Category Archives: Crime

“Rock ‘n Roll Girl” Rumbles the Gayety (1956)

Posted on July 3, 2012 by atomictv

Gayety Raid Changes Aim Of Take-Offs Charges Laid Against 2 After Audience Shows It’s Not Slow (The Baltimore Sun, 6/25/1956) Two hundred patrons at the Gayety Theater took off in a hurry yesterday afternoon when the police rackets division raided … Continue reading →

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Accused Maryland Cannibal’s Online Postings Show Him In War Paint

Posted on June 1, 2012 by atomictv

By Justin Fenton (The Baltimore Sun, 6/1/2012) For an image to accompany his “Warrior Syndicate” Internet radio show, alleged cannibal Alexander Kinyua apparently chose a photo of his face covered in green and white war paint. The show, he said, … Continue reading →

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Former Catholic School Students Fight To Keep Child Rapist John Merzbacher In Prison

Posted on May 2, 2012 by atomictv

Court ruling could release teacher from four life sentences By Tricia Bishop (The Baltimore Sun, 4/28/2012) Standing under a stormy sky, Bill Stankiewicz got chills as he looked toward the old brick building that once housed the Catholic Community middle … Continue reading →

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Peeping Tom Strikes Four Local Colleges

Posted on May 2, 2012 by atomictv

(ABC 2 News, 5/1/2012) Essex, Md – It’s happened twice at the Essex campus once in March and here in building B on the lower level, and again less than ten days ago in building A on the third floor. … Continue reading →

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