things that scared you as a kid

[Jimmieblue]

as the thread title, these fellows realy put the shiters up me,many sleeples nights in the 70s

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My son used to run behind the sofa!

 

[idahoblues]

Poltergeist

 

[Blue_eyes]

The trip to the outside toilet at night, especially if no one would come with me, there was no light in there either.

 

[idahoblues]

The lumpy mashed potatoes at school that had to be eaten, with over boiled cabbage and the odd spam fritter

 

[Cityisland]

Tv show called "V". Vivid memory of someones face melting.

 

[Gabriel]

There was a series on TV about it too

I seem to recall a World in Action or some sorts, but in truth the sixty second infomercial had done its job. I had somehow convinced myself Rabies was actually airborne and sweeping across the Channel. Made trips to the seaside rather traumatic.

 

[Big Swifty]

Thunder and lightning

 

[BlueHammer85]

The Yeti in Dr Who.

the old dr who's were freaky

 

[yerwot?]

being made to smile "on the other side of my face" ; "strangers"; an illustration in Grey's Anatomy of the portal through which we all emerge, scarred me for life.
Vaentine Diall, narrator of scary stories often involving Juju men and black magic, the black and white filming added to the menace.

 

[maccieblue]

Mr Ghandi, maths teacher and Leo Dunham, English teacher…..you did not fuck around in their classes

Nobbie Newton my Latin teacher