Category Archives: Roadside Attractions

Baltimore’s Ghost Stories to Tingle Your Spine

Posted on January 6, 2012 by atomictv

By Tom Chalkley, Charles Cohen and Brennen Jensen  (Baltimore City Paper’s “Charmed Life’” 10/25/2000) We don’t believe in spooks. We don’t, we don’t, we don’t believe in spooks. And yet . . . on a chilly October night, when the … Continue reading →

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Elkton, Marry-land

Posted on December 6, 2011 by atomictv

By Marshall S. Berdan (The Washington Post, 2/13/2002) Like most first-time brides-to-be, Roberta Ford is optimistic, nervously optimistic. A diminutive 45-year-old schoolteacher who became engaged on Christmas Eve, she wants “a proper wedding, but not a big one.” She’s in … Continue reading →

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Susan Allenback — The Hometown Tourist

Posted on December 1, 2011 by atomictv

“Not long ago, Susan Allenback realized that, though born and bred in Maryland, she had never truly taken advantage of what the state has to offer, from the low country of the Eastern Shore to the area nicknamed “Little Switzerland” … Continue reading →

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Denise Gets a New Pair of Glasses

Posted on November 8, 2011 by almosthipguy

Denise wouldn’t listen to us—the people who live here—but she had a change of heart in front of someone who will put her exploitation of real Baltimoreans in several million living rooms. By Rafael Alvarez (Baltimore Patch, November 7, 2011) … Continue reading →

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