I know this probably won't get any responses from anyone, but I figured I'd post it anyhow.
So I got to thinking about a thread of incidents in my life that seem rather different, and wonder if anyone else has had similar experiences...
Ever since I can remember, I've had no irrational fear of "haunted" places. This is what I mean; when I was ten, I was visiting my aunt and uncle in S. Carolina. They lived on a big plot of land that at one time served as a tobacco plantation. As with many of the properties down there, they had abandoned buildings littering their land. My cousin and I used to go running around the property, just exploring, and my cousin always got really upset every time we came to one particular decaying barn. He claimed it was haunted, but I was curious, so I went inside and started poking around. My cousin, in the meantime was freaking out a bit and refused to go inside. I stepped on a rotting board which knocked a bunch of rubble loose, and my cousin tore off across the yard in a panic. I never understood why he was scared.
Another incident; a friend of mine in high school invited me to stay at his house for the weekend. He was convinced his house was haunted (this "superstitious problem" is still a problem... since this guy is still my only friend). He warned me that going into his basement was a sure-fire way to see for myself, and of course, I wanted to see for myself, so into the basement I went. My friend rattled some brooms and dustpans on the opposite side of the door - I think to try to scare me - but I just thought it was a weird thing to do. I was getting bored, so I ended the experiment after sitting on the stairs for almost fifteen minutes. I never "saw what he saw," if that makes sense, and consequently never understood why he had the notion his house was haunted.
There are other examples, but those are the main two. Any more, I have a fascination with desolate spaces - abandoned houses and the like - mostly because I find it weird how things like that can cause fear in people, and more importantly, I wonder why they cause fear in people. I also just think they look interesting.
