When I was little my grandparents told me that there was an old man, "Mr. Brown, who lived in our house and he drowned in the bathtub upstairs. After they told me that, I was horrified of that bathroom and avoided it whenever I could, and used the one downstairs.
A childhood belief about ghosts

others believed things like this
- That there was a zombie living behind the bathtub in the upstairs bathroom.Anon
- My older brother once told me that Aussie shampoo was made from kangaroo pee. I avoided using it for years!— Annie
- My mom told me if you farted in bed your feet would turn brown.— Tracy
- I was told as a child to eat the dark parts of a banana, because it was really brown sugar.Anon
- my grandma told me not to eat pizza coz the "brown squiggly" stuff there arent burnt cheese but WORMS!
— Mimi - When I was little I though "A Cross" was a mud/tar pit and that Jesus drowned.— Usagi Ohkami