Evidence Mishandling

Cases where crucial physical or documentary evidence was lost, severely contaminated, or disclosed far too late to be useful. We scrutinise chain-of-custody documentation alongside official disclosure logs. This lets us pinpoint the exact moment the handling procedures completely broke down.

A weathered police evidence marker obscured by tall grass on a sunlit hillside, illustrating the 48-hour delay before the Vintém Hill recovery operation.

    The Lead Masks Case – A Forensic Breakdown of the Vintém Hill Mystery

    Most accounts of the Vintém Hill lead masks case focus on the strange scene. A review of the archival record shows how a 48-hour police delay, an overworked coroner, and unregulated embalming destroyed the forensic evidence before it could be tested properly.

    A representation of the Chronovisor—a fictional Vatican device said to view past events

      The Chronovisor Evidence Trail – Investigating Father Ernetti’s Claims

      We trace the evidence behind Father Pellegrino Ernetti's claimed time-viewing device. From a reversed 1931 commercial postcard to a fabricated 120-line Latin tragedy, we examine the surviving documentary record.

      A crinkled 1959 black-and-white photograph showing faint glowing spheres over a snow-covered mountain pass at night. A thick, black redaction marker stroke is slashed across the centre of the photo, obscuring the evidence.

        Inside the Dyatlov Pass Cover-Up – Investigating the 1959 Archive Evidence

        A review of the 1959 Dyatlov Pass case files reveals missing timeline sequences, suppressed radiological findings, and a clear contradiction between local witness statements and the official state resolution.

        Recreated 1880s-style Egyptian dig scene

          The Akhmim Codex – A Century of Missing Records

          The Akhmim Codex is the primary witness to the Gospel of Peter. Yet its 1886 extraction lacks field logs, and modern palaeography reveals a sprawling chronological gap in its history.

          Snow-covered Devon countryside at dawn in the 1850s, with a single line of hoof-like footprints

            The Devil’s Footprints of 1855 – How the 100-Mile Story Was Built

            In February 1855, Devon (UK) woke to neat, hoof-like marks in fresh snow. Local reports contradicted one another. The national press imposed a single picture. We test the record and find a composite of animals, weather, and human theatre.

            A black and white close-up of a medical glass vial resting on a heavily redacted typewritten coroner's report, with only the words 'Natural Causes' visible, illustrating the clinical contradiction at the 1993 Bridgend inquest into the death of Jennifer Gibbons.

              The Silent Twins – Incarceration and Death of Jennifer Gibbons

              After an eleven-year incarceration at Broadmoor, Jennifer Gibbons died during transfer in 1993. The official inquest recorded natural causes, while the underlying records reveal sealed prescription logs and contradictory pathology.

              A 1945 archival photograph of a wooden freight car from the Hungarian Gold Train parked in Werfen, Austria, showing the painted identification 'MAV Hungaria' on its side.

                The Hungarian Gold Train – Investigating a 1945 US Military Handling Failure

                After the US military seized the Hungarian Gold Train in 1945, senior officers requisitioned identifiable looted assets for private use. A 1999 federal audit and subsequent lawsuit revealed the extent of the institutional failure.

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