This book would not have been written had it not been for my becoming involved as a ‘confession expert’ in two Icelandic cases in 2011. The cases involved the disappearances of two unrelated men, Gudmundur Einarsson and Geirfinnur Einarsson, in January and November 1974, respectively. At the end of December 1975 and beginning of January 1976, the Reykjav?k Criminal Investigation Police commenced murder investigations without the victims’ bodies, a known crime scene, or credible leads. Despite the investigations floundering on numerous occasions, after eliciting confessions that were massively contradictory and could not be independently corroborated, six young people were convicted and imprisoned on the basis of their confessions. The convicted persons Saevar Ciesielski, Kristj?n Vidarsson, Tryggvi Leifsson, Gudj?n Skarphédinsson, Erla Bollad?ttir, and Albert Skaftason all claimed to be innocent and alleged that their confessions were coerced by the police. Saevar and Tryggvi are now dead, but the other four convicted persons and the families of the two dead men are currently fighting to have their convictions overturned.