Category Archives: Essex / Middle River

Back River Amusement Parks Hotbed of Prostitution and Venereal Diseases, 1920s

Posted on May 17, 2018 by atomictv

Report of the United States Interdepartmental Social Hygiene Board for The Fiscal Year Ended June 30 1922 Baltimore, Md. — “Back River” has been a by-word in Maryland for 20 years. Navy medical officers and the surgeons at Camp Holabird, … Continue reading →

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Baltimore County “Hell House” Visit, 2000

Posted on October 31, 2017 by atomictv

Scott’s extremely scary visit to HELL HOUSE! By Scott Huffines (The Mobtown Shank, 10/31/2000) On Sunday, Oct. 29th, 2000, I visited HELL HOUSE, “a spiritually-based adventure that takes people on a 7-scene journey, each scene depicting the hell and destruction … Continue reading →

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Baltimore Rappers air local infomercial at Main Event Night Club in Essex, Maryland

Posted on January 14, 2017 by atomictv

The Main Event was a night club in Essex, Maryland whose heyday was the late 70s/early to mid 80s. In the late 90s Street Legal Entertainment / Down Low Productions briefly aired a rap show on Comcast’s leased access channel. … Continue reading →

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Bengies Drive-In… The SeXXXy Seventies

Posted on May 4, 2016 by atomictv

Is Baltimore County The Home Of Obscenity Flicks? (hat tip Keith Roberts)

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