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Offbeat Oregon History podcast

www.offbeatoregon.com (finn @ offbeatoregon.com)

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The Offbeat Oregon History Podcast is a daily service from the Offbeat Oregon History newspaper column. Each weekday morning, a strange-but-true story from Oregon's history from the archives of the column is uploaded. An exploding whale, a few shockingly scary cults, a 19th-century serial killer, several very naughty ladies, a handful of solid-brass con artists and some of the dumbest bad guys in the history of the universe. Source citations are included with the text version on the Web site at...

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Episodes (387)

War-games campaign blanketed Central Oregon

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Camp Adair hardened recruits with combat training — and poison oak (Part 2 of 2)

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Apr 28, 20269:13failed

Oregon's second-largest city was built in six months (Part 1 of 2)

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Apr 27, 20266:13failed

Before news “crusade,” milk was killing babies

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Apr 24, 20267:52failed

Quest for lost gold mine led to 12,000-acre jewel

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Apr 23, 202610:36failed

Did L. Ron Hubbard battle Japanese subs off Astoria?

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Apr 22, 202610:08failed

‘Desperado’ became P-town’s first police chief

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Apr 21, 20269:24failed

Busting out of the joint was job for a safecracker

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Apr 20, 20267:33failed

Rusty derelict turned out to be Liberty Ship lifeboat

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Apr 17, 20267:07failed

How Oregon almost lost public access to beaches

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Apr 16, 20268:57completed

Childhood tree-planting memories for thousands

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Apr 15, 20269:50failed

Tillamook Burn ‘blew up’ with shocking speed

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Apr 14, 20269:18failed

Tillamook Burn sprang from loggers’ bad gamble

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Apr 13, 20268:08failed

Bunco Kelley, Coyote of P-town waterfront legend

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Apr 10, 202610:03failed

Oregon’s most notorious shanghaier: Bunco Kelley

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Apr 9, 20269:59failed

Legendary ‘Chief Bigfoot’ elusive as, well, Bigfoot

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Apr 8, 20269:11failed

In 1880s, salmon were the “most dangerous catch”

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Apr 7, 202611:20completed

Steamer wrecked by future Costa Rica admiral

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Apr 6, 20269:26completed

Frankie Baker found a home, and some peace, in Oregon

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Apr 3, 202611:07failed

‘Johnny’s’ Frankie lived in Portland, hiding from "her song"

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Apr 2, 20269:34failed

Charming gentleman by day, robber-poet by night

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Apr 1, 20269:13failed

Rosecrans rescue one of Coast Guard’s finest hours

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Mar 31, 202610:40failed

Cursed or not, Rosecrans was one unlucky ship

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Mar 30, 202610:01failed

Town’s police chief was later executed for murder

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Mar 27, 20268:46failed

Rooftop stunt made local aero-daredevil famous

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Mar 26, 20268:51failed

Giant skeleton hinted at legend of pirate treasure

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Mar 25, 20268:18failed

Mass murderer honored in courthouse monument

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Mar 24, 20268:38failed

‘Ship of Romance and Death’ met a dramatic end

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Mar 23, 20268:11failed

Prison break happened during “conjugal visit”

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Mar 20, 202610:53failed

Portland lost world’s biggest log cabin in 1964 fire

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Mar 19, 20267:45completed

The mysterious demise of the S.S. South Coast

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Mar 18, 20268:56failed

Horrific 'Trunk Murders' made headlines nationwide (Part 2 of 2)

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Mar 17, 20268:24pending

Horrific 'Trunk Murders' made headlines nationwide (Part 2 of 2)

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Mar 17, 20268:24failed

Locals drawn into 1930s’ most notorious murder (Part 1 of 2)

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Mar 16, 20268:49completed

Oregon’s Doolittle raiders and their startling stories (3 of 3)

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Mar 13, 20268:35failed

The Oregonians who flew over Tokyo with Doolittle (2 of 3)

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Mar 12, 20268:09failed

Famous ‘Doolittle Raid’ roots in Pendleton air base (1 of 3)

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Mar 11, 20267:51failed

Mona Bell was like Annie Oakley with an edge

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Mar 10, 202611:16failed

Columbia River was a wild, frothy, dangerous place once

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Mar 9, 20266:37failed

Storm-tossed ships shared a double date with destiny

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Mar 6, 20268:04completed

“Roaring 20s” murder solved by cop’s diligence

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Mar 5, 20268:32pending

Oregon’s highest, smallest city once had its jail stolen

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Mar 4, 20268:16pending

Miracle saved sailors from death on Columbia bar

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Mar 3, 20268:46pending

Historic lighthouse saved by a nonexistent ghost ... but was she, really?

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Mar 2, 20268:58completed

Heppner's devastation brought out heroism in face of watery death (2 of 2)

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Feb 27, 20268:16pending

Worst natural flash flood in U.S. history struck here (Part 1 of 2)

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Feb 26, 20267:42pending

Mount Angel Abbey owes grandeur to colorful monk

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Feb 25, 20269:04pending

‘Unwritten Law’ no help for man who murdered his wife's brother

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Feb 24, 20269:22pending

Frontier murder was even darker than it appeared

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Feb 23, 20269:33pending

Pixieland and Oregon's midcentury culture

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Feb 20, 202611:37pending
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