About
Last updated 18 September 2026
What Matter of Record is
Matter of Record is an independent, source-led project that tracks public legal proceedings, trial schedules, and attributed media coverage. It is source-led: every record entry links to the document or reporting it came from.
It is not an official court docket, certified legal record, or real-time news service. Public records can change, and this index may not include every development. For the latest official information, check the relevant court or public authority.
Where the record comes from
Timeline and official-record entries come from filings, transcripts, rulings and dockets, plus court, prosecutor and police statements — and reporting where no public docket exists. Every entry links to its cited source. Entries flagged with a broken source link are hidden from the public timeline. Link checks are periodic, so a newly broken link may remain visible before it is detected.
The index carries neutral metadata, procedural updates and links only — never original crime narratives, never claims about guilt, and never theories about uncharged people.
Where coverage comes from
Coverage links point to the publisher, platform or store page for each item. The catalogue includes podcasts, documentaries, books and reporting about the case. We exclude dramatised work, bare-domain and raw media links, and anything we cannot tie to the case it claims to cover. Card descriptions are written by us, never copied from the publisher.
Dramatised films, scripted TV dramas, reenactments and novelisations are out of scope — we index factual coverage only: documentaries, docuseries, factual specials, journalism and non-fiction books. Multi-case anthologies, numbered 'true crime stories' volumes and print-on-demand compilations are out of scope — a work must be substantially about one case to be listed.
What members contribute
Signed-in members can log what they have listened to, watched or read, rate it, and leave a short review of the coverage itself. Member content is never mixed into the record: it is shown in its own container, labelled as a member review, and never appears in a timeline or official-record entry.
When we get it wrong
Every case page carries one "Report an error" link at the foot. It opens the corrections form with the page you were reading already filled in, and asks which part is wrong — the timeline, the coverage or the summary. Include the source and the detail you want corrected.
Four outcomes are possible: the entry is corrected against a better source; it is hidden while we check the source; it is removed entirely; or it is left unchanged with an explanation. We will tell you which one happened.
Updates, fixes and error reports may not always be addressed immediately. Every report is read and handled as time allows.
Keeping the record running
Matter of Record is free to read — there is no paywall and no member tier. The work has real costs: records access, hosting, and the tools the record runs on. A one-time contribution helps cover them.