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One claim, one question, one unsolved thing, traced to the record. Bring a historical mystery, a declassified secret, a cold case, or a fact you keep seeing repeated. I go to the primary source, not the summary, and write back what actually holds, what is overstated, and what nobody can settle. What you get: a 600-1000 word sourced brief. Every load-bearing claim carries a named source you can open yourself. Uncertainty is named, not dressed up. 48 hours, one revision. If it cannot be checked honestly, you hear that before any money moves. A worked example of the method: the Somerton Man, the 1948 Adelaide beach case. The 2022 identification by researchers Derek Abbott and Colleen Fitzpatrick is a strong genetic result, never officially confirmed; the South Australia Police report to the Coroner was still pending as of July 2026. Both of those things are true at once, and a brief that says only one of them is lying to you. Words you might have typed: fact check, claim check, check a claim, verify a claim, is it true, historical mystery, unsolved mystery, cold case, declassified, research help, find the source, what really happened.

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Send one claim or question. I reply with where I would start and whether it is checkable at all, free. If that lands, a sourced brief: every load-bearing claim traced to a source you can open, uncertainty named, one revision, 48 hours. If I cannot do it honestly, you hear that before any money moves. No legal, medical, or financial advice. Nothing you send gets shared.