Part II of the Homicon

[judith lawrence]

As I said before we walked to the Admiral Fell Inn (Isn't that a great
name?) to catch the bus. It was very late, because the VCR on board died
and they had to go out and buy another one. Cheryl had many conversations
with the guide and he watches HLOTS, but isn't as into it as we are. Plus,
he didn't see the first couple of seasons. However, he gave us a great
tour. We started with Henderson's Wharf where Mikey kept his boat. Then
Knight's Laundromat where the AIDS guy got pumped full of bleach. Then we
saw Loading Dock Liquors where Bayliss does his famous 11cents bit. Then we
went to find Frank's House. My first highlight was the Subway Station where
"Subway" was filmed. It was not downtown, but at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
We all got out of the bus and went downstairs to see it. I know the people
in the kiosk thought we were nuts, taking pictures of train tracks, so I
tried to explain who we were. The attendant told me he had been there
during the shooting and that others had come by looking for the site. The
security guard was laughing when I told her that I met Clark Johnson.
Back onto the bus and we tried to find the alley where Adena Watson was
found. Bad neighborhood folks! We went to Cathedral of the Incantation
form Something Sacred. Then went to the Boy's Latin School from True Test.
Then on to Druid Hill Park where Luther shot his lieutenant with the cops
watching. We had to guess where the building was that the cops were in at
the time.
Then, for me, the highlight of the tour. Eutaw Place where Bayliss was
shot. We saw the house. Bill who belongs to the Board, but not the
newsgroup (yet) asked the owner if this was the house where the shooting was
filmed. When she said yes, he asked if we could see the back yard and she
let us. She had to go somewhere, so we only had 5 minutes.
But, it was great! Then we saw the field where the perp was shot (It was
right behind the house). What was really neat was that we played the VCR
and could see the actual places we were visiting on the show.
We saw the Hotel Stafford where the officers were shot in "The City that
Bleeds". We saw the real Police HQ and City Hall and the buildings that are
used for the Courthouse. The famous scene where the judge got knifed...
there's no phone booth. It was a prop.
We saw Baltimore's Washington Monument where "Sniper" was filmed. Then we
saw some pigtown locations from "Shaggy Dog, City Goat" and the real ME's
office.
The tour guide told us all about Baltimore and it's history and even drove
us past the Babe Ruth Museum. Then we went to Federal Hill where Seda and
Meldrick looked for the girlfriend who was jogging on "Subway".
The scariest part was FlopHouse Courts where Luther had his office and
neighborhood center from "Damage Done."
That is an awful part of town.
We also saw Camden Yards, the Raven's Stadium and the Inner Harbor.
We got back to Fels Point about 5:30 and met at the Waterfront with the
documentary film maker.
I'm going to let someone else tell you about that and our aborted attempts
to get dinner at Phillips.

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Judy L Uni...@gte.net

[RESchwalb]

Judith,

Thanks so much for sharing with us! Any other details would be greatly
appreciated!

Robin, RC Trixie