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Methods for evaluating testimony, records, images, signals, searches and scientific evidence without overstating what the material can prove.
Investigation & Evidence
Chronicles are neither transparent fact-books nor worthless legends. Comparing manuscripts, sources, chronology, genre and independent records reveals what a text can support and where uncertainty remains.
Investigation & Evidence
Earth observation is powerful because it compares measured surfaces through time. It cannot identify every cause or person on the ground, and its conclusions require sensor knowledge and local verification.
Investigation & Evidence
Investigative genetic genealogy is a powerful lead-generating method, not a machine that names a person automatically. Its results depend on sample quality, database rules, documentary genealogy and independent confirmation.
Investigation & Evidence
A calm checklist for writing down unusual events before memory, excitement and online feedback reshape them.
Investigation & Evidence
Old newspapers preserved remarkable local reports, but they also shaped them for appetite, humour and alarm.
Investigation & Evidence
A field guide to three words that often get tangled in mystery research.