Sons of Cain, Peter Vronsky
Sons of Cain, Peter Vronsky
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Sons of Cain
A History of Serial Killers from the Stone Age to the Present

Author: Peter Vronsky

Narrator: Mikael Naramore

Unabridged: 15 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/14/2018


Synopsis

From the author of Serial Killers: The Method and Madness of Monsters comes an in-depth examination of sexual serial killers throughout human history, how they evolved, and why we are drawn to their horrifying crimes.Before the term was coined in 1981, there were no "serial killers." There were only "monsters"--killers society first understood as werewolves, vampires, ghouls and witches or, later, Hitchcockian psychos.In Sons of Cain--a book that fills the gap between dry academic studies and sensationalized true crime--investigative historian Peter Vronsky examines our understanding of serial killing from its prehistoric anthropological evolutionary dimensions in the pre-civilization era (c. 15,000 BC) to today. Delving further back into human history and deeper into the human psyche than Serial Killers--Vronsky's 2004 book, which has been called "the definitive history of the phenomenon of serial murder"--he focuses strictly on sexual serial killers: thrill killers who engage in murder, rape, torture, cannibalism and necrophilia, as opposed to for-profit serial killers, including hit men, or "political" serial killers, like terrorists or genocidal murderers.These sexual serial killers differ from all other serial killers in their motives and their foundations. They are uniquely human and--as popular culture has demonstrated--uniquely fascinating.

About Peter Vronsky

Peter Vronsky is the author of a true-crime history bestseller, Serial Killers: The Method and Mandness of Monsters (Berkley Books - Penguin Group, 2004.) The sequel Female Serial Killers: How and Why Women Become Monsters was published by Berkley Penguin in 2007. His current book based on his doctoral dissertation is Ridgeway: The American Fenian Invasion and the 1866 Battle That Made Canada (Allen Lane - Penguin Random House Canada, 2011) a controversial study of the hidden history of Canada's first modern battle.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Valerity (Val) on August 22, 2018

This is a comprehensive history of serial killers by author Peter Vronsky which discusses killers going way back, and talks about the coining of the term ‘serial killer’ and its use. Lots of research went into the book and it’s very well written. Unfortunately, I had trouble with parts of it due to......more

Goodreads review by Francesc on July 11, 2023

Es un libro muy interesante. Nos cuenta de donde cree él que viene la necesidad de control, de poder, de poseer, de doblegar, de los hombres (digo hombres porqué una mayoría aplastante son hombres, aunque hay también mujeres). Desde la Edad de Piedra a los primeros años 2000. Es una visión muy interes......more

Goodreads review by Yigal on June 19, 2019

it is not a book for every one. it is really for those who want to go deep into understanding serial killers. it is amazing research with a lot of information. sometime maybe a bit too detailed but on the whole fascinating. Vronsky is straight forward writer with very logical views on the subject. i......more

Goodreads review by Johann (jobis89) on November 30, 2022

Quite frankly could have done without the many examples of very explicit and lurid headlines found in men’s magazines…. But otherwise enjoyed this one!......more

Goodreads review by Ashley on February 21, 2021

I’m kind of right in the middle with this book, I didn’t love it but I didn’t hate it either. Some parts were incredibly interesting and completely held my attention while others had me just not caring and wanting to skim over them. Some parts were also quite repetitive, I only need to hear so many......more