Offbeat Oregon History podcast

Offbeat Oregon History podcast

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A daily (5-day-a-week) podcast feed of true Oregon stories — of heroes and rascals, of shipwrecks and lost gold. Stories of shanghaied sailors a1512nd Skid Road bordellos and pirates and robbers and unsolved mysteries. An exploding whale, a couple 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. From the archives of the Offbeat Oregon History syndicated newspaper column. Source citations are included with the text version on the Web site at https://offbeatoregon.com.

Recent Episodes

  • Great Women of Oregon History, Pt. II: The ‘firsts'

    4 days ago
  • Abigail Scott Duniway isn’t only great woman of Oregon history

    5 days ago
  • Bungling burglars skunked in Corvallis courthouse job

    6 days ago
  • Brutal ax murder could not have been more sordid

    7 days ago
  • Memories of Meadowbrook, and the Molalla Indians (WPA oral-history interview with Ernest P. Elliott)

    1 week ago
  • Laurel Hill was Oregon Trail’s ‘final boss battle’

    2 weeks ago
  • Larry Sullivan’s notorious P-town shanghaiing cartel

    2 weeks ago
  • Larry Sullivan: Boxer, con artist, shanghaier, baller

    2 weeks ago
  • Little-known resort a hit with stars, mobsters alike

    2 weeks ago
  • A Walking Tour of Miss Mertie's Basement Museum (WPA oral-history interview with Miss Mertie Stevens)

    2 weeks ago