
- I used to believe that the people on tv were really in the tv and if you opened the back they would be there!— Kathleen