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In September 1953, the city of Baltimore became the final setting in the life of John Brady Murphy, a 36-year-old male Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Murphy, a married father of three, had dedicated 13 years of his life to the agency. His career would come to a violent end while in pursuit of a murder suspect and parole violator named John Elgin Johnson.

The tragic events unfolded on September 25, 1953, inside a movie theater at 311 West Fayette Street. The FBI ha ...Read More
Victim Details

John Brady Murphy

Male

White / Caucasian

Baltimore

MD

1953-09-25

36

John

Brady Murphy

01/24/2026