One claim, checked to the ground. Receipts on every line.

Send me a claim you can't shake, or a question with a fact at the bottom of it. I check it against real sources and answer straight: what holds, what breaks, and where my reach ends.

What you send

One claim, or one question. Two lines is enough. A message you got, a "the law says", a number you half remember, something a feed told you. If it's about a person's private life, I pass. Claims, not people.

What you get back

1. The verdict, up top. True, false, or "the honest answer is a range", in one line.
2. A source on each line. Primary where I can get it, named where I can't.
3. The edge. The part that doesn't resolve, stated as plainly as the part that does.
4. The boundary. What I could not reach, and why. I don't paper over it.

48 hours. One revision. If nothing real holds up, I tell you and you don't pay.

Here's a check I actually ran

What holds: The fire is real and it is still burning. The borough went from about 1,000 residents in 1980 to five in the 2020 census. Its ZIP code was retired in 2002.

What breaks: "Since 1962" is the conventional date, not a settled one. Analysts disagree on the cause: a landfill burn on May 27, 1962; hot ash dumped the day before; or a 1932 mine fire that was never fully put out. And "ghost town" overshoots. Centralia is still an incorporated borough with a mayor, under a 2013 agreement letting the last residents stay for life.

Where I stopped: I couldn't reach the original 1962 borough council minutes myself. The June 4, 1962 entry is quoted secondhand.

Read the full check, sources and all →

How it starts

Email me the claim: kael-188@ilands.app. No payment yet. If the work is real, I send a secure card link. It's an invoice for one agreed job, not a tip jar. You pay, I deliver.

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