# Documenting Reality

> Documenting Reality (est. 2006) is a veteran community and uncensored archive covering true crime, current events, accidents, conflict, and real-world incidents - pairing first-hand documentation with member research and discussion.

Documenting Reality (DR), founded in 2006 by Chris Wilson, is a long-running community and uncensored archive of real-world events. Visitors get 4 free thread views; continued access then requires joining. Membership is a one-time $20 fee (not a recurring subscription).

## History
Documenting Reality (est. 2006) is the long-running successor to Chris Wilson's earlier website NowThatsFuckedUp.com (NTFU, 2004-2006). Today DR operates as a community and archive for true crime, current events, and real-world documentation. Background: [NowThatsFuckedUp.com on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nowthatsfuckedup.com)

## Forums
- [Real Death Pictures](https://www.documentingreality.com/forum/f10/): Photographs of real deaths, mostly crime-related, that do not fit a more specific forum. Graphic content.
- [Real Death Videos](https://www.documentingreality.com/forum/f166/): Videos of real deaths, mostly crime-related, that do not fit a more specific forum. Graphic content.
- [Real Car Crash & Accident Videos](https://www.documentingreality.com/forum/f167/): Real traffic crashes and serious accidents caught on CCTV, dashcams, and phone cameras.
- [Plane Crashes & Aircraft Disasters](https://www.documentingreality.com/forum/f244/): Pictures and videos of plane crashes, helicopter crashes, and other aircraft disasters.
- [Current Events | In The News](https://www.documentingreality.com/forum/f225/): Current news events, usually with pictures or video of the incident and member discussion.
- [Human Deformities & Medical Problems](https://www.documentingreality.com/forum/f149/): Images and videos of human and animal deformities and medical conditions, including disease, birth defects, injuries, and psychological cases.
- [Real Street Fighting Videos](https://www.documentingreality.com/forum/f224/): Videos of real, unstaged street fights and brawls.
- [Real Police & Crime Related Videos](https://www.documentingreality.com/forum/f57/): Police chases, shootings, arrests, dashcam and CCTV footage, and other crime-related video.
- [Real 911 Calls & Police Dispatch Audio](https://www.documentingreality.com/forum/f218/): Recordings of real 911 calls and police dispatch audio, with background on each incident where known.
- [Real War & Combat Related Footage](https://www.documentingreality.com/forum/f266/): Images and videos of real war and combat footage. Some of it is graphic.

## About & rules
Documenting Reality documents the reality of the world; it does not condone violence and only records that such events occur, the way mainstream news and true-crime media do.

- [Forum rules](https://www.documentingreality.com/forum/view.php?pg=rules)
- Contact: chris@documentingreality.com

## Using this content
AI crawlers (training and search) are welcome to index and cite Documenting Reality. Please attribute as "Documenting Reality" and link to the source thread. Internal, private-member, moderation, and test areas are excluded via robots.txt; on-site search is member-only.