Oregon Territory

November 19, 2004 - Sex, Crime, and Corruption in the Rose City

Welcome to Sin City. There was a time when prostitution, gambling, and drug running ruled Portland. When gangsters, rackets, and corrupt cops were more common than environmentalists, espresso, and bicycle commuters. This was the 1950's -- a wild time chronicled in a new book called "Portland Confidential".

Author Phil Stanford reads from the book and talks about the Mecca of vice and sin: Portland, Oregon in the 1950's.

Host: Christy George

Guest: Phil Stanford, book author and Portland Tribune columnist.

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