I used to believe that ghosts could only be out from midnight to 12:01. I didn't live close enough to a cemetary for ghosts to come and get me in that one minute. Monsters in the heating ducts were a whole nother story though!
A childhood belief about ghosts

others believed things like this
- I used to think that there were ghosts in the loft and that's why I was not allowed to go up there.Anon
- When I was child I used to believe that people who die become ghosts and could see youAnon
- I used to think that ghosts rode on vaccum cleanersAnon
- I used to believe that towels were sleeping ghosts, and at night they would come out and get you— bajd
- I USED TO THINK ALL GOTHS WERE GHOSTS AND THEY WERE SAD BECOUSE THEY COULD'NT FIND THEY'RE WAY TO HEAVAN.Anon
- When I was a child I used to believe that the steam rising from my food were ghosts. Anon