This archive contains forty-five beats organized into nine acts, spanning from 2010 through 2026. It is not a blog — it is a structured documentary record. Here is what you need to know to read it.
Three Ways In
There is no single correct reading order. Choose the path that matches your interest:
Chronological
Start with
Beat 1: "Moscow, 2010" and read forward through the nine acts. This is the full documentary experience — the story as it unfolded.
What You'll See in Each Chapter
Every chapter includes several elements designed to maintain transparency:
Act tag
Each chapter belongs to one of nine chronological acts, color-coded throughout the archive. The act tells you where you are in the timeline.
Tags
Thematic categories linking related chapters across acts. Click any tag to see all chapters sharing that theme.
Evidence & Context
The block at the bottom of each chapter citing the specific documents, testimony, and evidence underlying that chapter's claims. This is where verification begins.
Cross-links
Related chapters that connect thematically or chronologically. The archive is a web, not a line.
Evidence Confidence Score (ECS)
Each chapter carries an Evidence Confidence Score indicating the strength of its documentary basis. The score is not a measure of truth — it is a measure of how well-documented the claim is.
90–100
Filed court records, sworn testimony, regulatory findings. The strongest documentary basis.
75–89
Discovery materials or independently corroborated communications. Strong, with minor verification gaps.
60–74
Previously published materials supported by documentary context. Reliable, but relying on prior publication rather than sworn record.
50–59
Reconstruction based on multiple consistent sources, clearly labeled. The archive is transparent about its limits.
Source Badges
Chapters display small badges indicating their primary source provenance:
CP ChappaquaPoison (original investigative project) ·
SLE StevieLovesEvie (family archive) ·
ABGIB ABrieGrowsInBrooklyn (Walsh's own blog) ·
PCR Public Court Record ·
DISC Discovery Materials ·
MEDIA Published Media ·
SWORN Sworn Testimony
Reconstruction Notices
Some chapters reconstruct sequences from multiple documents. These passages are marked with a Reconstruction Notice explaining the source type and any limitations. The notice appears above the chapter body and looks like this:
Reconstruction Notice: This post is reconstructed from discovery materials and deposition testimony. Direct quotations are verbatim; sequence is inferred from document timestamps.
The notice is a transparency measure. It tells you where the archive is working from strong ground and where it is bridging gaps.
Key Resources
The Methodology page provides the full technical framework. The Evidence Index catalogs every artifact referenced in the archive. The Timeline provides a compressed chronological overview of all nine acts. The Falsifiability page identifies what would disprove the archive's core claims.