neesh.

How it works

Pick a rabbit hole. Go deeper.

Neesh is a library of hand-curated deep dives on niche topics, from art forgers and cold cases to zombie fungi. No algorithm and no feed: you choose, then go down stage by stage, from a five-minute read to the original sources.

  1. 01

    Pick a topic

    Browse the library and start whatever pulls you in.

  2. 02

    Go deeper, stage by stage

    Each stage goes one level further, up to documentaries, books and papers. Your place is saved.

  3. 03

    Your verdict

    Every topic ends with a question worth arguing about. See how everyone else decided.

Start light. End at the source.

Click through the stages of a real topic.

Stage 1: Meet the missing pictures

Start with the trailer. How could paintings nobody had seen before become accepted masterpieces?

Depth

Stage 1 of 4 · 1 source · about 2 min

Stop anywhere, your place is saved. At the bottom waits a question worth arguing about: your verdict.

Fall into The forger who painted the missing pictures
beltracchi/stage-1
  • DocumentaryBeltracchi: The Art of Forgery (trailer, 2014)Dir. Arne Birkenstock · German Film Award2′

Every topic gets its own room.

The real articles, videos, podcasts and papers, laid out the way an investigator, a professor or a curator would.

Case wallTrue crime and unsolved mysteries. Every source pinned up as evidence, connected with red string.

Ophiocordyceps

Lecture hallScience and history. The figure in the middle of the blackboard, the papers and articles taped around it.
The Supper at Emmaus
“Vermeer”, 1937
The GalleryArt history. The masterpiece in the middle, every source framed and labelled around it.

Free: 5 rabbit holes a week. Pro: unlimited →