True crime · Mysteries · Investigations
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Every mystery leaves a trail.
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9 numbered case files, one for every short. Dates, places, people and where each case stands today.
Open the archiveDisappearances, escapes, unread books and deaths nobody has explained. Filed by subject so you can follow a thread.
Browse disappearancesEach case told as a one-minute cinematic short on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube.
Watch the shortsPlot twists to declassify, an evidence board to work, and the details we had to cut from the reel.
Try Case 008Newest file on the desk
The Alcatraz Escape of 1962
What Happened to the Three Men?
Three prisoners left lifelike dummy heads in their beds, crawled out through widened air vents, crossed the roof of the cellhouse and launched a raft made from raincoats into San Francisco Bay. They were never seen again.
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Nine case files on record. Disappearances, escapes, killings and one book nobody can read.
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007 · The Isdal Woman008 · Escape from Alcatraz
009 · The Voynich Manuscript
005 · Flannan Isles
004 · Mary Celeste
Who was she?7 namesno bodies found1404–1438?God is over all — FAKE
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On the desk
The three newest case files. Older files are in the cabinet below. Case numbers match the videos.
The Voynich Manuscript
What was it for?
The Alcatraz Escape of 1962
Did they make it?
The Isdal Woman
Who was she?
Amelia EarhartWhere did the Electra come down?CASE 005Flannan IslesWhere did the three keepers go?CASE 004Mary CelesteWhat made them leave the ship?CASE 003
HinterkaifeckWho was living in the attic?CASE 002
D. B. CooperDid the hijacker survive the jump?CASE 001
Dyatlov PassWhat drove nine hikers out of their tent?
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