I used to believe that Harry Houdini, the magician, was buried in my front yard. I would go there and ask his ghost to give me magical powers too. Man did I get some weird looks from my neighbors.
A childhood belief about ghosts

others believed things like this
- I thought if you took some candy and buried in the yard, you would grow a candy tree.Anon
- I use to beleive that bitting my nails will give me powers to stop being afraid. — scaredy cat
- i used to think next door neighbors were "next store neighbors"Anon
- I loved watching the cartoon Casper the Friendly Ghost and wondered why the Holy Ghost never got his own show.— Robert
- I thought the Holy Ghost was the ghost of the Virgin Mary.— Texas granny
- I used to believe that Hitler's first name was Harry.— Paul