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About the Archive
The archive records. It does not verify. Everything else worth knowing is below.
Are these accounts real?
Every account in the archive is presented as it was told — by the person who says they lived it. Identifying details may have been changed. Some witnesses were interviewed more than once; some could only be reached once. The archive cannot verify these accounts. It can only record that they keep coming. What you make of them is yours to decide.
Where do the accounts come from?
From people. Submissions through this site, correspondence, conversations that started somewhere else and ended up here — collected over years, from different countries and very different lives. Many witnesses are telling their story for the first time. The most common opening line, by a wide margin, is: "I've never told anyone this."
Why are names and places changed?
To protect the people who spoke, and the people who appear in what they said. Witnesses talk more honestly when they know a detail won't follow them home. Any resemblance between an altered detail and a real person or place is unintentional.
Can I submit my own account?
Yes. The archive accepts incident reports through the form on the main page — anonymously, if you prefer. Selected accounts may appear, anonymized and edited, in future volumes. What you keep and what you grant is spelled out plainly in the Submission Terms. Read them here.
Where can I read the case files?
The published volumes are on Amazon — Kindle, Kindle Unlimited, and paperback. Audio editions are being prepared. Everything currently open to the public is listed in the archive on this site, each file linked to its full dossier.