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Emile

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77. Ghosts

Sat Oct 26, 2024, 05:02 AM

Oct 26

Maybe it was my imagination, but I swear when I was a little boy I saw a female ghost staring out at me from a window of the old apartment house next door.

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When you were a kid, what was the scariest thing to you--Clowns, Witches, Bats, Monsters or other things. Mine was the [View all] debm55 Oct 25 OP

My father. no_hypocrisy Oct 25 #1

I am sorry no_hypocrisy. I know what you are talking about. debm55 Oct 25 #4

+33. Harker Oct 25 #7

sorry you are in our group Harker. debm55 Oct 25 #19

I ended his bullying behavior, and my fear of him when I was ten... Harker Oct 25 #23

Believe me I know.all too well. debm55 Oct 25 #47

Right there with you. I didn't make noise, play the radio or have friends over when Dad was home. NoMoreRepugs Oct 25 #10

Sorry, NoMoreRepugs. debm55 Oct 25 #21

I wasn't aware that wasn't normal. NoMoreRepugs Oct 26 #94

Me either. I thought all families were like that. Short story . Mother, brother and sister were laughter on the couch. debm55 Oct 26 #95

Damn. Glad you are here to tell the story. NoMoreRepugs Oct 26 #97

Creepy spirits, bad juju type of stuff. The Exercist, the Omen trilogy stuff freaks me out. Hotler Oct 25 #74

Thank you Hotler. debm55 Oct 26 #79

Ditto, I'm sorry to say. CanonRay Oct 25 #51

Sorry for you CanonRay. debm55 Oct 25 #52

I believe it was meant to be CanonRay Oct 25 #53

The only think I learned was how NOT to raise my son. debm55 Oct 26 #96

Yup. Hands down. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Oct 26 #98

Thank you Old Baldy1701E debm55 Oct 26 #99

Spiders, and I've never gotten over it. Arkansas Granny Oct 25 #2

Thank you Arkansas Granny. debm55 Oct 25 #9

I'm not sure what it was but it lived under the bed. Phoenix61 Oct 25 #3

I had that fear also. I would start at the door and run toward the bed and and make a flying leap to the bed so I could debm55 Oct 25 #14

I still keep all limbs firmly up on the bed happybird Oct 25 #43

Oh I am so sorry happybird. I see your point. debm55 Oct 25 #46

I've never liked The Wizard of Oz either. Island Blue Oct 25 #5

Clowns still scare me. debm55 Oct 25 #15

My only nightmare happened after my mother took me to see Wizard of OZ in the early fifties ... marble falls Oct 25 #45

Thank you marble falls. I was a teacher for 42 years. in fact Margaret Hamilton was Kindergarten teacher. I am sorry debm55 Oct 25 #49

OMG CLOWNS! Shudder!!! Ziggysmom Oct 25 #6

Agree even to this day clowns scrare me. debm55 Oct 25 #16

Oh those monkeys were really creepy. StarryNite Oct 25 #8

Thank you StarryNite. Yes those monkeys and clowns still get to me. debm55 Oct 25 #22

I was afraid of the dark and afraid of spiders as a child Diamond_Dog Oct 25 #11

Hey I would never eat at McDonald's because of the creepy characters. Especially the clown. debm55 Oct 25 #24

I've always been more afraid of Haggard Celine Oct 25 #12

Thank you Haggard Celine. I included because for some bats and witches are a common fear. I am more scared of clowns debm55 Oct 25 #25

Okay, I hated The Buster Brown TV show's character Tige. He didn't look sinkingfeeling Oct 25 #13

Thank you sinkingfeeling. I agree. I liked the RCA dog. debm55 Oct 25 #26

Those flying monkeys were pretty disturbing. Ocelot II Oct 25 #17

Thank you for sharing with us, Ocelot II. I used a night night too. debm55 Oct 25 #27

School bullies. WestMichRad Oct 25 #18

Back then I had a school bully, I even remember her name--Jane Russell. I went to a small Catholic school which meant we debm55 Oct 25 #30

GHOSTS!!!! 50 Shades Of Blue Oct 25 #20

thank you 50 Shades of Blue, I was more afraid of clowns. I thought all ghosts were friendly like Casper. debm55 Oct 25 #32

GOD! My folks were Evangelical Judeo-Xtian---Nothing more scary. . . UniqueUserName Oct 25 #28

thank you UniqueUserName. . With the long white hair and sour face. You know what else scared me. the eye in the debm55 Oct 25 #35

Martians Cartoonist Oct 25 #29

thank you Cartoonist I agree. There was one movie I saw that was about Martians , The head Martian was like an octopus debm55 Oct 25 #36

Sounds like The Puppet Masters by Robert Heinlein Cartoonist Oct 25 #39

Spiders happybird Oct 25 #31

Thank you happybird. I am glad you got over some of your fears. debm55 Oct 25 #37

Walking skeletons. I blame Jason and the Argonauts and Ray Harryhausen. Midnight Writer Oct 25 #33

A nurse with a needle in an ER. By the time I was eight I had had stiches seven times (including from being ... marble falls Oct 25 #34

Thank you marble falls. I never had stitches. I think it was because I was so afraid of getting stitches. debm55 Oct 25 #38

Gotten them, given them, including to myself. I can handle blood and guts, but if a child or animal is ... marble falls Oct 25 #40

So sorry. debm55 Oct 25 #42

No sorry needed. I did the best I could until I couldn't. My life in sum is better than the parts. I thank you ... marble falls Oct 25 #48

Actually it was the tornado that scared me more Farmer-Rick Oct 25 #41

Thank you Farmer-Rick . Excellent reasoning. debm55 Oct 25 #44

The T-Rex lurking outside bedroom window. GPV Oct 25 #50

HAHAHAHHAAH Thats funny but if it was an inflatable I would be scared too. debm55 Oct 25 #54

The melting faces from Raiders of the Lost Ark. Basso8vb Oct 25 #55

Oh that would be a terrible thing to see at even my age. debm55 Oct 25 #57

Rats displacedvermoter Oct 25 #56

The first home I lived at near an open dump would have rats running all over. I would run in the house. Some were very debm55 Oct 25 #58

Air raid sirens SheltieLover Oct 25 #59

I remember those too. We would cover our ears and run into our homes or schools. debm55 Oct 25 #60

It was terrifying as a little kid. SheltieLover Oct 25 #61

I'm right there with you, Deb. Mr.Bill Oct 25 #62

Hi Mr. Bill . Yes, his arms were in one place and his legs in another. I was mostly afraid when they carried Dorothy debm55 Oct 25 #63

Really big rooms with very high ceilings jmowreader Oct 25 #64

Thank you jmowreader for sharing your post . Those are very high rooms, I would be scared too. debm55 Oct 25 #69

other children. surrealAmerican Oct 25 #65

Thank you surrealAmerican. debm55 Oct 25 #70

When I was a kid, two things scared me. Different Drummer Oct 25 #66

I don;t remember the space show, but those marionettes sure looked creepy with those eyes debm55 Oct 25 #71

They definitely were! Different Drummer Oct 26 #86

Ghosts! Elessar Zappa Oct 25 #67

That is very scary am glad though you are not afraid. I would be. debm55 Oct 25 #72

I've never seen a ghost but I have always been afraid of any place that's purported to be "haunted" ailsagirl Oct 27 #109

Even as a young boy True Dough Oct 25 #68

They are scary for sure debm55 Oct 25 #73

Spiders sakabatou Oct 26 #75

Thank you sakabatou debm55 Oct 26 #80

The vast majority of my family.nt moniss Oct 26 #76

Sorry debm55 Oct 26 #81

Ghosts Emile Oct 26 #77

That's scary Thant you Emile debm55 Oct 26 #82

Nothing Haloween realted scared me, Halloween was fun and so were the costumes. lark Oct 26 #78

Thank you lark. I will let you in on a secret. I live in the Pittsburgh area.and was a zombie in Carpenters Night of the debm55 Oct 26 #83

I didn't see that one. I wouldn't watch anything zombie related until Walking Dead came on. lark Oct 26 #84

Then you missed me. debm55 Oct 26 #85

Other kids. malthaussen Oct 26 #87

Sorry Mal debm55 Oct 26 #88

I've always been afraid of people without heads Mad_Dem_X Oct 26 #89

Thank you Mad_Dem_x.. I would freak out even now. I really don't like creepy or gory movies. debm55 Oct 26 #90

Me either! Mad_Dem_X Oct 26 #93

Invaders from Mars. NNadir Oct 26 #91

OMG That is the one I asked about up thread. The head in glass ball with the octopus type body. People falling in the debm55 Oct 26 #92

Anything mutated by radiation! crosinski Oct 26 #100

Thank you crosinski. I do remember the mutated monsters. Do you remember the giant lady. I can't remember the name of debm55 Oct 26 #101

The iron lung. Second place to the creepy mortician dude at the funeral home down the street. WheelWalker Oct 26 #102

I was always afraid of getting polio because of the iron lung.--the real one. debm55 Oct 26 #103

I'm referring to the real one. Like the one my friend, Patti across the street was in. Is there another besides that? WheelWalker Oct 26 #104

No I was afraid of the real one. that people with polio had to stay in. the thought of staying in that was very scary to debm55 Oct 26 #105

When i was young, in the 50s i had an atom bomb dream that scared me. When i saw Terminator the begining of it was very Srkdqltr Oct 26 #106

Vampires! Lunabell Oct 27 #107

So sorry Lunabell. Did you watch something that gave you the thoughts about vampires or did it come with the fever? debm55 Oct 27 #108

I don't know. Lunabell Oct 27 #110

Santa Claus. soldierant Oct 27 #111

Yes they do. Especially young children. Thank you soldierand. debm55 Oct 28 #113

Mine has always been clowns. They are freaky and ugly dai13sy Oct 27 #112

Thank you dai13sy. I agree. debm55 Oct 28 #114