Beyond the Trail

Companion Groups are organized using a filing-cabinet style system designed to keep discussions, documents, and research easy to follow.

Topic Tabs function as the main “drawers” of the group and are used to separate larger categories such as, media, files, connected case groups, about sections, members and contact info.

Within posts, Tags function like individual “folders” used to organize specific cases, investigations, episodes, topics, or ongoing discussions. This allows related content to stay grouped together even as the group continues to grow.

The “General Discussion” tag is reserved for conversations not connected to a specific case or organized topic.

All posts within Companion Groups are fully searchable, helping members quickly locate discussions, referenced materials, media, timelines, documents, updates, or previously shared research.

Companion Groups are designed to remain organized and navigable long-term as investigations, discussions, and case coverage continue to evolve.

This demo Companion Group shows how podcasts, investigative creators, and research-focused communities can organize case discussions, timelines, documents, media coverage, referenced sources, and ongoing updates in one centralized space.

Companion Groups are designed to help facilitate deeper research, preserve organized information, encourage meaningful discussion, and bring continued visibility to active, historical, and unresolved cases.

Embedded Content: Youtube videos, Soundcloud, Audio and Media Galleries.

Links

www.thecasedive.com

The CaseDive is a structured case research platform focused on unresolved cases, missing persons, timelines, public records, collaborative research discussion, and organized long-term information preservation.