Case files on illusions

Illusions that cost millions.

Corporate frauds and failed experiments — as short documentaries in English and German. One case per episode. Every number sourced.

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🗂️ The Cases

New case files daily — German in the morning, English in the afternoon.

Fall 001
Case #001

FlowTex — The Phantom Drilling Machines

How a car salesman scammed 54 banks with drilling machines that never existed. The biggest corporate fraud in German history.

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Fall 002
Case #002

Biosphere 2 — When the Air Ran Out

Eight people, two years, one glass dome — and the oxygen vanished. The greatest closed-ecosystem experiment ever run.

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Fall 003
Case #003

Clever Hans — The Horse That Fooled Everyone

13 scientists found no trick — and were all wrong. The birth of the double-blind experiment, and why AIs make the same mistake today.

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How we work

Every number sourced

Each case has an open sources file with all references — linked in every video description.

AI-assisted, editorially reviewed

Visuals and narration are AI-assisted and labeled as such. Research, script and fact-checking are done by a human.

Concluded cases

We tell historical, documented and legally concluded cases — no speculation about ongoing proceedings.

👁️ Transparency: Full production notes are included in every sources file and video description.