Sons of Cain: The History of Serial Killers from the Stone Age to the Present Day

«Sons of Cain» – a global history of serial killers as a phenomenon, covering a vast time period, from the Stone Age to the present day, presented by a professional historian-criminologist, Doctor of Historical Sciences. This detailed study of the phenomenon of serial killers throughout human history, their evolution, and why their horrifying crimes so captivate our minds.

Before this term began to be widely used (since 1981), there were no «serial killers». There were only «monsters» – murderers whom society first perceived as werewolves, vampires, ghouls, and witches, and later as Hitchcock-style psychos.

In «Sons of Cain» – a book that fills the gap between dry academic studies and sensational crimes, – Peter Vronsky explores our understanding of what serial murder is, covering the period from the prehistoric era (circa 15,000 BCE) to the present day. Delving into history and the human psyche, the author focuses exclusively on sexual serial killers, who differ from all other serial killers in their motives.

They are among us. They cannot be distinguished from ordinary people…