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Cold cases,worked in the open.

Coldcase turns public records into structured case files: every person, place, and document connected on one board. Read the archives free. When you want to dig, you get an AI analyst, FOIA drafting, and cross-case search.

File 001·The Epstein Archive·8,192 documents·2,151 people·62,308 mapped connections

The open files

Every case below is built from public records. Read the evidence, follow the connections, and add what you find.

How a case gets worked

Professional analysts have Palantir. You have a Notion page and forty browser tabs. Coldcase gives independent researchers the same loop the professionals use: structure the record, find the patterns, request what is missing, and verify what comes back.

  1. Build the board

    Add documents, people, organizations, and locations to a spatial case board. Everything is searchable, including by meaning, so "the pilot" finds the flight logs.

  2. Find the patterns

    Toby, the AI analyst, reads your case file and answers questions with citations to the exact evidence. He also flags when a name in your case shows up in another public case.

  3. Request the records

    Toby drafts FOIA requests with the right agency, subject line, and fee-waiver language. You file them, and Coldcase tracks each one from draft to fulfilled.

  4. Verify and repeat

    When responses arrive, upload them and turn them into new evidence on the board. Web research runs through a review step, so nothing lands in your case file unchecked.

Reading is free. Digging is $29.

Every public case file is readable without paying. Upgrade when you want the analyst, the FOIA workflow, and unlimited cases of your own.

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Browse and contribute

Free
  • Browse every public case
  • Read the full evidence board on public cases, not just previews
  • Join public cases and add your own evidence, theories, and comments
  • Create up to 3 of your own cases
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The full workstation

$29/mo
  • Create unlimited cases
  • Toby, your AI analyst, up to 50 messages a day
  • Toby's answers cite the evidence they came from
  • Draft and track FOIA requests from inside a case
  • Web research with sources you review before they touch your board
  • Cross-case detection that flags names appearing in other public cases
  • Relationship graph and semantic search across your case
Upgrade to Detective

Special Agent

For full-time research

$79/mo
  • Everything in Detective
  • Toby, up to 200 messages a day
  • Priority support
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Common questions

Never stop looking.

Start with a public case file, join one in progress, or open your own.

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