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The Case Files. Everyone was somebody.

The Case Files are our media library: the podcast, the October special, and published resident histories from resolved cases, shared with every client's permission. They're free to listen to, and they're local history that happens to end with a service invoice.

The podcast and the resident histories
Newspaper clipping: From Ghost Problem to Guest Favorite

Latest Episodes

The Case Files podcast
Elmer, bellman since 1926.

Elmer, Employee of the Century.

Featured · Episode 1

A 1908 hotel. A bellman fired over a luggage cart he didn't break. A service bell at 3 a.m. for seventy years.

Episode 1. Elmer, Employee of the Century.[RUNTIME]
Read the case file

One page per resolved case.

The library
Every case file covers
  • The resident

    Who they were, when they lived, and where they stayed.

  • The activity

    Specific: times, rooms, objects.

  • The archive research

    With archive photo, credited to the historical society.

  • The resolution

    What both parties agreed to, in writing.

  • Co-published with

    [Historical Society] · client permission on file

A sample Dearly Departed case file

We donate the research. You co-publish the story.

Historical societies

Each resolved case file can become a short piece: the resident's name, their photograph from the archives, their story, the resolution. No jump scares, just a local history story that happens to end with a service invoice.

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