Camden NJ’s ‘Ghost Sniper’

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Reminiscent of the Washington DC Sniper attacks, Camden had its own in the late 1920’s which was quite the mystery of its time. There are dozens of articles about it, to be uploaded over time, and the sniper had 48 “victims” over two months.


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