Category Archives: Deaths

1960s: Baltimore Woman Believes Her Life Doomed By A Hex, Dies Within Days

“Doomed” Woman Died On Schedule (Herald Tribune, 11/18/1966) BALTIMORE, Md. (AP) — A Baltimore woman, who believed her life was doomed by a hex, told her doctors at City Hospital here she would die within three days. Two days later, … Continue reading

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Freddie Gray’s Funeral Service (4-27-2015)

Our friends Todd Stachowski and Paul Brown at DoNotWatch, Inc. (follow them on YouTube) produced the following video documenting the Freddie Gray Funeral Service held Monday, April 27 at the New Shiloh Baptist Church in Northwest Baltimore. Stachowski, who filmed … Continue reading

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Dead Deer Gets Tagged with Graffiti on Baltimore Highway

I noticed a dead deer on the side of the 28th st exit off 83 last evening. Saw the same deer again tonight with graffiti all over it. Lol. — Dr. Gawktopus (@DrRockt0pus) July 22, 2014

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The Death and Burial of Edgar Allan Poe

(Maryland Historical Society, 10/22/2015) The mysterious death of writer Edgar Allan Poe still haunts and fascinates his fans and biographers. The facts of his untimely passing in 1849 have been obscured and confused since he was found barely conscious in … Continue reading

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