JD Chandler is probably Portland’s most obsessive criminal historian. He’s catalogued approximately 2,300 Portland-area homicides in a gigantic document that he calls his Slabtown Chronology, writes about history on his blog, Slabtown Chronicle, and is the author of Murder & Mayhem in Portland, Oregon and Hidden History of Portland, Oregon. ___________________________________________________________ MERCURY: How did you […]
General
Homeless, at Home
Forty hours at Right 2 Dream Too: an exclusive look inside Portland’s controversial tent refuge.
Yee-Haw! It’s Our First-Annual Chili Jamboree!
Forget Burning Man. Welcome to Burping Man. Top Portland restaurants, chili, a day of country music and booze, and you.
The Millionaire Panhandler
Debunking a few panhandling myths—with help from actual Portland panhandlers.
Going Home
With Gone Home, Portlanders have made one of the medium’s best—and most important—video games.
WORST. NIGHT. EVER!
Mercury staffers are forced by our readers to have the… WORST. NIGHT. EVER!
Oregon’s Wild
Oregon is riding the “Wave of the Beer Brewers”—here’s who’s making it all happen… and why.
Mummies in Your Town
OMSI’s mummy exhibit goes far beyond Egypt.
Mummy vs. Zombie
A well-reasoned argument to fear the coming mummy apocalypse.
Is Mummification Right for You?
Burial, cremation, or eternal life in linen: It’s our handy cost analysis.
Film Preservation
Hey, look at all these movies with mummies in ’em.
Street Harassment
Some men think of creeping on women as a game. Here’s how to beat them at their favorite summer pastime.
