Send Your Best Case File

If it’s sourced, coherent, and genuinely puzzling, I want to see it. Some mysteries don’t stay unsolved because no one cared—they stay unsolved because we didn’t have the tools.

Submit A Case File

Submit a Case

Got a mystery that deserves a second look—with 21st-century tools? If there’s a case, controversy, or unanswered question you can back up with sources, send it my way.

 

What you can submit

Pick anything that fits the show’s lane:

  • Cold cases / missing persons (public info only)

  • Historical controversies (documents, records, archives)

  • Ancient mysteries (archaeology, texts, maps, satellite imagery)

  • Science mysteries (datasets, studies, anomalies with citations)

  • Ethics + AI investigations (bias, accountability, “who decided this?”)

If it can be studied like a case file, it belongs here.

 

 

What I can’t take

To keep it ethical, safe, and not a legal circus:

  • Requests to identify private individuals, “dox” someone, or speculate about real people without sources
  • Unpublished “inside info,” private evidence, or anything you’re not authorized to share
  • Ongoing legal matters where public commentary could cause harm
  • Anything that requires me to access non-public records or act like law enforcement / a lawyer

If you’re unsure, submit anyway—but keep it public, sourced, and responsible.

 

What makes a case perfect for the show

If you want your submission to jump the line (politely), include:

  1. A clean summary (who/what/when/where)
  2. Why it’s unresolved (what’s missing or disputed)
  3. Your best sources (articles, court filings, FOIA releases, academic papers, archives)
  4. The “AI angle” (what kind of modern analysis might help: text analysis, pattern detection, timeline reconstruction, image review, etc.)

What happens after you submit

  1. I review it for fit + source quality
  2. If it’s promising, I may follow up with questions
  3. If selected, it becomes a Field Notes segment or a Full-Length Investigation depending on depth
  4. If it’s not a fit, it may still inspire a future episode theme (because your brain is basically a free writers’ room and I respect that)

Reality check: I can’t cover every submission. But I do read them—and patterns matter.

 

Privacy, consent, and expectations

By submitting, you agree that:

  • You’re sharing information you have the right to share (ideally publicly available)
  • You understand I may not respond to every submission
  • You grant permission for me to discuss the case publicly on the podcast/blog if selected (with your chosen attribution settings)
  • This is not legal advice, not law enforcement, not an official investigation—this is editorial analysis and educational commentary

Anonymity option: You can submit anonymously to the audience (I’ll still need a working email if you want follow-up).