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True Crime Case Histories - Volume 25: 12 Disturbing Stories of Murder and Mayhem
12 Disturbing True Crime Stories of Murder and Mayhem
Volume 25 of the True Crime Case Histories Series
***** This series can be read in any order *****
Some of them took years to catch. A few were never fully caught at all.
The twelve cases in this volume span half a century and four countries, but they share something none of them were accidents, and none were the work of a single hot second the killer would have taken back. These were choices, made and remade by people who had every chance to stop and chose instead to keep going.
A sampling of the stories
The Kiss of Death – A young mother vanished at closing time from a gas station with no cameras, leaving behind her coat, her purse, and the cash in the drawer. The one early tip led to a man with a clean alibi, and it would be three years before anyone learned what was hidden under the floor of his van.
The Antifreeze Murders – In a churchgoing Missouri household, a husband died, then a son, then a daughter lay dying in the ICU. The doctors couldn't name what was killing her. The pastor could.
MOVE – On a spring afternoon in Philadelphia, a long standoff between the city and the people inside a row house ended when a bomb was dropped from a helicopter onto the roof. The fire that followed consumed an entire block, and the children inside never had a chance.
Whips and Chains – A long-haul trucker crossed the southern highways with a chained, naked woman shackled into the sleeper of his cab. The accident that finally stopped him was a state trooper who noticed something strange about his truck.
The Gold Digger – A retired Austin broadcasting executive went to sleep in his own bed and woke bleeding from a shotgun blast to the stomach. There was no forced entry and nothing taken. Detectives in Texas came to believe the answer was already inside the house.
Vigilante Killer – A boy in the green hills of Brazil was born with his skull already marked by his father's violence, and grew into one of the most prolific killers his country has ever produced. He claimed he only hunted the guilty—and in the chaos of an overwhelmed justice system, he very nearly proved it didn't matter.
Plus several more disturbing cases.
These aren't stories ripped from headlines you've already read. They're deep dives into cases reconstructed from court transcripts, police files, forensic reports, trial testimony, and contemporary news coverage. No sensationalism, no padding—just meticulously researched truth about what people are capable of when they're convinced no one will ever know.
Readers love the True Crime Case Histories
"I stay up way too late every time I pick up one of these books. Jason Neal has a gift for making you feel like you're right there with the investigators."
"The research alone sets this series apart. These aren't recycled headlines—they're cases I'd never heard of, told with real depth."
"I've read every volume in this series. The writing keeps getting sharper and the cases keep getting more disturbing. Can't stop now."
"What gets me is how normal these people seemed. Jason Neal captures that better than anyone else writing true crime today."
"Finished this in two sittings. The pacing is perfect. Every chapter pulls you deeper before you realize how much time has passed."
"I recommended this to my true crime book club and now everyone is working through the whole series. Genuinely hard to put down."
Scroll up to get your copy.
Volume 25 of the True Crime Case Histories Series
***** This series can be read in any order *****
Some of them took years to catch. A few were never fully caught at all.
The twelve cases in this volume span half a century and four countries, but they share something none of them were accidents, and none were the work of a single hot second the killer would have taken back. These were choices, made and remade by people who had every chance to stop and chose instead to keep going.
A sampling of the stories
The Kiss of Death – A young mother vanished at closing time from a gas station with no cameras, leaving behind her coat, her purse, and the cash in the drawer. The one early tip led to a man with a clean alibi, and it would be three years before anyone learned what was hidden under the floor of his van.
The Antifreeze Murders – In a churchgoing Missouri household, a husband died, then a son, then a daughter lay dying in the ICU. The doctors couldn't name what was killing her. The pastor could.
MOVE – On a spring afternoon in Philadelphia, a long standoff between the city and the people inside a row house ended when a bomb was dropped from a helicopter onto the roof. The fire that followed consumed an entire block, and the children inside never had a chance.
Whips and Chains – A long-haul trucker crossed the southern highways with a chained, naked woman shackled into the sleeper of his cab. The accident that finally stopped him was a state trooper who noticed something strange about his truck.
The Gold Digger – A retired Austin broadcasting executive went to sleep in his own bed and woke bleeding from a shotgun blast to the stomach. There was no forced entry and nothing taken. Detectives in Texas came to believe the answer was already inside the house.
Vigilante Killer – A boy in the green hills of Brazil was born with his skull already marked by his father's violence, and grew into one of the most prolific killers his country has ever produced. He claimed he only hunted the guilty—and in the chaos of an overwhelmed justice system, he very nearly proved it didn't matter.
Plus several more disturbing cases.
These aren't stories ripped from headlines you've already read. They're deep dives into cases reconstructed from court transcripts, police files, forensic reports, trial testimony, and contemporary news coverage. No sensationalism, no padding—just meticulously researched truth about what people are capable of when they're convinced no one will ever know.
Readers love the True Crime Case Histories
"I stay up way too late every time I pick up one of these books. Jason Neal has a gift for making you feel like you're right there with the investigators."
"The research alone sets this series apart. These aren't recycled headlines—they're cases I'd never heard of, told with real depth."
"I've read every volume in this series. The writing keeps getting sharper and the cases keep getting more disturbing. Can't stop now."
"What gets me is how normal these people seemed. Jason Neal captures that better than anyone else writing true crime today."
"Finished this in two sittings. The pacing is perfect. Every chapter pulls you deeper before you realize how much time has passed."
"I recommended this to my true crime book club and now everyone is working through the whole series. Genuinely hard to put down."
Scroll up to get your copy.
194 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 30, 2026
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Jason Neal is a Best-Selling American True Crime Author living in Hawaii with his wife, who is also an author writing Women's Fiction as G.T. London. Jason started his writing career in 1989 as a music industry publisher and wrote his first true crime collection in 2019.
As a boy growing up in the 80s just south of Seattle, Jason became fascinated with true crime stories after hearing the news of the Green River Killer so close to his home. Over the coming years, he would read everything he could get his hands on about true crime and serial killers.
As he approached 50, Jason began to assemble stories of the crimes that have fascinated him most throughout his life. He’s especially fascinated by cases solved by sheer luck, amazing police work, and groundbreaking technology like early DNA cases and, more recently, reverse genealogy.
http://jasonneal.com
or
http://jasonnealbooks.com
Jason Neal is a Best-Selling American True Crime Author living in Hawaii with his wife, who is also an author writing Women's Fiction as G.T. London. Jason started his writing career in 1989 as a music industry publisher and wrote his first true crime collection in 2019.
As a boy growing up in the 80s just south of Seattle, Jason became fascinated with true crime stories after hearing the news of the Green River Killer so close to his home. Over the coming years, he would read everything he could get his hands on about true crime and serial killers.
As he approached 50, Jason began to assemble stories of the crimes that have fascinated him most throughout his life. He’s especially fascinated by cases solved by sheer luck, amazing police work, and groundbreaking technology like early DNA cases and, more recently, reverse genealogy.
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August 15, 2026
Interesting Cases
While I enjoyed this installment as I do all of Jason Neal’s books, there were some glaring inconsistencies in a couple that screamed AI to me. For example, in one case there was a part that read “… his blood tested positive.” Positive for what? Being blood? There was no more to explain the statement. The story picked up on a different thread after that and never looked back.
I have read every volume of TCCH, and have a great appreciation for Mr. Neal’s writing style. There are some cases in this volume that just don’t read in his style. They read in unnecessarily flowery language I have come to associate with AI. Sentences that add nothing but extra length to descriptions and often don’t even make much sense in context.
Not every case was like that, which is another reason it felt like AI to me. If this was an experiment to complete a book faster, I must say that I’d rather wait a bit longer and get Jason Neal’s voice and obvious research. There’s a respectfulness in his tone that I have come to expect and appreciate.
Please don’t start allowing AI to write the cases for you! I won’t be able to continue with my current auto-buy for them if it continues. It’s just not as good. It feels forced and dramatized in a way that lacks the concise approach I’ve gotten used to reading.
All that being said, I still enjoyed the book overall. I still have the next one in my library to start reading soon and have the one after pre-ordered. I just hope I’m not disappointed by overuse of AI.
While I enjoyed this installment as I do all of Jason Neal’s books, there were some glaring inconsistencies in a couple that screamed AI to me. For example, in one case there was a part that read “… his blood tested positive.” Positive for what? Being blood? There was no more to explain the statement. The story picked up on a different thread after that and never looked back.
I have read every volume of TCCH, and have a great appreciation for Mr. Neal’s writing style. There are some cases in this volume that just don’t read in his style. They read in unnecessarily flowery language I have come to associate with AI. Sentences that add nothing but extra length to descriptions and often don’t even make much sense in context.
Not every case was like that, which is another reason it felt like AI to me. If this was an experiment to complete a book faster, I must say that I’d rather wait a bit longer and get Jason Neal’s voice and obvious research. There’s a respectfulness in his tone that I have come to expect and appreciate.
Please don’t start allowing AI to write the cases for you! I won’t be able to continue with my current auto-buy for them if it continues. It’s just not as good. It feels forced and dramatized in a way that lacks the concise approach I’ve gotten used to reading.
All that being said, I still enjoyed the book overall. I still have the next one in my library to start reading soon and have the one after pre-ordered. I just hope I’m not disappointed by overuse of AI.
July 3, 2026
A good book!
This was a good book of true stories I remember some of them when they happened and the trailS! Thank you Jason Neal for a good book!
This was a good book of true stories I remember some of them when they happened and the trailS! Thank you Jason Neal for a good book!
July 5, 2026
great
This is a great collection of true crime. All of the cases were tragic yet they all had satisfying final
This is a great collection of true crime. All of the cases were tragic yet they all had satisfying final
July 15, 2026
Always good
Love the style of writing, and the facts. I love true crime and have the whole series so far 😁
Love the style of writing, and the facts. I love true crime and have the whole series so far 😁
July 29, 2026
love it
This is one of the best written true crime books I’ve read and I have read plenty. These are not your well known stories so they are fresh and interesting.
This is one of the best written true crime books I’ve read and I have read plenty. These are not your well known stories so they are fresh and interesting.
July 29, 2026
A well-written book. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
August 25, 2026
Excellent Read!!
Quick read-finished book in one evening in its entirety. My reading genre is true crime so this was perfect for me.
Quick read-finished book in one evening in its entirety. My reading genre is true crime so this was perfect for me.
August 2, 2026
Interesting stories, and some of them I do remember when they happened.
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