Category Archives: Neighborhoods

Bar Odyssey: Dundalk to Fells Point

By Tom Nugent (The Baltimore Sun, 3/10/1978) Friday night, Marie’s Tavern, and Shotgun Hank is getting into the Pabst. “Listen here,” says Shotgun, swiveling around on his bar stool, grinning wide as an Oklahoma freeway beneath his blue, Peterbilt trucker’s … Continue reading

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Towson Priest Busted With Pants Down in Adult Theater

By Evann Gastaldo (Newser.com, 1/23/2012) Father Mark Stewart Bullock went from priest at the Church of the Immaculate Conception to creepy guy standing around pants-less in a porn shop, Baltimore cops say. Police say they responded to complaints of indecent … Continue reading

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Dennis Haney, The Wizard of Rosedale

One of the country’s most respected magicians quietly holds court in a Baltimore County industrial park. By Jim Meyer (Baltimore City Paper, 1/11/2012) To learn magic in England, travel to King’s Cross Station, step through a brick wall to the … Continue reading

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The Rooftop Madman of Baltimore (1951)

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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