Offbeat Oregon History podcast
A daily podcast of true Oregon stories from the wilder side of the Beaver State. Tales of heroes and rascals, of shipwrecks and lost gold, of shanghaied sailors and skid-road bordellos and pirates and robbers and buried treasure ... From the archives of the Offbeat ...
A daily podcast of true Oregon stories from the wilder side of the Beaver State. Tales of heroes and rascals, of shipwrecks and lost gold, of shanghaied sailors and skid-road bordellos and pirates and robbers and buried treasure ... From the archives of the Offbeat Oregon History syndicated newspaper column.
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Spooky UFO cult lured away 20 Oregonians to follow “The Two”
Two decades later, the cult, now named “Heaven's Gate,” would ...
Two decades later, the cult, now named “Heaven's Gate,” would make national headlines by committing mass suicide in hopes that a UFO hiding behind Comet Hale-Bopp would carry their spirits away to Planet Heaven.
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Rumors of sunken submarines: The government denies it, but ...
Pulp writer and religious figure L. Ron Hubbard figures prominently ...
Pulp writer and religious figure L. Ron Hubbard figures prominently in the most spectacular story of action against Japanese submarines in Oregon waters. It's known, with a smile, as the “Battle of Cape Lookout.”
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Iconic movies shot in Oregon, Part One: 1908 to 1952
As a place to go shoot pictures on location, Oregon ...
As a place to go shoot pictures on location, Oregon has become pretty popular in the last few dozen years. But the Beaver State's contribution to early cinema, though more sparse, was surprisingly influential.
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Albany’s “Queen of Fakers” belongs in swindlers’ hall of fame
Talented actress could dilate a pupil at will, dislocate joints, ...
Talented actress could dilate a pupil at will, dislocate joints, fake broken ribs and get her gums to bleed on demand. She was so good, railroad claims agents actually formed a national association just to share info about her scams.
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Pixieland: Fleeting memories of a funky Oregon amusement park
Built in the late 1960s as a "fairy-tale history of ...
Built in the late 1960s as a "fairy-tale history of Oregon," the amusement park lasted just a few years before slipping into receivership. Today, all that's left is a dilapidated guardshack.
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Brutal “Oregon Boot” made our state prison famous
Named after the warden who invented it, the “Gardner Shackle” ...
Named after the warden who invented it, the “Gardner Shackle” eventually caused serious musculoskeletal damage; many former inmates limped for the rest of their lives as a result of habitually wearing one.
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Southern Oregon populist leader had plans for guerilla uprising
The “Jackson County Rebellion” faded away after political boss Llewellyn ...
The “Jackson County Rebellion” faded away after political boss Llewellyn Banks shot a policeman with a .30-06 during an attempted warrant service. Coverage of the whole debacle won the Medford Mail-Tribune a Pulitzer Prize.
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Wives were stripped of American citizenship at the altar
Women who'd married German men suddenly learned they'd been legally ...
Women who'd married German men suddenly learned they'd been legally (and very unconstitutionally) made stateless, and were forced to register as "enemy aliens"; those who'd married Chinese men fared even worse.
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During WWII, man brought home Japanese bomb in the glovebox
Civilian volunteers retrieved debris from the Japanese submarine-launched seaplane bombing ...
Civilian volunteers retrieved debris from the Japanese submarine-launched seaplane bombing of the forest near Brookings —including an intact, unexploded bomb. Only later did they realize how lucky they were that it really was a dud.
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The Jackson County Rebellion: Llewellyn Banks comes to power
For leaders of the “Good Government Congress,” the Great Depression ...
For leaders of the “Good Government Congress,” the Great Depression was a golden opportunity to crystallize popular bewilderment into hatred that could be used to grab for power. And it worked ... too well, as it turned out.
