A Cursed Portland Arcade Game and Other Creepy Lore. Plus, the Wildest Halloween Parties in Portland
Host Claudia Meza gets into the Halloween spirit with Matthew Trueherz, arts and culture editor at Willamette Week, and Alex Frane, food and culture reporter. They dig into the city's spookiest lore — from the CIA-tinged urban legend of the Polybius arcade game to the surprisingly haunting history buried beneath the Oregon Zoo — then round up the best Halloween parties happening across Portland this Saturday, from an Erotic Ball to a Morrison corridor bar crawl.
Discussed in today's episode:
- Slabtown Tours
- Halloween at Thunderbird Mississippi
- LaVerne’s Pass the Hatchet
- Rhinestone’s Viva Goth Vegas
- Portland Mercury’s Scream Queen Halloween
- Portland Erotic Bal
- Good Girl Halloween
- Creepy’s Halloween
- Eldorado Halloween
- Holocene’s Betty: A Queer Dance Party
- The Coffin Club
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