Monster in the closet? Rubbish! When I was a kid all the kids knew that the monster was under your bed! Never let your arm dangle over the side of the bed or the monster will grab it and drag you under the bed.
One of my older brothers told me not to be scared of the monster in the closet because “As long as you are awake that thing will never come out of the closet”.
A house we lived in in Saguache Colorado had an opening to the attic which scared me to death! I was always in fear of something grabbing me and pulling me into the attic!
Years later, the TULSA WORLD, had a cartoon strip (on Sunday) THE GOOD OLD DAYS, which showed the same fear in lots of kids, some ghostly arms coming out of an opening in the closet ceiling which would grab them and pull them up!
That's too funny! What a devil!
Now we now monsters in the closet are actually nice guys with a huge heart. I bet your grandkids know this one: