when I was a kid I believed if I behaved bad, I would be incorporated by a spirit.
A childhood belief about ghosts

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if i behaved badly i would be taken away in a yellow van.— Mattio
- i used to believe that the rag and bone man would come and take me away if i wasn't well behaved— ambrosez
- I used to think an evil spirit type thing called Wango lived in my dog. I was terrified of that dog.— Franklin
- I always believed that my dad went to school with Billy Bunter. I think my brother believed it too!— Karen
- When I was 4 I believed I was a dog— Henry (the hound)
- I Believed in ET— Gabriele-Brazil