"This place used to be a brothel! And! It has a ghost! It's the ghost of an old prostitute! And it scares the staff and no one wants to go in the basement and it's so scary that they won't let you stay upstairs even if you pay them!" - Half of Portland, breathlessly, at one point or another.
The truth: Eh, it's probably all completely true, right? You can probably find out more about it at this free event happening tonight at 7pm at the Kennedy School...
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Showing posts with label Northeast. Show all posts
Monday, October 24, 2011
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Misunderstood: Captain Couch
"Yeah, it's called 'Cooch' Street, not 'Couch' Street. It's named after this guy Captain Cooch. They called him that because he molested a bunch of little kids." - Some know-it-all on the streetcar, circa 2006. [So if they called him Captain "Cooch", why did they name the street "Couch"?]
The truth: Captain Couch was a pretty cool dude. History does not provide any evidence of him molesting children.
The truth: Captain Couch was a pretty cool dude. History does not provide any evidence of him molesting children.
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