What’s the deeper story behind that weird headline you forwarded to your friends or shared at the watercooler? We ask questions to gain grounded insight into the stranger news of the week.
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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 and 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 newspap ...
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An OffBeat Podcast is a random grab bag of weekly topics discussed between Anthony, Eric and Ashley. Each episode beats to its own drum. Hence the name OffBeat!
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Welcome to offbeat, I give you all the topics I am thinking off. Cover art photo provided by rawpixel on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@rawpixel
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Welcome to Offbeat Podcast! A place where we have and share Real Authentic Conversations about real life issues.
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I sometimes talk about sciency stuff in a casual manner and sometimes about my cultural awareness journey!
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A monthly podcast that follows strange and surprising stories where ever they lead, produced by LighthouseNOW, a newspaper reporting on Nova Scotia’s South Shore since 1875.
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4 teenagers burn boundaries by talking about orthodox thoughts in unconventional ways on a very relatable note. Follow us on: Instagram: @offbeat_talks
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Showcasing forgotten or unknown music that deserves to be remembered and known.
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Kim jesteśmy i czemu stworzyliśmy „offbeat Podcast”? Dwóch ziomów, którzy od kilku dobrych lat obserwują tę rapowe środowisko i w nim działają. Poznaliśmy się na facebookowej, rapowej, grupie dyskusyjnej - „Sajko”. Jakiś czas temu postanowiliśmy wznieść Naszą wiedzę oraz pasję, wyjść poza pisanie postów i komentarzy na facebooku, z tego powodu swtorzyliśmy offbeat Podcast
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I'm going to be talking about money, mindset, motivation, mentoring, mastery, marketing and a lot of other things. These are the things that excite me and I'm going to bring that energy to you.
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Paul Hose’s podcast is a lively and engaging exploration of creativity, education, and music. Each episode features interviews with industry professionals, in-depth discussions on curriculum development, and honest reviews, all delivered with a touch of humour and warmth. Whether you’re a drummer, educator, or creative professional, this podcast offers insights, inspiration, and a good laugh along the way.
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A podcast where listeners come to 'Discover, Uncover & ReDiscover' their passion, love and interest in music! We're here to educate, entertain, provoke and stimulate our listeners as well as learn from them. So, what are you waiting for, hit the subscribe button and listen up! We appreciate cha'!
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A podcast celebrating the amazing world of full-time family travel. Ditching conventional living and classrooms for globe-trotting adventures and world cultures, we dive into this unique lifestyle with our inspiring guests - seasoned digital nomads, new entrants, and gap year families. They share their personal experiences, highs, lows, and lifelong lessons. Whether you're an experienced family traveler or contemplating this alternative lifestyle, join us on this enlightening journey into fu ...
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Join us at Staying Offbeat by The Foolcentric and tune in to our two hosts Ardhra and Priyesha as they dive into their awkwards pasts of school and friends and exchange their views on their slightly worrying amount of interests from the Korean entertainment industry to their shared love for the Harry Potter world. Follow us on our social media! Instagram : @stayingoffbeat Twitter : @stayingoffbeat Email : [email protected]
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The Offbeat Worm Podcast is a fun-filled comedy show about anything you could ever imagine! Hosts Tea and Sami cover topics from ghosts to colors, with fun game segments like "Fight to the Death" thrown into the mix! Make sure to tune in, and we'll catch you on the offbeat!
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Hey everyone, we are Chad & Chelsea Sheppard, the owners of Offbeat Horror. a We are a husband-and-wife team that has been buying and selling true crime relics, haunted artifacts, and human remains for nearly a decade. We have a show about this very thing being pitched to streaming platforms right now! Come join us as we talk about life, murder, cheap hotels, punk rock, and all things horror.
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The Offbeat Life Podcast interviews fearless individuals who ditched the norm in order to become Location Independent. We discuss finding purpose, defining moments that led them to change their lives, overcoming setbacks, how they create income from their passions while working online and becoming remote entrepreneurs.
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Dive into Offbeat POV, where opiniated and outspoken Christians unpack the pressing issues of today's world through a faith-based lens. From the latest headlines to viral trends, this podcast helps you navigate modern life from a Christian perspective. Get ready for thought-provoking discussions, especially in the "Big Questions" segment, where tough and controversial topics about faith and Christianity are explored with honesty and depth. Perfect for those seeking clarity in a rapidly chang ...
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The greatest facet of being a journalist is the conversation... talking with artists and musicians about the latest news and trends as it happens. No frills. No filter. Just the nitty-gritty. That’s what this is all about. Art and the people that make it. Daniel Offner is currently an On-Air Radio Personality with BBOX Radio in Brooklyn. He was formerly the senior editor at Salute Magazine and has worked for several award-winning publications across NYC. Support this podcast: https://podcast ...
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Offbeat & On-Brand is the podcast where bold strategies and sharp insights meet branding with an edge — because ordinary just won’t cut it. Hosted by Nikki Stasiuk, a Brand Experience Designer who helps entrepreneurs turn unconventional ideas into unforgettable brands, this show dives into the art of standing out. Expect a mix of expert advice, real-world brand transformations, and unapologetic truths about what it takes to build a business that gets noticed. If you’re ready to ditch the coo ...
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Have you ever wondered what happens when people veer off the beaten path and take a chance on something unconventional? Welcome to "The Offbeat Path," a podcast that celebrates the bold, the daring, and the unexpected twists and turns that life can take. Each episode features a guest who has made a courageous decision to stray from the norm and forge their own path. From career changes to personal transformations, these stories showcase the incredible resilience and innovation that can emerg ...
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'Most Wanted' desperadoes found a home and respect in Oregon(Part 2 of 2)
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9:13LATE IN THE MONTH of March, 1948, in the small coastal town of Gearhart, Pauline Virgin, 12, and her cousin Navarre Smith, 14, were listening to the famous “Gang Busters” radio program on radio station KEX (A.M. 1190). The radio host was telling the story of a wanted criminal named John Harvey Bugg, who back in 1945 had kidnapped a county sheriff, …
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WEIRDEST NEWS OF 2025: All about animals
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11:00These are the weirdest animal stories we covered in 2025.
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Running from FBI? Hide in a friendly Oregon town!
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8:43HAPPY NEW YEAR! In the spirit of the American tradition of the season, today we’re going to explore the stories of two Missouri men whose New Year’s Resolutions probably once included “Give up crime” and “Hide from the F.B.I.”This is the sort of thing that used to be very easy to do in Oregon, which is actually the only state (so far as I have been…
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WEIRDEST NEWS OF 2025: Viral internet stories
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10:30There were the weirdest viral stories we covered in 2025.
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P-town mansion was once home of starvation cult
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9:08The motto of Kate Ann Williams' cult was “Pray and be Cured,” and adherents went on rigorous 40-day fasts that occasionally killed them. The cult disappeared after its leader, who was Mayor George Williams' wife, starved herself to death. (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1204d-kate-williams-starvation-cult.html)…
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Oregon man’s wife killed his SCOTUS appointment
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8:58Senate committee went from a solid consensus to confirm George H. Williams, to a firm determination not to, in just one week. The cause? Most believed it was because of the arrogant attitude of Mrs. Williams toward the senators' wives. (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1204c-williams-scotus-confirmation-scotched-by-wife.html)…
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‘Cape Foulweather Light’ built on the wrong cape
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8:47Today known properly as Yaquina Head Light, the state's tallest lighthouse is a popular tourist attraction, and until recently was the home of the nation's only wheelchair-accessible tidepools. (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1706b.yaquina-head-light-should-have-been-cape-foulweather-light-447.html)…
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Body snatchers' incompetence actually saved them from more serious charges (Part 2 of 2)
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12:15Police figured out who the body snatchers were before they even had time to think about writing a ransom note — so their sentences were much lighter than they would have been if they'd had time to add extortion to the rap. (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/23-03.body-snatchers-resurrected-william-ladd-619.html)…
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Body snatchers plotted to steal dead mayor’s corpse (Part 1 of 2)
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10:43THE NINETEENTH CENTURY was a kind of golden age of body snatching. Digging up the freshly dead to cash the corpse in at the back door of a nearby medical school was — well, not common exactly, but far from unheard-of. So when, around the middle of May 1897, Daniel Magone and Charles Montgomery asked a 20-year-old wood hauler named William Rector to…
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WEIRDEST NEWS OF 2025: Strange stuff is going on in space
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10:59Here are the weirdest space stories we covered in 2025.
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‘Blue Ruin’ drove Oregon to drink—and prohibition
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11:34Before Oregon was even a state, its territorial government outlawed all booze. Why? It all has to do with a fellow who could probably be called the true founder of the city of Portland — and his ever-bubbling moonshine still. (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1311d-blue-ruin-whiskey-sparks-oregons-first-prohibition.html)…
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Larry Sullivan's 'second act' career dwarfed his first (Part 2 of 2)
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12:03BY THE TIME George Graham Rice met Larry Sullivan at Sullivan and Grant’s “palace” in Goldfield, he was doing a booming business in Nevada as the owner and copywriter of an advertising agency, working with the local mine owners. He provided a full-service kind of operation — not only placing ads for investors, but also sending out hundreds of fake …
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Boss shanghaier Sullivan’s mining-stock fraud career (Part 1 of 2)
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10:49For anyone interested in the shanghaiing of sailors on the old Portland waterfront, the name “Larry Sullivan” needs no introduction. Smooth, polished, well-connected and ruthless, Larry Sullivan was essentially the Boss Tweed of the Portland waterfront from the early 1890s right up to the moment the music stopped. But in 1904, as the upcoming Lewis…
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WEIRDEST NEWS OF 2025: Not quite 'Jurassic Park' and more
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11:19We're rounding up the weirdest stories of 2025. In this episode, the top of the top -- Colossal Biosciences' work to bring back extinct animals, the rapture that never came and a possible break in the D.B. Cooper case.
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Brides were stripped of U.S. citizenship at the altar
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9:14Women 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. (Statewide; 1910s, 1920s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1312e-germans-in-oregon-enemy-aliens.html)…
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Other Side of the News: A scandal at the stone skimming competition
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3:13Something Offbeat host Mike Rogers interviews a man from Kentucky about becoming the world's stone skimming champion and about a scandal at the competition in Scotland.
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Oregonians had the jump on California Gold Rush
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9:46If you’d been lucky enough to live in Portland in July of 1848, you would have been able to say, literally, that your ship had come in.The ship in question was the sailing ship Honolulu. And, funny thing: she arrived in port in ballast, with her cargo holds empty.That raised some eyebrows. At the time, Oregon was not even part of the U.S.A. yet — j…
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Palatial riverboat caught in hurricane on open sea
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8:57Designed for calm inland waterways, the sidewheel steamboat Alaskan was no match for the massive late-spring gale that pounced on it off Cape Blanco one fateful night in 1889. (Cape Blanco, Curry County; 1889) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1311c-riverboat-alaskan-caught-in-offshore-hurricane.html)…
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Drunk looting party broke out at scene of shipwreck
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15:58ON THE MORNING OF NOV. 5, 1915, at the back of the entrance to Coos Bay, a big steamship could be seen towering improbably over the beach, stuck fast in the sand close to shore.This was the Santa Clara, a 233-foot steamer on the Portland-San Francisco run. The Santa Clara didn’t much look like the scene of a humanitarian disaster, jutting out of th…
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Civil War plotters hoped to get West Coast to secede
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8:42Dreamed up by supporters of the old south, the plan envisioned an independent “Pacific Republic” as a slave state — to be stocked with slaves by a sort of bait-and-switch swindle. But the supporters misjudged public opinion badly. (Salem, Marion County; 1860s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1503d.pacific-republic-scheme-331.h…
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Buster Keaton brought Hollywood to Cottage Grove (Part 2 of 2)
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9:58And then there was the climactic scene, which is the main thing people talk about in South Lane County when this movie comes up. It was literally a train wreck, although metaphorically it was anything but. Buster wanted the climax of the movie to involve a locomotive falling through a burning bridge into a river. .... (For text and pictures, see ht…
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Potty problems, random graves, shrimp opinions and bigfoot
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18:45This week, we’ve got a conversation about cemeteries where you wouldn’t expect them from KMBZ's Dan & Parks in Kansas City, opinions about the little-known delicacy that is soft shell shrimp from Scoot at WWL in New Orleans, and a surprise sighting of a mythical creature from The Dave Glover Show out of KMOX in St. Louis. But first, we’re headed to…
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Other Side of the News: Could you try a different sport every week?
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2:42Mike Rogers interviews a grad student from Scotland who has been trying a different sport every week.
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Buster Keaton brought Hollywood to Cottage Grove (Part 1 of 2)
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9:25IF A COTTAGE Grove logger had been bonked on the head in January 1926, and woke up six months later, he would have scarcely recognized his home town.There was a whole new Main Street built way out east of Main Street, with businesses and boardinghouses and banks and everything.... (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/2409d-1002b.bu…
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Prohibition sting ended with a deadly gunfight
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10:52IF YOU LOOK UP Prohibition Agent Glenn H. Price on the “Fallen Agents” page at www.atf.gov, you’ll get a very brief account of his death:“Prohibition Agents Glenn H. Price and Grover Todd were attempting to arrest a bootlegger named Phillip Warren in Grand Ronde, Ore. Warren escaped, obtained a rifle, and killed both agents. Warren was later taken …
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Town’s emergency wood money is still legal tender
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10:04IN EARLY FEBRUARY of 1933, the mayor and city council of North Bend had a big problem on their hands.It was, of course, the depths of the Great Depression — possibly the deepest of the depths. Former Oregonian President Herbert Hoover was still in office, but it was the interregnum — he’d been voted out of office three months earlier, so he was the…
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Bunny-massacre parties were big social events
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12:37Imagine, for a moment, that you’re passing through a little Harney County town when you see, in a used-car lot, a DMC DeLorean that someone has modified as a replica of the car from Back to the Future. It even has a replica flux capacitor, and the readout of the dates in old-school LED readouts on the dash.The price is right, so you buy it, and imm…
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Corvallis man found cows make lousy boat engines
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9:13The “Genius of Corvallis” hoped his cattle-powered riverboat would give the upper-Willamette sternwheelers a run for their money; and so it did, so long as it didn't try to go upstream... (Corvallis, Benton County; 1850s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1706c.cow-powered-riverboat-hay-burner-448.html)…
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Is this the end of fast food as we know it?
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11:55Host Mike Rogers interviews Annalisa Nash Fernandez to discuss how the future of fast food might play out and what companies should keep their eye on to keep appealing to customers.
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Alcoholic shipmate drank snake-preserving whiskey
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9:20Stranded for the winter on Sauvie Island, the members of Nathaniel Wyeth's trading post struggled to get enough to eat. But for some of them, the greater problem was finding something to drink. (Sauvie Island, Multnomah and Columbia County; 1830s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1707d.townsend-lizard-liquor-453.html)…
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Schemers’ plans to exploit Multnomah Falls failed
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10:28Original owners of the falls tried for years to log it, but the steamship and railroad moguls were making a lot of money on excursion trips, so they blocked the scheme, preserving the falls for today's park. (Columbia River Gorge, Multnomah County; 1890s, 1900s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1707e.fight-for-multnomah-falls-4…
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Shanghai tunnels mostly a myth...or are they?
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11:07In the glory days of Portland shanghaiing, sailors were 'helped back aboard ship' on the city streets; there was no need for a tunnel to sneak them down to the docks. But the tunnels under the saloons and streets were useful for lots of other shanghaiing-related activities ... (Portland, Multnomah County; 1890s) (For text and pictures, see https://…
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Tarzan fans are grateful for gold miner’s failure
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8:48Had Edgar Rice Burroughs and his brothers been successful with their Snake River gold dredge, Ed likely would never have had the time or inspiration to start writing “John Carter of Mars,” “At the Earth's Core” and “Tarzan” books. (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1503b.edgar-rice-burroughs-in-oregon.html)…
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Riverboat party turned out to be shanghaiing trick
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11:44One fine day in October of 1891, a teenage boy named Aquilla Ernest Clark left the farm in Scappoose where he’d been working, headed for Portland. He was going to see the sights and maybe show himself a good time for a few days.He wandered around the waterfront, taking drinks here and there and probably taking a hand in a card game or two; then, wh…
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6-7 is here, mom takes seven kids on 2,300-mile river trip and queer sheep fashion
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16:08This week, we cover the story of a mom and seven of her children who went on a 2,300 paddle adventure on the Mississippi River; a reason why you might want to get six, maybe seven, Frosties, and fashion from queer sheep wool.
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Skipper doubled down on a bad bet ... and lost it all
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9:40ONE GRAY OCTOBER day in 1898, three British ship captains were sitting in the parlor of the Seamen’s Rest, a sort of YMCA for sailors located in the bustling port of Tacoma. They were in a betting mood. One of them, although he didn’t know it, was gambling with his life. All three skippers captained full-rigged windjammers. They were H.A. Lever of …
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Bad recording technique led to FBI investigation
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11:16Portland band The Kingsmen recorded the song quickly and cheaply, and the words they were singing were unintelligible. But when the song became a hit, fans started guessing at the lyrics ... and some of them had rather dirty minds.... (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1312d-louie-louie-kingsmen-fbi-investigation.html)…
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P-town’s rabbi got in gun fight at President’s hotel
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11:05Oct. 1, 1880, was a very big day in Portland.For the first time in the history of the city or the state, a sitting President of the United States had come to visit. President Rutherford B. Hayes had arrived in Portland the night before and was staying in the Esmond Hotel, the nicest in Portland at the time, on the corner of Morrison and Front stree…
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Shipwrecked sailors had to paddle 200 miles to safety
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8:43While the captain of the Emily G. Reed was sadly reporting the loss of 11 brave mariners, four of the missing were adrift, desperately bailing water out of a damaged and leaky lifeboat. Destination: Puget Sound. (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1503a.shipwreck-emily-g-reed.328.html)…
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City-bus-powered cable car scheme was epic flop (Part 2 of 2)
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7:08IF THE IDEA of cable car service to Timberline Lodge strikes you as a not particularly bad one, you’re not alone. Over the years since the Wyler group proposed the glass-and-steel mountaintop skyscraper, several proposals have been floated for cable-car service up the mountain. So far, only one has been built, and it was an immediate and colossal f…
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How to avoid being a holiday jerk, finding ancient canoes, drinking at 23-hour bars and more
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21:56This week, we’re starting with an ancient discovery, then looking forward at a few things. Those things are: the possibility of bars in Kansas City opening from 6 a.m. to 5 a.m., the future of endangered animals and how to avoid being a jerk during upcoming holiday celebrations.
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Other Side of the News: A visit to the Croc Cave, a collection of 3,800 Crocs
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3:30"Something Offbeat" host Mike Rogers interviews dives into the origins of this massive collection of Crocs.
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Timberline could have been a gaudy skyscraper (Part 1 of 2)
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8:29HIGH UP ON the side of Mount Hood, Timberline Lodge has over the years become an Oregon icon. Its rustic, WPA-financed design and construction strike most visitors as a good fit for the state’s general reputation for woodsy civility. But had it not been for a particularly persnickety U.S. Forest Service manager, Timberline might have looked a lot d…
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Outlaw Bill Miner’s first train robbery was a fiasco
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9:24Fresh from a 20-year stretch in the pen, the famous stagecoach robber known as 'The Gray Fox' found the world had changed and he would now have to learn to rob trains instead. His learning curve started in Portland and ended in disaster. (Troutdale, Multnomah County; 1900s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1311b-bill-miner-trai…
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Taming of the Rascal: Chambreau’s redemption (Part 2 of 2)
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12:30After blowing his chance at a prosperous, respectable life in the Tygh Valley, the gambler and liquor man roared through frontier life as a keeper of rowdy saloons and bawdy joints before a Temperance crusader changed his life. (Part 2 of 2) (Wasco, Baker, Multnomah County; 1850s, 1860s, 1870s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/…
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A crooked gambler’s-eye view of frontier Oregon (Part 1 of 2)
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9:36French-Canadian gambler started out as one of the most scurrilous rascals in the state, then reformed his ways and became one of its most earnest and effective reformers. This is the story of his early years. Part 1 of a 2-part series. (Lower Willamette River, Clackamas County; 1840s, 1850s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/131…
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The truth about genetic engineering, society getting meaner (?) and a 1,000-member rock band
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33:12This week, we’re tackling three questions. The first question: How much can humans actually be genetically engineered? The second question: Are people kinder or meaner than they were 20 years ago? And the third… do you want to jam with a 1,000-person rock band? You might have a chance to in January. Featuring audio from KCBS' Bay Area All Local, WC…
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Was suspicious death in ‘boneyard’ really murder?
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10:20The coroner ruled Thomas McMahon's death an accident, and everyone moved on. But the testimony of witness Eliza “Boneyard Mary” Bunets was suspicious and contradictory. Could she have gotten away with murder? (Portland, Multnomah County; 1870s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1311a-did-boneyard-mary-murder-thomas-mcmahon.html)…
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'Mother of Oregon History' earned praise, but little money (Part 2 of 2)
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8:50Legendary author Frances Fuller Victor fell on hard times in the late 1870s. She never quit, but after she took a job writing for Hubert Howe Bancroft, he took credit for the books she wrote. (St. Helens, Columbia County; 1880s, 1890s, 1900s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1504a.frances-fuller-victor-part2.333.html)…
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Legendary Oregon author started with poetry, pulps (Part 1 of 2)
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8:51Frances Fuller Victor became the founding mother of all Oregon history, and one of its most important writers of all time. By the time she arrived in the Beaver State, she was already a well-known writer. (St. Helens, Columbia County; 1860s, 1870s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1503e.frances-fuller-victor-part1.332.html)…
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