The Maryland Curiosity Bureau

This week, I tried to figure out why Baltimore City Schools kids don't have school buses & have to ride the @mtamaryland to & from school. It's an old mystery with present-day repercussions. @WYPR881FM @MCBpodcast. Check it out: wypr.org/2023-02-27/why…

Curious about what kind of effect the speed cameras are having on I-83 (AKA Baltimore's Grand Prix)? @MsHallieMiller and I got the scoop from @BmoreCityDOT on the new @MCBpodcast from @WYPR881FM & @BaltimoreBanner wypr.org/2023-02-13/are…

Ever wonder who removes graffiti in Baltimore? It's an uphill battle, but @BaltimoreDPW Eric Ford is out there every day, undaunted, with a Dustless Blaster. You'll meet him & his partner on the new @MCBpodcast from @WYPR881FM & @BaltimoreBanner wypr.org/2023-01-02/who…

May your Monday be as sweet as this story. @WYPR881FM @AaronHenkin wypr.org/2022-12-19/wha…

Great question on this week's @MCBpodcast from a listener who's far from home. @WYPR881FM @USCG wypr.org/2022-12-12/who…

Looking for a reason to celebrate the @Ravens, win or lose? Here's the story of their incredible band, Baltimore's Marching Ravens. @AaronHenkin @WYPR881FM wypr.org/2022-11-28/who…

.@MCBpodcast is back! @BaltimoreBanner's @Juliemore joins to explore the mystery surrounding the abandoned coffin of Mathilda Lorenz, which inexplicably appeared in the woods of Stony Run Creek in Wyman Park, and just as strangely, disappeared. wypr.org/2022-11-14/wha…

It's been a minute, but Maryland Curiosity Bureau Season Two kicks off today! Big thanks to @BaltimoreBanner reporter @Juliemore for bringing us a truly Scooby-Doo-Nancy-Drew caliber mystery this episode. Enjoy!

This week's @WYPR881FM @MCBpodcast took me into the tunnels beneath an abandoned military bunker to answer a question for listener @carmenmbrock. Tune in if you want to hear what I sound like when I'm scared sh*tless. wypr.org/2022-06-01/wha…

Maryland's official state sport is jousting, which is weird. So is the story of how it happened @MCBpodcast @WYPR881FM #jousting wypr.org/2022-05-24/how…

'Pit Beef.' I've always seen the roadside signs, but I'd never tried one. Have you? This week's @MCBpodcast @WYPR881FM was an education, with props to @CharmCityTable food blogger Simone Phillips & food writer @robicellis. wypr.org/2022-05-16/wha…

This is the Villena family. Their living room is in Baltimore City. Their dining room is in Baltimore County. You think your bills are complicated? Here's a story about the centuries-old political tug-of-war over the city/county line @WYPR881FM @MCBpodcast wypr.org/2022-05-09/cou…

Why is there a random statue of Simon Bolivar in a little park in Baltimore? This story takes us down a rabbit hole that spans centuries, from the Spanish Colonial Era to the Cold War. wypr.org/2022-04-29/wha… @MCBpodcast @WYPR881FM @aimee_pohl @christythornton

Ever heard of Dr. Gloom's Crypt of Curiosities? Proprietor @ChrisLaMartina shows us a vampire skeleton, Elvis' third nipple, and other collected oddities on this week's episode of the @MCBpodcast from @WYPR881FM. wypr.org/2022-04-18/wha…

This week's @MCBpodcast episode will probably require a sequel, but it's a fascinating first chapter in a bigger story, from @WYPR881FM. wypr.org/2022-04-11/whe…

Here's a story about the heyday of Negro Leagues baseball in Baltimore, with thanks to Ray Banks of the Hubert V Simmons Museum of Negro Leagues Baseball and sportswriter @Vascellaro. @WYPR881FM @MCBpodcast wypr.org/2022-04-04/wha…

Here's the story of how a German Jewish immigrant invented the best thing to ever happen to shellfish. @PDX_Hon @BMIatWork @mccormickspices @jewishmuseummd @MCBpodcast @WYPR881FM #oldbay wypr.org/2022-03-28/wha…

Did you know Baltimore has nine sister cities around the globe? Here's the story of how those international sisterhoods came to be @wypr @SisterCitiesInt @MCBpodcast wypr.org/2022-03-21/bal…

Next time you're at a red light in Baltimore, look up and you might glimpse a @ReedBmoreArt original. Here's his story, from @MCBpodcast @WYPR881FM wypr.org/2022-03-14/who…

This week, a listener asked, "Who are The Nighthawks?" I had no idea, but it turns out the answer is amazing. @BNighthawks @MCBpodcast @WYPR881FM wypr.org/2022-03-07/who…