Community Resources
Independent projects and journalists doing serious work on the Epstein case. This is a curated list — not a directory of everything that exists, but a selection of resources that contribute original research, data, or reporting beyond what we provide here.
Collaborative knowledge base with 1,300+ articles on people, documents, court cases, and evidence. Person pages include network connections, document citations, and timeline entries. Strong community of contributors with editorial standards and sourcing requirements.
epsteinwiki.com →A Gmail-style interface onto the roughly 7,500 Epstein emails released by Congress, built by Riley Walz and Luke Igel. Lets you browse the correspondence by sender, thread, and topic as if you were reading the inbox — far easier to navigate than the raw production.
jmail.world →News aggregator and original reporting focused on the Epstein case. Tracks ongoing legal proceedings, document releases, and investigative developments. Good source for keeping up with the pace of new information.
epsteinexposed.com →Bioinformatician and data scientist who has independently transcribed and structured the pilot flight logs. His transcriptions are one of the source families in our flight index and in the completeness analysis — see /completeness.
tommycarstensen.com →A photographic archive of the Epstein network — images drawn from the releases, organised around the people who appear in them.
epstein.photos →Community wiki covering the people, places, and events of the case, and mirroring the original released files alongside the collaborative write-ups.
wikiepstein.com →Miami Herald investigative reporter whose 2018 "Perversion of Justice" series broke open the case and led directly to Epstein's 2019 arrest. Now publishes independently on Substack as The Epstein Files. The single most important journalist on this story.
jkbjournalist.substack.com →Journalist who profiled Epstein for Vanity Fair in 2003 — one of the earliest mainstream investigations. Continues reporting on the case and network connections through Vicky Ward Investigates on Substack.
vickyward.substack.com →Independent researcher and writer. Publishes detailed analysis of EFTA documents on The Red Letter. Recent work includes transcriptions of Epstein's birthday book and deep dives into previously unexamined correspondence.
redpencilscript.substack.com →Whitney Webb's investigative outlet. Publishes long-form research on the intelligence, financial, and institutional networks surrounding the Epstein case. Notable for One Nation Under Blackmail and reporting on Wexner, tech industry, and eugenics connections.
unlimitedhangout.com →Nina Burleigh's independent newsletter. Veteran journalist and author who covers the Epstein network's political dimensions, particularly connections to power structures and current political figures.
americanfreakshow.news →Survivor advocate and content creator who has built a significant following covering the Epstein case across platforms. Focused on survivor stories and accountability, particularly the Amanda Ungaro case and ICE detention connections.
bekahdayyy.substack.com →Independent journalist covering the Epstein case since 2019. Publishes original reporting on previously unexamined figures in the network, including staff, associates, and institutional connections. Consistent output with strong sourcing.
lisapodcasts.substack.com →Author and investigative journalist. Publishes Proof on Substack with a running "Proof of Devilry" series examining the Epstein-Trump-Kushner intersection. Mixed political coverage, but the Epstein-specific work is detailed and sourced.
sethabramson.substack.com →Former ABC News White House correspondent and POLITICO chief national correspondent; now publishes The Red Letter independently. Among the most active reporters on the files — she broke the three names Sarah Kellen identified in abuse testimony, and reported that Epstein’s lawyers formally sought records from the CIA and NSA about any affiliation between 1999 and 2011.
tarapalmeri.com →Former Boston Globe and LA Times staffer; publishes The Pugilist. Her multi-part investigation of Zorro Ranch surfaced a 1993 power of attorney — verified against Santa Fe County records — authorizing John J. Kelly to act as Epstein’s surrogate in the ranch purchase. Kelly became U.S. Attorney for New Mexico nine months later, and still held the post in 1996 when Maria Farmer went to the FBI.
alisav.substack.com →Trial lawyer and legal analyst; publishes Law and Disorder. Broad legal and political commentary rather than a dedicated Epstein beat, but a useful read on the litigation and prosecutorial questions as they move.
katiephang.substack.com →The official Department of Justice disclosure page for documents released under the Epstein Files Transparency Act (Public Law 119-38). Contains 2.91 million pages across 12 datasets. This is the primary source material that our search and analysis tools are built on.
justice.gov/epstein →FBI FOIA reading room materials on Jeffrey Epstein. Pre-dates the EFTA production and contains some documents not included in the DOJ datasets. Our database includes these as Dataset 98.
vault.fbi.gov →