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Portal of Evil (POE) is a web directory co-founded by Chet Faliszek (of Old Man Murray) and K. Thor Jensen, and based in the Seattle area (formerly Cleveland, Ohio). Portal of Evil can be considered a spinoff of Faliszek's earlier site, Old Man Murray, as many of the staff members and early forum posters migrated from Old Man Murray's forums. Unlike more general web directories such as Yahoo! or Google Directory, POE specializes in unusual, insane, and otherwise interesting websites; its creator has described it as "Yahoo for the strange". The site also provides popular discussion forums, for users to discuss the listed sites.

The term "evil" in the site's name is somewhat of a comic exaggeration, as the listed sites mostly comprise the uncommon sexual fetishes, paranoid conspiracy theories, general eccentricity (e.g. Time Cube), teenage angst, and otherwise normal sites with exceedingly bad web design. Sites are nominated for inclusion by readers and selected by a team of editors, sometimes with the help of a preliminary vote open to all users.