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True Crime
Cybill Shepherd and Steve Guttenberg star in the ripped-from-the-headlines made-for-TV movie about the murder of a local chef and culinary instructor.
01/13/2023 By Margaret Seiler
What we know: on November 24, 1971, a man jumped from a Northwest Orient Airlines plane with $200,000. What we don’t know: what the hell happened after.
11/05/2021 By Doug Kenck-Crispin Illustrations by Max-o-Matic
Op Ed
The allegations about a former Portland Thorns coach has sent ripples through the league. But what did we expect?
10/05/2021 By Katelyn Best
News You Can Use
Turmoil at the Thorns, debate over Portland Street Response, and a new strategy to curb drive-by shootings
10/04/2021 By Julia Silverman
Analysis
It's just the latest shift in a seismic year of back-and-forths with the Portland Police Bureau.
06/22/2021 By Julia Silverman
News & Events
The national event aims to shine a light on individuals impacted by the criminal legal system.
03/01/2021 By Gabriel Granillo
In the codes and on the calendar, here is just some of the Zynchronicity around Richard Gaikowski, a suspect in the Zodiac killings.
12/16/2020 By Jordan Michelman
Feature
Tom Voigt thinks he knows who was behind the crime of the century.
Footnotes
Stephanie Gehring on the importance of courtroom reporters and stenographers and why the shift toward digital recordings matters.
10/30/2020 By Gabriel Granillo
Two Portland organizers explain how transmisogyny and oppression are structural—and how we can fight back.
10/02/2020 By Tuck Woodstock Illustrations by Ebin Lee
History
Not everything in the Rose City has been rosy.
09/06/2020 By Sam Pape
Dead Air
'Murder in Oregon' asks who really killed the state’s former corrections department chief.
02/25/2020 By Zach Dundas
MAX Killings
The verdict comes after an emotional three-week trial.
02/21/2020 By Portland Monthly Staff
Law and Order
Jury selection in the trial of Jeremy Christian begins on Tuesday.
01/20/2020 By Julia Silverman
News
Owner David Abel is still looking for the stolen books, including rare works by Andy Warhol and Samuel Beckett.
01/17/2020 By Daniel Bromfield
The plot seemed pulled straight from a bad romance novel, but friends and family are left wondering: why did Dan Brophy die?
05/31/2019 By Ciara O'Rourke
Block Buster
We investigate the teeny black market, brick by brick.
01/29/2019 By Marty Patail
From murders to bank robberies, we take a peek at the state's grisly past.
12/21/2018 By Allison Place
Crime
Back in 1923, three brothers staged a not-so-great train robbery.
12/21/2018 By Michelle Harris
PDX Index
Here's a look at the numbers.
11/20/2018 By James Stevens