The Real Story Behind the Baltimore Deaths That Inspired 'Lady in the Lake'

Meilan Solly Associate Editor, History In the late 1960s, Baltimore residents seeking an outlet for their everyday frustrations turned to Direct Line, an Evening Sun column that pledged to “aid its readers by getting hard-to-find answers, solving problems and cutting red tape.” Published queries ran the gamut from why parking at Penn Station was so scarce to where to obtain a new identification card. Submissions…