old Case Cleanup: Volume 3 When Scandal Becomes Structure In the first two volumes of Cold Case Cleanup, Hollis Black reexamined unsolved cases and challenged the narratives that hardened around them. But what happens when the real mystery isn't the crime - it's the story that survives? Volume 3 moves beyond individual suspects and into the machinery that shapes public belief. Why do some explanations dominate while others quietly disappear? Why do institutions react predictably when scandal threatens stability? Why does outrage settle so neatly around a single villain when systems remain untouched? From high-profile scandals to overlooked tragedies, these essays dissect not just what happened, but how narratives are constructed, contained, and metabolized by media, politics, and power structures. This is not conspiracy. It is structural analysis. Where evidence exists, it is examined. Where inference begins, it is identified. And where public certainty outpaces facts, it is challenged. Volume 3 is the most ambitious installment in the Cold Case Cleanup series - a progression from case reconstruction to institutional literacy. It asks readers to look beyond personalities and toward patterns. If Volume 1 questioned the verdict, and Volume 2 questioned the investigation, Volume 3 questions the architecture itself. For readers who are less interested in villains and more interested in systems, this is where the real examination begins.