Category Archives: Dundalk

The Rooftop Madman of Baltimore (1951)

Posted on January 6, 2012 by atomictv

By Joseph Trainor (UFO Roundup, 3/23/2005) Right now, the hottest story in Forteana is El Loco de los Techos (Spanish for Rooftop Madman–J.T.), the weird black-clad entity that’s been terrorizing the barrio (neighborhood) of San Lorenzo in Santa Fe, Argentina … Continue reading →

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“The Phantom of O’Donnell Heights”

Posted on January 6, 2012 by atomictv

“It was a black-robed spectre who crawled from among the tombstones of an East Baltimore graveyard to terrorize an entire neighborhood during the hot summer of 1951. They called him “The Phantom of O’Donnell Heights” — and his nocturnal wanderings … Continue reading →

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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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Hip Shops In 1965-68 Baltimore, Beatniks, Mods, and The Psychedelic Propeller

Posted on April 23, 2011 by atomictv

By David Robert Crews (Magic City Morning Star, 5/13/2008) Those longhaired lads in this 1967 era photo are The Psychedelic Propeller Rock n’ Roll band. They are sitting on the railroad tracks behind the house where I grew up-in Dundalk, … Continue reading →

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