Category Archives: Crime

Masked Baltimore Batman Defends Liquor Store with Machete During Riot

(Fox 45 Baltimore, 4/29/2015) When violence erupted on the streets of Baltimore on Monday night, a trail destruction was left behind with cars being burned and businesses looted. On Baker Street, residents and business owners came out to protect their … Continue reading

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Drug Bust, Essex, Maryland , 1980

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True Detective Stories from the Annals of the Maryland Police

28 Articles by Alexander Gifford in the “Baltimore News-Post” and “Baltimore American” from April 13-June 3, 1936 In the spring of 1936, legendary reporter-broadcaster Alexander Gifford selected 28 of the most sensational turn-of-the-century crime stories culled from Baltimore and Maryland … Continue reading

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“Drugs, Inc.” looks at Baltimore in “The High Wire”

By Tom Warner (Baltimore Or Less, August 29, 2014) This week, National Geographic Channel‘s Drugs, Inc. television series aired its Baltimore episode, “The High Wire.” The show characterized Baltimore as the heroin capital of America, with its ever-growing drug problems … Continue reading

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