Myths and Mischief
The area containing Fonthill and its adjoining woods, listed on neighborhoodscout.com as "N St/East St," has the highest crime rate in all of Doylestown, at a safety rating of 52, 100 being the safest. This is because it is illegal to trespass on Fonthill property after dark, though its copious expanse of woods and hiding places make it ideal for vagrants seeking refuge and minors wishing to partake in mischief.
It has also been long rumored that the ghost of Henry Chapman Mercer's housekeeper still haunts the Fonthill castle, making it one of Doylestown's prime supernatural hotspots.
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Famous quotes containing the words myths and, myths and/or mischief:
“In New York—whose subway trains in particular have been “tattooed” with a brio and an energy to put our own rude practitioners to shame—not an inch of free space is spared except that of advertisements.... Even the most chronically dispossessed appear prepared to endorse the legitimacy of the “haves.””
—Gilbert Adair, British author, critic. “Cleaning and Cleansing,” Myths and Memories (1986)
“... the first reason for psychology’s failure to understand what people are and how they act, is that clinicians and psychiatrists, who are generally the theoreticians on these matters, have essentially made up myths without any evidence to support them; the second reason for psychology’s failure is that personality theory has looked for inner traits when it should have been looking for social context.”
—Naomi Weisstein (b. 1939)
“There is no end to the undeserved misery and mischief it could create.”
—Abigail Van Buren (b. 1918)