Investigative historian Peter Vronsky’s new book SONS OF CAIN: A History of Serial Killers from the Stone Age to the Present
Peter Vronsky is widely considered an expert in this specific field of history and has been featured on true crime podcasts in anticipation of the publication of SONS OF CAIN, which takes an in-depth examination of sexual serial killers throughout human history, how they evolved, and why we are drawn to their horrifying crimes.
Delving further back into human history and deeper into the human psyche than Vronsky’s 2004 book Serial Killers, which has been called the definitive history of serial murder, SONS OF CAIN, examines our understanding of serial killing from its prehistoric anthropological evolutionary dimensions in the pre-civilization era (c. 15,000 BC) to today. However, SONS OF CAIN is not a dry academic history nor a series of encyclopedic entries but a relatable narrative filled with fascinating stories and moments of black humor
SONS OF CAIN 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.
