Last updated: May 2026
Infinity Explorers covers paranormal phenomena, unexplained mysteries, ancient mythology and conspiracy theories. We are an independent publication that exists because the open questions our beat covers are genuinely interesting — and because most of the writing that exists on them treats readers as if they are not.
The work we publish lives on a difficult line: between rigorous reporting (where it exists), credulous repetition (which is what we avoid), and outright dismissal (which insults the people whose lives these stories actually touch). The standards below describe how we try to walk that line. They are not perfect. They will be revised when we get something wrong.
How we mark what we publish
Every story on this site that covers an unverified claim carries a status badge near the top, indicating how we are treating the material. The categories we use are:
- Folklore + reported account. Eyewitness testimony and traditional stories. Where primary sources exist (police reports, court records, archived press) they are cited inline. Unverified claims are marked as such.
- Open investigation. Reported facts where verifiable; primary documents linked inline. Unsolved elements are flagged. We update the story when new evidence surfaces.
- Mythology + historical record. Stories drawn from ancient sources, religious texts and oral tradition. Scholarly references provided where available. This is folklore, not journalism.
- Strange but true. Documented events that defy easy explanation. We cite contemporary press, court records and primary sources where they exist.
- Breaking dispatch. Reported in real time as the story develops. Updated as new information becomes available.
The badge does not tell you whether to believe a story. It tells you how we are treating the claim — and what level of verification you should expect from us on this particular piece.
What we will and will not do
We cite primary sources where they exist. Police reports, court documents, declassified files, contemporary press coverage, peer-reviewed papers, primary-language interviews. When we cannot find a primary source for a claim, we say so.
We mark speculation as speculation. Folklore versions of a story will be presented as folklore versions. Where competing accounts exist, we present multiple and tell you which one is best-attested.
We do not invent quotes, witnesses, or details. If a piece reproduces a quote, that quote either came from a verifiable interview, transcript, or contemporaneous report, or it is marked as alleged or apocryphal. We will not paper over absence with confidence.
We do not publish graphic content for shock. Where a story involves graphic real-world violence — particularly self-harm — we describe what happened in measured language, link to crisis resources, and do not host, embed, or directly link to the underlying footage. Some of our stories cover real deaths. We try to write about the people, not the spectacle.
We do not chase virality at the expense of truth. When a viral claim turns out to be fabricated — as many in this space are — we cover the fabrication and the people who circulated it, rather than amplifying the original.
How we use AI
Some of the cover imagery on Infinity Explorers is generated by AI image models, where commissioning original photography or obtaining licensed archival imagery is not feasible. We disclose this here rather than burying it. Where an image is photo-real and could plausibly be mistaken for documentary photography, we caption the file as illustrative.
We do not use AI to write articles. Our text is written and edited by humans. Editorial-assistance tools may be used for fact-checking, research aggregation, copy-editing and translation — but the words on every page have been read, edited, and stand behind by a named editor.
Corrections
If you find a factual error on Infinity Explorers — a misattribution, a wrong date, a misquoted source, a name spelled incorrectly — please email corrections@infinityexplorers.com with the URL, the specific error, and (where possible) a primary source we can verify the correct information against.
We will issue a correction at the bottom of the affected article within 72 hours of verification, with the date and nature of the correction. Major errors — those affecting the central claim of a piece — also get a note at the top of the article.
Sources we trust, and don’t
For paranormal and conspiracy-adjacent claims, we treat the following as tier-1 sources: declassified government documents, peer-reviewed academic work, court records, contemporaneous press coverage from outlets with public correction policies, named eyewitness accounts with independent corroboration.
We treat the following as tier-2: long-running paranormal-research outlets with editorial oversight, named amateur researchers with verifiable credentials, established folklorists, primary-language sources from outside the English-speaking world.
We treat the following as unreliable on their own, even when their claims may turn out to be true: anonymous online forum posts, fabrication-prone outlets like the former YourNewsWire / NewsPunch, screenshots without primary verification, viral social-media threads, and “leaked documents” that no qualified researcher has examined.
Who we are
Infinity Explorers was founded in 2019 and is independently operated. Editorial decisions are made by the named bylines on the masthead — visible on each author’s archive page — and not by advertisers, sponsors, or third parties.
The site is monetized through display advertising (currently Google AdSense) and an opt-in newsletter. Advertisers do not see story drafts in advance. Newsletter subscribers are never sold or shared with third parties.
If you want to reach the editorial team for a tip, a correction, or to flag a story we have not yet covered, write to editorial@infinityexplorers.com.
These standards are a living document. They will be revised as the publication matures and as feedback reveals where they need to be clearer or stricter.