Join staff from the Maryland Department at the Enoch Pratt Free Library for part 1 of our 5 part series, The Dark Side of Maryland!

Maybe you’ve heard of some of Maryland’s most notorious crimes, such as the conspiracy to assassinate Abraham Lincoln or the murder of Sister Cathy, subject of the popular Netflix series, The Keepers.  But what about some of its lesser-known misdeeds?  And maybe you've heard some things about the Alger Hiss espionage case, but not that many of its scenes actually played out in Baltimore and other parts of Maryland. Join us for a discussion of some of these shady characters and unfortunate episodes.  You’ll hear about the only known case of burking in North America. You'll find out about a promising career in public service dashed on the rocks of family annihilation about a cross-country blackmail scheme involving a psychic and a lesbian millionaire.

If this program interests you, you may wish to join us for the rest of the series: 

• part 2 -- Mediums, Magicians, and the Ouija Board: A Spiritualist History of Baltimore, October 15th
• part 3 -- Unveiling Maryland's Monsters: Folklore and Legends from the Free State, October 22nd
• part 4 -- Haunted Maryland: It's Supernatural Hon!, October 29th
• part 5 -- "Fled to the Spirit World": The Victorian Spiritualists of Green Mount Cemetery, October 31st or November 2nd (this is a walking tour of Green Mount Cemetery)