The free field guides
One guide per episode, free, newest first. They are not teasers for the paid books — each is complete and useful on its own, and yours to keep whether or not you ever buy anything.
Episode 3 — The Flannan Isles
16 pages. Inside:
- The two-minute version of the whole story
- A map of Eilean Mòr: the light, the two landings, and the geo the sea came up
- The last days, day by day, from the final written log entry to the empty station
- The three keepers, and the men who found them gone
- What the slate, the clean kitchen and the clothing actually show
- The legend beside the record: where the fake logbook and the untouched meal came from
- The full source list, so you can check any of it yourself
Episode 2 — Roanoke: The Lost Colony
17 pages. Inside:
- The two-minute version of the whole story
- A timeline, from the queen’s licence of 1584 to the Hatteras findings of 2026
- A map: Roanoke, Croatoan, and the fifty miles inland they said they were going
- The cast — governors, pilots, weroances, and the colonists we can name
- What CROATOAN meant, and what the missing cross meant
- Every theory weighed, and what each one fails to explain
- The full source list, including what is still not peer reviewed
Episode 1 — Franklin's Lost Expedition
16 pages. Inside:
- The two-minute version of the whole story
- A fold-out timeline, from the Thames in 1845 to the DNA identification of 2024
- A map: the route, where the ships were beset, Victory Point, the march south, and both wreck sites
- The cast — everyone who matters, one line each
- The Victory Point note, transcribed in full, with the 1847 and 1848 messages set apart
- The four leading theories at a glance
- The full source list, so you can check any of it yourself