About Vellum

TL;DR: Vellum turns true cases of power, money and deception into 90-second stories you can actually retell — one decision, one named model. Every case is checked against primary sources before a frame renders, posted daily on TikTok and Instagram, with an app on the way.

What is Vellum?

Vellum is a daily series of 90-second fact-checked cases — power stories you can actually retell. Each episode is a self-contained case with a cold open, an escalation and a cliffhanger cut: watch the case, make the call, keep the model.

Cases run in three-part arcs: each part stands alone, but ends on an open question the next part answers.

How is Vellum different from other history content?

Every Vellum case is fact-checked against primary sources — filings, chronicles, court records — before it is cut, and contested claims are flagged on screen rather than smoothed over. The stories are real; only the editing borrows from thrillers.

Where most short-form history is trivia, Vellum teaches the underlying play — prestige laundering, ransom pricing, moats of secrecy — so you recognize the same moves running today.

Where can I watch?

New cases post every day on TikTok at @vellumstory and Instagram at @vellum.story. The Vellum app is coming soon to the App Store and Google Play — the waitlist gets every new series first.

Founder

Vellum was founded by Paul Pierre (also on X).

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