Unsolved Cases
Not every case finds its end. These files mark the books set aside — not a verdict, but a fragment of deduction, a clue left unfinished in the archive.
Beyond Suspicion
Alan R. Warren
Rating: 🔍
Status: Investigation left unfinished – DNF
Language: English
Case Note: Too many repetitions in the case narrative — the pacing lost me.
Bullied to Death?: A Story of Bullying, Social Media, and the Suicide of Sherokee Harriman
Judith A. Yates
Rating: 🔍
Status: Investigation left unfinished – DNF
Language: English
Case Note: The case never truly pulled me in, and the tone felt flat and unserious — I decided to move on.
Clay and Bones: My Life as an FBI Forensic Artist
Lisa G. Bailey
Rating: 🔍
Status: Investigation left unfinished – DNF
Language: English
Case Note: I hoped for more insight into her forensic work, but the focus on her struggle with the FBI overshadowed the craft.
COLD BLOODED: A True Crime Story of a Murderous Teenage Vampire Cult
Frank Stanfield
Rating: 🔍
Status: Investigation left unfinished – DNF
Language: English
Case Note: The premise sounded wild, but the execution never hooked me — I closed the file early.
The Columbine High-School Massacre (Violent Crimes Book 2)
Scott K. Murphy, Fabien Savelli (Editor)
Rating: 🔍
Status: Investigation left unfinished – DNF
Language: English
Case Note: A strange, dry writing style — and I never felt we actually gained much insight into this gruesome case.
The Delphi Murders: The Quest To Find “The Man On The Bridge”
Nic Edwards, Brian Whitney
Rating: 🔍
Status: Investigation left unfinished – DNF
Language: English
Case Note: More promotion for the podcast than real focus on the Delphi case — the investigation felt thin and unfocused.
The Devil Reached Toward the Sky: An Oral History of the Making and Unleashing of the Atomic Bomb
Garrett M. Graff
Rating: 🔍
Status: Investigation left unfinished – DNF
Language: English
Case Note: Dry, lecture-like narrative and heavy accents in the audio made this a tiring listen — I stepped away.
The Devil’s Defender: My Odyssey Through American Criminal Justice from Ted Bundy to the Kandahar Massacre
John Henry Browne
Rating: 🔍
Status: Investigation left unfinished – DNF
Language: English
Case Note: The title promises Bundy and big cases, but most of the book lingers on the author’s own life — he comes across as selfish and snobbish.
Det koster et mandat
Mads Brügger
Rating: 🔍
Status: Investigation left unfinished – DNF
Language: Danish
Case Note: En useriøs og romantiseret tilgang til et alvorligt emne. Slesk i stilen, men uden substans — ikke værd at læse til ende.
Fingerprints of the Gods: The Evidence of Earth’s Lost Civilization
Graham Hancock
Rating: 🔍
Status: Investigation left unfinished – DNF
Language: English
Case Note: An ambitious premise, but it never really gripped me — the trail went cold long before the end.
The Great Reset: And the War for the World
Alex Jones
Rating: 🔍
Status: Investigation left unfinished – DNF
Language: English
Case Note: Loud, repetitive delivery overshadowed the message — more shouting than substance.
History Decoded: The 10 Greatest Conspiracies of All Time
Brad Meltzer with Keith Ferrell
Rating: 🔍
Status: Investigation left unfinished – DNF
Language: English
Case Note: Fascinating subjects, but more shallow retellings than fresh insight — I moved on.
I Don’t Like Mondays: The True Story Behind America’s First Modern School Shooting
N. Leigh Hunt
Rating: 🔍
Status: Investigation left unfinished – DNF
Language: English
Case Note: Poorly written and hard to follow — I ended up giving up on the read.
Judgement Detox
Gabrielle Bernstein
Rating: 🔍
Status: Investigation left unfinished – DNF
Language: English
Case Note: I checked out as soon as the focus shifted into politics and elections — for me, that belongs in another book.
The Measure of Madness: Inside the Disturbed and Disturbing Criminal Mind
Cheryl Paradis
Rating: 🔍
Status: Investigation left unfinished – DNF
Language: English
Case Note: A boring introduction and a key factual error early on — I stopped reading after just a few minutes.
The Nazis Next Door: How America Became a Safe Haven for Hitler’s Men
Eric Lichtblau
Rating: 🔍
Status: Investigation left unfinished – DNF
Language: English
Case Note: Started strong, but turned into a very dry, very long read that couldn’t hold my attention.
The Psychopath: A True Story
Mary Turner Thomson
Rating: 🔍
Status: Investigation left unfinished – DNF
Language: English
Case Note: More about the author herself than her psychopathic husband — and her “points system” for psychopathy felt misplaced.
The Science of Evil: On Empathy and the Origins of Cruelty
Simon Baron-Cohen
Rating: 🔍
Status: Investigation left unfinished – DNF
Language: English
Case Note: Began well, but quickly turned into a dull lecture. I couldn’t finish — it felt like a waste of time.
The Secret Destiny of America
Manly P. Hall
Rating: 🔍
Status: Investigation left unfinished – DNF
Language: English
Case Note: Secret societies and hidden roots sounded fascinating — but the lecture-like prose was simply too dry to continue.
The Snake and the Spider: Abduction and Murder in Daytona Beach
Karen Kingsbury
Rating: 🔍
Status: Investigation left unfinished – DNF
Language: English
Case Note: Interesting case, but the dry style, dramatized dialogue and narrator’s voice changes made me give up.
Son of Hamas: A Gripping Account of Terror, Betrayal, Political Intrigue, and Unthinkable Choices
Mosab Hassan Yousef
Rating: 🔍
Status: Investigation left unfinished – DNF
Language: English
Case Note: Started interesting, but turned dull and self-focused — ashamed of his father, yet constantly bragging about his status. I stopped before the end.
Terror in Ypsilanti: John Norman Collins Unmasked
Gregory A. Fournier
Rating: 🔍
Status: Investigation left unfinished – DNF
Language: English
Case Note: Began well and the narrator’s voice was pleasant, but endless courtroom detail lost me — not my kind of focus for this case.
9/11 Conspiracy: WTC: Twin Towers: September 11, 2001
Albert Jack
Rating: 🔍
Status: Investigation left unfinished – DNF
Language: English
Case Note: The author seems desperate to push readers away from conspiracies, almost implying you’re dumb if you disagree — strange vibes, so I shelved it as DNF.
Wages of Sin
Suzy Spencer
Rating: 🔍
Status: Investigation left unfinished – DNF
Language: English
Case Note: The case had potential, but the screenplay-like style and repetitive “he said, she said” dialogue made me stop with hours still left.
War
Bob Woodward
Rating: 🔍
Status: Investigation left unfinished – DNF
Language: English
Case Note: I didn’t have to listen very far to feel it was pure propaganda — I couldn’t bring myself to finish it.
Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths Among Us
Robert D. Hare
Rating: 🔍
Status: Investigation left unfinished – DNF
Language: English
Case Note: Sensational tone, sloppy details (including about Dahmer) and poor writing — for me, an absolute waste of time.