Misunderstood: Witch's Castle

"Witches Castle in Forest Park. It's not the damn ranger's house, it's a derelict public crapper." - James Mazzocco

The truth: James is right. On a related note, if you google "witch's castle forest park" you'll find many, many more examples of Witch's Castle being misunderstood. (Trading post from the 1600s!)

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.