A truly bizarre fear: I saw the Kirk Douglas movie about Vincent Van Gogh and became convinced that Vince's ghost was searching the world for a replacement ear. I couldn't go to sleep after that without having mine covered.
A childhood belief about ghosts

others believed things like this
- If I pretend to sleep the ghost won't eat me
Anon - You couldn't have your belly button covered for too long or it would be harder for you to breathe.— Jess
- a friend was convinced that his school was an asylum, and couldn't be convinced otherwiseAnon
- 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
- Even though the title is 'How Bizarre', I always thought he sang "help is on"...Anon