Helloooooooo! We are back with an episode about WEIRD PORTLAND. This is a fun one, y'all. We got it all- kisses of death, chocolate bank robbers, weed heists, dream surveys, & killer arcade machines!

Content Warning:
Violence, murder, mentions of suicide

Edited by Jordan Henline of 88.8
Intro & Outro music by Joe Huss

Sources
“The kiss of death”
https://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/2016/06/man_serving_life_prison_senten.html
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42089369

The Chocolate Bank Robber
https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2017/09/bank_robber_take_a_chocolate_a.html
https://katu.com/news/local/bandage-bandit-sentenced-to-more-than-three-years-in-prison
https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2018/08/bank_robber_who_passed_note_ta.html

La Mota Dispensary Shootings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rj-8aP2pRyY
https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/10/self-defense-or-murder-portland-man-on-trial-
for-killing-pot-shop-robbers.html

Polybius

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polybius_(urban_legend)#:~:text=Polybius%20is%20an%20urban%20legend,insane%2C%20died%2C%20or%20vanished

https://www.reddit.com/r/retrogaming/comments/1e8qm4x/has_anyone_played_polybius/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7X6Yeydgyg

https://www.pdxmonthly.com/arts-and-culture/2017/11/polybius-the-most-dangerous-arcade-game-in-the-world

https://www.reddit.com/r/AMA/comments/5uzlva/i_played_the_arcade_game_polybius_in_portland/

https://www.reddit.com/r/PolybiusMystery/comments/1eshkkl/my_dad_played_polybius_as_a_kid_heres_what_he/

Willamette Valley Dream Survey

https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/ktp4wr/happy_valley_dream_survey/

https://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/2015/04/willamette_valley_survey_wants.html

https://youtu.be/9eD659Ynzxg?si=EhKR7oIitJmgPzUU

https://www.reddit.com/r/RBI/comments/gds79y/happy_valley_dream_surveys_a_personorganization/