Offbeat Oregon History podcast
www.offbeatoregon.com (finn @ offbeatoregon.com)
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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Oregon's second-largest city was built in six months (Part 1 of 2)
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Before news “crusade,” milk was killing babies
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Quest for lost gold mine led to 12,000-acre jewel
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Did L. Ron Hubbard battle Japanese subs off Astoria?
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‘Desperado’ became P-town’s first police chief
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Busting out of the joint was job for a safecracker
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Rusty derelict turned out to be Liberty Ship lifeboat
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How Oregon almost lost public access to beaches
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Childhood tree-planting memories for thousands
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Tillamook Burn ‘blew up’ with shocking speed
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Tillamook Burn sprang from loggers’ bad gamble
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Bunco Kelley, Coyote of P-town waterfront legend
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Oregon’s most notorious shanghaier: Bunco Kelley
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Legendary ‘Chief Bigfoot’ elusive as, well, Bigfoot
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In 1880s, salmon were the “most dangerous catch”
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Steamer wrecked by future Costa Rica admiral
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Frankie Baker found a home, and some peace, in Oregon
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‘Johnny’s’ Frankie lived in Portland, hiding from "her song"
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Charming gentleman by day, robber-poet by night
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Rosecrans rescue one of Coast Guard’s finest hours
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Cursed or not, Rosecrans was one unlucky ship
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Town’s police chief was later executed for murder
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Rooftop stunt made local aero-daredevil famous
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Giant skeleton hinted at legend of pirate treasure
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Mass murderer honored in courthouse monument
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‘Ship of Romance and Death’ met a dramatic end
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Prison break happened during “conjugal visit”
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Portland lost world’s biggest log cabin in 1964 fire
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The mysterious demise of the S.S. South Coast
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Horrific 'Trunk Murders' made headlines nationwide (Part 2 of 2)
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Horrific 'Trunk Murders' made headlines nationwide (Part 2 of 2)
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Locals drawn into 1930s’ most notorious murder (Part 1 of 2)
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Oregon’s Doolittle raiders and their startling stories (3 of 3)
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The Oregonians who flew over Tokyo with Doolittle (2 of 3)
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Famous ‘Doolittle Raid’ roots in Pendleton air base (1 of 3)
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Mona Bell was like Annie Oakley with an edge
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Columbia River was a wild, frothy, dangerous place once
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Storm-tossed ships shared a double date with destiny
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“Roaring 20s” murder solved by cop’s diligence
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Oregon’s highest, smallest city once had its jail stolen
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Miracle saved sailors from death on Columbia bar
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Historic lighthouse saved by a nonexistent ghost ... but was she, really?
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Heppner's devastation brought out heroism in face of watery death (2 of 2)
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Worst natural flash flood in U.S. history struck here (Part 1 of 2)
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Mount Angel Abbey owes grandeur to colorful monk
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‘Unwritten Law’ no help for man who murdered his wife's brother
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Frontier murder was even darker than it appeared
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Pixieland and Oregon's midcentury culture
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