The Maryland Curiosity Bureau
What’s got you curious about Baltimore, the region, and its people? Is there a local mystery that’s always left you scratching your head? Veteran WYPR journalist Aaron Henkin is reporting to a new assignment editor: You. And together, you’ll find some answers, or at least learn something new along the way.
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“You can go ahead and clean it, but it might be back there the next day.” -
A chocolate-covered holiday story -
A pioneering Coast Guard enlistee from Baltimore is the namesake of the USCG Cutter Myrtle Hazard -
A seemingly innocent planning project has reaggravated some long-standing racial wounds in a historically Black neighborhood. -
They have day jobs, they play for fun, and they might well have saved football in Baltimore. -
Is Maryland’s deer population off the charts right now, or does it just feel that way? -
An empty coffin appears, then vanishes, without explanation. What happened? -
We head into the tunnels of an abandoned military bunker. -
It’s like trying to spear a Lifesaver at 35 miles per hour. -
Maryland’s answer to barbecue is sliced, seared, and smothered in horseradish.
Aaron creates and produces original radio programs and podcasts for WYPR. His current project is The Maryland Curiosity Bureau. Aaron's neighborhood documentary series, Out of the Blocks, earned the 2018 national Edward R Murrow Award. His past work includes the long-running weekly cultural program, The Signal, and the Smithsonian Folkways Recordings series, Tapestry of the Times. Aaron's stories have aired nationally on NPR's Morning Edition and All Things Considered.