I used to believe that the electrical socket in the basement could be used like a lock, and using a key you could open a secret passage. Needless to say that was one of my near death experiences.
A childhood belief about around the house

others believed things like this
- When I was young,I thought the lyrics "Secret Agent man" were actually "Secret Asian Man".— M.M.B.
- If you left a plug socket on with no plug in all the power would run outAnon
- I was told as a kid that if you kept stuffing a Big Buddies (bubble gum)I would get lock jaw.— Dawn
- As a kid, I thought "No Outlet" signs meant the houses past that point didn't have any electrical outlets.— Julie
- My music teacher once said that music in an electrical piano was made by little tiny men that lived inside it.Anon
- i used to believe that the basement had monsters in it.Anon