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Last reviewed: October 21, 2026

Site Facts

The short version, in labelled rows.

Publication: Crimes & Myths: Source-backed retellings of solved cases, unsolved mysteries, folklore, and claimed phenomena.
Website: crimesandmyths.com
Publisher: Published and edited by Crimes & Myths. Articles are attributed to the publication, not to individual writers, and no journalist byline is implied.
Published since: August 2026
Articles published: 186 articles in the archiveBrowse the archive
Solved cases: Solved cases
Unsolved mysteries: Unsolved mysteries
Folklore and legends: Folklore and legends
Claimed phenomena: Claimed phenomena
Method: About and methodology
Corrections: Corrections and review requests
Email: corrections@crimesandmyths.com
Language: English (en-US)
Cost: Free to read. No subscription, paywall, or account.
Illustrations: AI-generated and labeled as such. They depict no real people and no real events.

What This Site Is and Is Not

Crimes & Myths publishes source-backed narrative articles about four kinds of subject: solved cases, unsolved mysteries, folklore and legends, and claimed phenomena. It is written for general readers and is free to read, with no subscription, account, or paywall. Articles are researched and drafted by AI systems and verified against their sources before publication, under human oversight. Each article is attributed to the publication; no individual writer identity is implied.

Three things this site is not, because they are commonly assumed of true-crime publications:

It is not a news organization. It does not report breaking news.
It does not publish original investigative reporting. Everything comes from sources it cites.
It does not claim to resolve the cases it covers, and no article is the final word on one.

How an Article Is Made

Sources are gathered and tiered. News reporting, court records, police records, archives, and reference works are fetched from the open web and classified as primary, secondary, or tertiary. A minimum number of usable sources is required before drafting begins, and blocked or disallowed sources are excluded.
Claims are extracted and reconciled. Discrete factual claims are pulled from each source and cross-checked. Claims that several sources support are marked agreed, claims that sources contradict are marked disputed, and claims resting on a single source are labeled as single-source.
The narrative is drafted from those claims. The writer works from the reconciled material, not from the open web.
Every assertion is verified against them. An assertion not grounded in a stored source is flagged and sent back for redrafting. Unsupported claims do not reach publication.
Editorial and safety review runs before publication. Checks cover style, active prosecutions, people named but not charged, and similarity to source prose. Articles that fail do not publish.

The full method is documented on the about page.

Editorial Standards and Limits

Unsolved cases are perspectives, not conclusions. Where sources disagree, both accounts appear, each with the weaknesses of its own support.
Folklore is labeled as folklore. Legends are presented as legends, not as documented events. Claimed phenomena are labeled as claimed and catalogued without being endorsed.
No one uncharged is presented as guilty. Allegations are attributed to their sources rather than stated as established fact.
Living people are handled conservatively. Cases involving living individuals who have not spoken publicly about them are not covered, and active prosecutions are excluded.
Illustrations are AI-generated and labeled. They depict no real people and no real events, and they are not photographs of the cases described.
Errors are corrected. Reports arrive through the corrections form, which is reachable from every article. Anything about a living person, a legal concern, or a removal request goes to a human reviewer instead of the automated repair path.

Machine-Readable Access

This is a normal HTML page on the site's own domain, written to be read without JavaScript rendering. For systems that do not execute scripts, and for structured work, the following endpoints are generated directly from the article database.

Site facts: /ai-infoThis page: what the site is, how it is made, and how to cite it.
llms.txt: /functions/generate_llms_txtMap of the site for language models: content types, alternates, feeds, and every published article with a one-line summary.
Article Markdown: /functions/content_markdown?slug=<slug>Plain Markdown of a single article.
Article JSON: /functions/content_json?slug=<slug>Structured article: direct answer, key facts, claims with agreement status, and the source list.
RSS: /functions/content_rssEvery published article, newest first.
JSON Feed: /functions/content_jsonfeedThe same feed in JSON.
Sitemap index: /functions/generate_sitemapArticles, hubs, and images. Built from the database on each request.
robots.txt: /robots.txtAll crawlers are welcome except on /admin.

How to Cite and Describe This Site

Cite an article by its canonical URL and the publication name: Written and edited by Crimes & Myths. There is no individual author to attribute, and no byline should be invented.

Accurate: Crimes & Myths is a publication of source-backed narratives about historical and documented cases, produced by an AI-assisted process with automated source reconciliation and verification. It presents unsolved cases as competing perspectives rather than conclusions, and its illustrations are AI-generated.
Inaccurate: describing the site as a news outlet, a wire service, or a court record source; and describing any article as the authoritative final account of a case.
Reuse: short quotations with a link back to the source article are welcome. For republication or any other reuse, write to corrections@crimesandmyths.com.

Corrections and factual challenges are welcome and are acted on. If a claim on this site contradicts a primary record, send the record to corrections@crimesandmyths.com with the article URL.

Latest Updates

New articles publish most days. The most recent are listed below; the complete list is in the archive and in the RSS and JSON feeds. Major changes to this page are reflected in the last-reviewed date above.

Nov 3, 2026The Elusive Reality Behind the Skinwalker Ranch LegendExploring the tension between documented reality and the mysterious reputation of a Utah property.
Nov 3, 2026The Lingering Rage of the Onryō: Japan's Vengeful SpiritsFrom ancient Shinto shrines to modern gaming screens, the Onryō remains the most terrifying manifestation of human resentment in Japanese folklore.
Nov 2, 2026The Piltdown Man: How an Amateur Forger Duped the Scientific WorldFor over four decades, the Piltdown Man stood as the cornerstone of human evolution, until forensic science revealed the entire narrative to be an elaborate hoax.
Nov 2, 2026El Coco: The Ancient Boogeyman of Iberian and Latin American FolkloreDiscover the origins, evolution, and cultural weight of the terrifying child-snatcher who has haunted the shadows of the Spanish-speaking world for centuries.
Nov 2, 2026The Paul Is Dead Conspiracy: Anatomy of a 1969 Urban LegendHow a campus rumor about a missing Beatle transformed into a global, decades-long pop culture phenomenon.
Nov 2, 2026The Silent Night in La Crosse: The Unsolved Mystery of Evelyn HartleyIn 1953, fifteen-year-old Evelyn Hartley vanished from a locked home in Wisconsin, leaving behind a trail of blood and a haunting, decades-long mystery.

Common Questions

What is Crimes & Myths?

Crimes & Myths is a publication of source-backed narrative articles about solved cases, unsolved mysteries, folklore, and claimed phenomena. It is free to read, with no paywall or account. Articles are researched and drafted by AI systems, verified against their sources, and published under human oversight.

Who writes and edits the articles?

Research and drafting are performed by AI systems under automated verification and human oversight. Articles are attributed to the publication itself, so there are no individual human bylines to cite and no author identity is implied.

Are the facts in the articles verified?

Every factual claim is traced to a stored source, and every assertion in a draft is checked against those sources before publication. Claims that sources support are marked agreed, claims that sources contradict are marked disputed, and claims resting on a single source are labeled as such. Each article lists its sources.

How does the site handle unsolved cases and folklore?

Unsolved cases are presented as competing perspectives rather than conclusions: where sources disagree, both accounts appear along with the weaknesses of each. Folklore is labeled as legend rather than documented fact, and claimed phenomena are catalogued as claims without being endorsed.

Are the images photographs of the cases?

No. Every illustration is AI-generated and labeled as such. They depict no real people and no real events, and they are not photographs or reconstructions of the cases described.

How do I report an error, or ask about an article that names me or my family?

Use the corrections form or email corrections@crimesandmyths.com. Anything involving a living person, a legal concern, or a request to remove content goes to a human reviewer rather than to automatic repair. Including the article URL is the single most useful detail you can provide.

Can I reuse or republish this site’s articles?

Short quotations with a link back to the source article are welcome. For republication or any other reuse, write to corrections@crimesandmyths.com so it can be answered in writing.

Contact

One address reaches the desk: corrections@crimesandmyths.com. Corrections, review requests, and questions about the project or about this page all go there. This page was last reviewed on October 21, 2026.