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J.D. Chandler

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JD “John” Chandler, Portland author, (1961 – 2021).

JD Chandler was a writer and author, as well as a former political/labor activist, military veteran and public historian specializing in the history of crime in Portland, Oregon. He was a fiction and nonfiction writer his whole life, and also a film maker of short documentaries and several inventive “book trailers.” He was the author of seven books, which include two novels, five books of nonfiction, published primarily with The History Press, but also with America Through Time, who published his last book, Portland Rogues Gallery: A Baker's Dozen Arresting Criminals from Portland History.

JD had a popular website, Slabtown Chronicle and was beloved by many Portlanders, and out-of-state fan JD “John” Chandler, Portland author, (1961 – 2021).

JD Chandler was a writer and author, as well as a former political/labor activist, military veteran and public historian specializing in the history of crime in Portland, Oregon. He was a fiction and nonfiction writer his whole life, and also a film maker of short documentaries and several inventive “book trailers.” He was the author of seven books, which include two novels, five books of nonfiction, published primarily with The History Press, but also with America Through Time, who published his last book, Portland Rogues Gallery: A Baker's Dozen Arresting Criminals from Portland History.

JD had a popular website, Slabtown Chronicle and was beloved by many Portlanders, and out-of-state fans of his special brand of diverse and informative crime writing profiles.

JD was born in February of 1961, and graduated from Evergreen State College in Olympia Washington with a degree in liberal arts. He lived in various places, from California, to Washington state, all throughout Oregon, including Medford, but settled in Portland where he lived for many years in SE Portland in an airy, charming old 1905 walk-up apartment on Alder Street, just off Hawthorne.

JD worked hard all his life, from working as a newspaper deliverer, busboy, waiter, bellboy, door-to-door salesman, laborer, landscaper, apartment manager, soldier, intelligence analyst, Russian linguist, insurance agent, telephone solicitor, political activist, fundraiser, executive director, in-home caregiver, union organizer, Spanish interpreter, truck driver, account executive, college admissions representative, Podcastor, writing tutor, and finally as a longtime GED Examiner working for Portland Community College.

JD Chandler had many friends, his lifelong friend from childhood, Ken Goldstein, his good friend Thomas Legg, and his many author friends such as, Phil Stanford, Doug Kenck-Crispin, JB Fisher, Don DuPay and Theresa Griffin Kennedy, who wrote the definitive essay about JD and his creative life and tragic death in May of 2021. JD will be remembered as a staunch supporter of other writers, poets, painters and musicians, who often said: “I’d be happy to help!” when his expertise or help was needed in any number of ways. ...more

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The Wisdom Light Murder: Alternative Possibilities in the 1946 Torso Case

My co-author of Portland on the Take, JB Fisher, has been re-evaluating the 1946 Torso Case for a new project we are doing with KOIN TV. Slabtown Chronicle is proud to present his findings here.

Although the 1946 Torso Murder victim was never identified, the investigation turned up the disappearances of several women in the Portland area.

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	Murder & Mayhem in Portland, Oregon 3.53 avg rating — 142 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hidden History of Portland, Oregon 3.45 avg rating — 125 ratings — published 2013 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Portland on the Take: Mid-Century Crime Bosses, Civic Corruption & Forgotten Murders by J.D. Chandler (Goodreads Author), J.B. Fisher, Phil Stanford (Foreword) 3.84 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2014 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Murder & Scandal in Prohibition Portland: Sex, Vice Misdeeds in Mayor Baker's Reign by J.D. Chandler (Goodreads Author), Theresa Kennedy-Dupay 3.90 avg rating — 29 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mud Bay 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2001 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crime Family 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Organized crime is nothing more than capitalism with the mask of respectability removed. —Dave Mazza”
― J.D. Chandler, Portland on the Take: Mid-Century Crime Bosses, Civic Corruption and Forgotten Murders

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