Prostitution history -Maryland Vice Commission

Prostitution History: Baltimore’s Shocking Hidden Sex Trade in 1916

This is drawn from my book Prostitution and Illicit Sex in Baltimore: Commercialized Vice, Report of the Maryland Vice Commission, 1916. Revised March 26, 2025 I came across a brothel scandal while researching my historical mystery novel, Into the Suffering City, set in 1909 Baltimore. The Maryland Vice Commission exposed the scandal in 1916. The…