Terms & Conditions

Template text, last updated 25 October 2026. It is not legal advice and is due for review by the owner.

Who we are

darkhistoryfiles.org is the shop of the Dark History Files YouTube channel. Contact: [email protected].

What you buy

Case Files and other products are digital downloads (PDF). Nothing is shipped. The product page describes what each file contains and its price in US dollars.

Payment

Checkout is run by Stripe. For Case Files, Stripe acts as the merchant of record (Stripe Managed Payments): Stripe handles the sale and any sales tax, and your card statement may show Stripe. Tips are processed by Stripe for Dark History Files. We never see or store your card number.

Case File Club (subscription)

The Case File Club is a recurring subscription: $5.99 a month or $49 a year (plus any tax Stripe adds where you live), charged automatically at the start of each period until you cancel. Members can download every Case File in the shop while the membership is active. We aim to add at least four new Case Files a month.

You can cancel any time from "Manage billing" in your Club library, from your Link account, or by emailing us. Cancelling stops future charges; you keep access until the end of the period you've already paid for, and we don't refund part-periods unless the law where you live requires it. Files you downloaded while a member stay yours under the licence below. If we ever change the price, we'll email you before it applies, and you can cancel before then.

Delivery

Right after payment you get a download page with the standard and large-print PDFs, and we email you a link to it. The page re-issues download links for 30 days. Please save the files to your own device.

Refunds

See our refund policy. In short: if a file doesn't open, is missing pages or isn't what the page described, we fix it or refund you in full within 30 days. Because downloads can't be returned, we don't refund a change of mind after download. Nothing here limits rights you have under the law where you live.

Licence

A purchase gives you a personal licence to download, read and print the files for your own use, including in a classroom or a family. Please don't resell, share publicly or re-upload them. Public-domain documents inside a Case File stay public domain; our writing, timelines, maps and layout are © Dark History Files.

Accuracy

History is contested. We cite our sources and mark legends as legends. If you spot an error, tell us and we'll correct it.

Liability

The files are provided for reading and education. To the extent the law allows, our liability for any purchase is limited to the price you paid for it.

Changes

We may update these terms; the version shown when you buy applies to that purchase.