This was a story idea sent to us about two years ago by Dave, and we're just now getting to it. It's also a pretty unbelievable story, so get ready to wow your friends at happy...
Italian anarchists destroy Mayor William Broening's home with a bomb in 1927. Baltimore was placed on a war basis for protection soon after the explosion....
How can you not look at this title and want to know what's up with this story? Below is a fascinating story that we dug up in The Baltimore Sun from September 28th,...
Remember this? If you were a big baseball card collector, you sure do. Here's a story about it from CNBC, posted December 9th, 2008. "I got a dozen bats in front...
Those are not charge you would like to have thrust upon you if you're a Baltimore police officer. Sadly, for one such individual, this happened and was reported in The Baltimore...
Bizarre Baltimore / 14.02.2014
Accident Cuts Brakeman’s Body in Two
You read that correctly. This is a ghastly accident that we read about in The Baltimore Sun, printed on May 8th, 1911. Falling between freight cars being switched in the lower yards...
How can you not click on a post with this title? That's what we thought when we came across this amusing article in The Washington Post, printed on August 3rd, 1907. Baltimore,...
Bizarre Baltimore / 05.02.2014
British Tourist Killed Chasing Thief
What a tragic story, and this wasn't really that long ago. Maybe some of you remember when this happened? We found the article in The Baltimore Sun, printed on August 23rd, 1981. An Englishman visiting Baltimore was shot...
Here's a crazy story we dug up in The Baltimore Sun, printed on March 24th, 1887. The elevator in the tobacco factory of Marburg & Bros., on South Charles street, fell yesterday morning from the fifth floor down...
This is a crazy story that we came across in The Baltimore Sun, not unlike a story we found for Ghosts of DC. This was printed on Mar 17th, 1925. A dog believed to have had rabies ran...
Bizarre Baltimore / 11.11.2013
Plane Crashes Into Memorial Stadium
I saw this photo on Pinterest and, at first, I thought it was fake. A plane really crashed into Memorial Stadium? Does anyone remember when this happened? Source: The Baltimore...
Bizarre Baltimore, Lost History / 07.11.2013
Nazi Rally Held at Lehmann Hall on North Howard Street (1935)
This may come as a great shock to you, but before the worst of World War II, a number of locals in Baltimore were supporters of Germany's Nazi party. It's almost...