True Crime
Bad Ideas and Horrible People of Old Oregon
2024·468 pages
A quirky collection of true, outrageous stories and horrible characters from Oregon's history.
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A quirky collection of true, outrageous stories and horrible characters from Oregon's history.
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Since 2008 the Offbeat Oregon History syndicated newspaper column has entertained and informed Oregonians with the weirdest, quirkiest, funniest, and most outrageous true stories in the surprisingly long history of their young state. Now, for the first time, those stories have been collected together, re-researched, augmented with freshly discovered information, and presented to readers in book form! This is Volume 3, in which you'll find a collection of the worst ideas ever tried - ideas like ....
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What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Violence & gore
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Moderate depictions of violence, including dynamite explosions and systemic cruelty.
Profanity
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Substance use
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LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Religious content
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Magic & witchcraft
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Brief mentions of weird cults as part of historical accounts.
Occult / demonology
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Political content
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Moderate focus on historical political figures and social issues like the Ku Klux Klan.
Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Frequent accounts of systemic suffering and cruelty, including breaking spirits of war heroes.
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