That was the year murders in the city peaked at 2,245, making it one of the nation's top murder capitals.
The funny thing is that, even though Baltimore had one of the top murder rates in the country in those days, I grew up hearing about how dangerous New York was.
Hollywood's top murder mysteries William Desmond Taylor, 1922 The still-unsolved shooting of Taylor, a director, in the wake of the Fatty Arbuckle affair and various drug scandals, led to a moral purge in the nascent California film colony.
Welcome to America's Next Top Murder Victim: "Trick or Treat, Mothafucka," hosted by Tyra Banks and Busta Rhymes!
Johannesburg has one of the top murder rates in the world; these places aren't intrinsically friendly.
With its autumnal colour schemes and inventive, over-the-top murders, Hannibal is a show that stands out, and that's saying a lot in this year's crowded serial killer market, overflowing as it is with blood, gore and psychological profiling".
In a recent league table in which cities were ranked by their murder rates, none of the state capitals made it into the top ten.The murder rate for Brazil as a whole is still an intolerable 23.8 per 100,000 people and, as the handling of last year's prison-based terrorism showed, its law-enforcement institutions are still inadequate.
Worries about costs could have played a role in delays in the investigation into missing ex-EastEnders actress Sian Blake and her children, a top former murder detective has suggested.
These gangs have long since diversified their goals and activities leading Jamaica to be in the unenviable position as one of the top five murder capitals of the world.
Over a two-year period, Escobar was responsible for countless bombings, assassinations of top officials and murders of more than 270 policemen and civilians.
And in this case, not just a story, but a conspiracy that goes right to the top involving two murders and the grisly possibility that Christina is having it off with the president – which, incidentally, is a scene I don't want to see in episode four, thanks very much.
