I was always wary of lifts/elevators as a kid, as I believed that if you went down below the basement level, they would take you straight....to....hell!!
A childhood belief about excursions

others believed things like this
- I used to think that if I told even one little whhite lie, I would go straight to hell.— Debbie
- I used to believe that the heat from the furnace came from hell, and that it was a straight drop there.Anon
- I use to think elevators were alligators & cantalope was antelopes.Anon
- I used to think that smoking was good since it was banned in elevators.— olikafibi
- I used to believe that elevators were gates to other worlds and the void.Anon
- I used to think making straight A's in school was literally writing A's straight. Anon