When I went to sleep at night, lying with my ear to the pillow, I would hear my heartbeat. Only i was convinced it was ghosts who were walking in a corridor in my ear, and if i didn't change side frequently, they would come out of my ear and kill me.
A childhood belief about ghosts

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that towels were sleeping ghosts, and at night they would come out and get you— bajd
- The first time I hear about a serial killer, I laughed. You can't kill cereal. It's not alive.Anon
- I used to believe that when I went to sleep, my Barbie dolls would make out and plot to kill me.— ClaireRat
- I used to believe that the cows owned by my grandfather slept lying on the ground like a human at night.— Eric
- I used to believe that if you crossed your fingers when you were lying, you weren't really lying.— jo
- I was told that if you sleep on your back you swallow your tongue...I have been sleeping on my side ever since— scotty la