Category Archives: Crime

Dylan’s Baltimore Song Still Raising Cane 50 Years Later

Posted on October 23, 2013 by Tom Warner

by Tom Warner (Baltimore Or Less) (October 23, 2013) – The northwest corner of Baltimore and Calvert streets, where the main office of the SunTrust Bank now stands, was the setting for one of Bob Dylan‘s best songs and one … Continue reading →

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Vi-lent Crime: Cal Ripkin’s Mom Threatened Again

Posted on October 17, 2013 by Tom Warner

By Tom Warner (Baltimore Or Less) What is it with Vi Ripkin’s car and carjackers? Or rather, WTF? I mean, the woman lives in down-homey Aberdeen, Maryland – a town of 15,000 where residents claim “everybody knows everybody” – not … Continue reading →

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The Suicide That Shook Baltimore

Posted on October 16, 2013 by Tom Warner

“A fellow can keep a lot of things in his safe that haven’t got anything to do with naval intelligence…I know a fellow who keeps a bank vault just to keep 16 photos of Brigitte Bardot locked up.” Continue reading →

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