
About this podcast
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…
264 episodes · History
Offbeat Oregon History podcast
About this podcast
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…
Recent episodes
- Shipwreck of Brother Jonathan is ground zero in treasure squabble4 days ago · 9 min
- Shouldn’t Oregon’s official language be Chinook?5 days ago · 8 min
- Oregonian nearly became President; lucky he didn’t6 days ago · 10 min
- The Maddest Man in Town: A story of a wake that 'worked' — the deceased woke right up!30 Oct · 12 min
- WPA writers captured a snapshot of early Oregon29 Oct · 9 min
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- HEADLINE1 Jan 1970
- HEADLINE1 Jan 1970