Welcome to Your New Favorite True Crime Publication: Case Reopened
A Brief Biography and Introduction
If you're looking for insight into true crime cases that go beyond the official story, you're in the right place. True Crime: Case Reopened exists to challenge the comfortable narratives that too often go unquestioned.
This publication is a collaboration between independent investigators, researchers, and people who refuse to accept easy answers. Together, we’re digging into a wide variety of cases to uncover overlooked details, expose corruption, and shine a light where others have been told not to look. From infamous mass murders to cold cases that never got their day in court, we’re here to ask the hard questions, chase the uncomfortable leads, and share the real evidence so you can see the bigger picture for yourself.
My name is Ethan, but people know me as “Research Columbine,” and I've been embedded in this world longer than most true crime podcasts have even existed. I’ve been investigating the Columbine case since day one — not from a distance, but up close and personal. Since 1999, I've run a massive Columbine research website and document repository dedicated to preserving and analyzing the evidence. Over the years, I've filed countless FOIA requests, obtained records and audio testimony most people have never seen (yet), and discovered critical inconsistencies that fundamentally shook my understanding of what really happened that day.
This isn’t a casual interest. I’ve been to Columbine High School multiple times. I have friends who were there and friends who knew the shooters personally, including the founder of the Trench Coat Mafia. I've held pieces of evidence in my own hands that have never been released to the public, including materials handwritten by Eric Harris.
And yet, it wasn’t until nearly 20 years later, when I took a hard, fresh look at everything, that the full extent of the inconsistencies — and outright fabrications — came into focus. What I found was more disturbing than the sanitized story you've been told. And it made one thing crystal clear: if we want the truth, we have to go after it ourselves.
To better understand the evidence, I briefly studied criminal justice and crime scene investigation in college. Although I considered a career in CSI, I realized my real strength was analyzing, uncovering, and communicating the truth creatively and relentlessly. Today, I work professionally in graphic design, marketing, and copywriting, but this investigative side of me never turned off — it just got sharper.
True Crime: Case Reopened isn’t about conspiracy theories for the sake of thrills. It's about critical thinking. It's about pulling back the curtain. It’s about giving you the documents, the evidence, the contradictions — and letting you form your own conclusions without being herded into a prepackaged story.
If you're ready to question everything you thought you knew, you’re exactly where you need to be.
Until next time — keep your alibi airtight,
The Lost Crime Files
It's great to be on board!