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Heads up: Almost trusted a bogus history site during my research
I was looking into the DB Cooper case and found a forum with a 'confirmed' identity. It turned out to be pure speculation, so now I cross-reference everything with official records. How do you avoid getting duped by sketchy online sources?
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the_jordan6mo ago
Man, my buddy got totally burned last year. He found this "never before seen" photo of Pearl Harbor that supposedly showed the Arizona sinking a different way. Spent weeks citing it before someone pointed out the ship in the photo wasn't even stationed there. He only uses military archives now, nothing else.
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abby_fox6mo ago
Sure, it's embarrassing to get a detail wrong, but that happens often in historical research. One messed-up photo doesn't mean every non-archive source is unreliable. Personal collections or old newspapers can have unique info if you verify them properly. It's about being careful, not limiting yourself to just archives.
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