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I'm pretty sure serial killers hide out in deserted buildings.

They're in dilapidated hotels, condemned gas stations and empty farm houses, waiting to strike. Don't ask me how I know this. I just have a hunch.

Or a phobia.

Whenever I see a deserted building, I get the heebie-jeebies. I think — irrationally — that there must be bad guys hiding there. I haven't been able to find a term for this fear of deserted buildings, but I'm sure there is one. I think what I have is akin to cenophobia, a fear of empty rooms, or atephobia, the fear of ruins.

I recently confessed this phobia to my fiance, who of course immediately made fun of me. Maybe I shouldn't have told him my theory about serial killers, which I'm sure is a totally legitimate and accurate hypothesis. After realizing that most people probably aren't suspicious of deserted buildings, I started thinking about other fears I have. Turns out, I'm scared of all kinds of weird things — and there are names for them.

•Bathophobia: Fear of depth. I'm greatly concerned a sea monster will swallow me whole.

•Gephyrophobia: Fear of bridges or crossing bridges. My stomach flips when I drive over a bridge, and I can't cross a bridge on foot unless I'm in the middle of the bridge.

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