Category Archives: Deaths

Fundraiser aims to give Chubby from ‘Our Gang’ a headstone

Posted on May 16, 2012 by almosthipguy

Baltimore child star Norman Chaney has lain in unmarked grave for decades By Jill Rosen (The Baltimore Sun, 5/10/2012) Only people who know where to look would be able to pay respects to Norman Chaney, who is buried in an … Continue reading →

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Plug Uglies: The Gang with Their Own City

Posted on April 24, 2012 by atomictv

By Nick Dupree (Yesteeyear.com, 4/11/2012) “…The Plug Uglies grew and grew to be the most powerful and feared club of nativist thugs in history, the term “plug ugly” itself becoming genericized to mean any such stovepipe hat-wearing street tough. While … Continue reading →

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Whatever happened to the trash chute deaths?

Posted on April 2, 2012 by atomictv

By Peter Hermann (The Baltimore Sun, 4/2/2012) It remains one two of the more bizarre and mysterious deaths in Baltimore — two people on successive years, 2010 and 2011, plunged down a trash chute in the same downtown apartment building … Continue reading →

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“Disagreeable” Child Corpses Stink Up Baltimore Streets in the 1850s

Posted on March 27, 2012 by atomictv

(The Baltimore Sun, 8/21/1850) “Disagreeable. — The practice of conveying to the grave, in carriages, the bodies of deceased children, is provoking the censure of many ministers of this city. They say that in many instances the smell of the … Continue reading →

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