Hijos de Caín

Before the term "serial killers" was coined there were only "monsters", heinous criminals and sadists who were seen as werewolves, vampires, demons, or later psychopaths. But when this type of homicide increased dramatically at the end of the 20th century, various approaches to a social phenomenon that already existed previously appeared. Sons of Cain bridges the gap between academic studies and true sensational crime by examining our understanding of serial murder from its evolutionary anthropological dimensions, from prehistory to today. Trying to understand how serial murder fits into the arc of human history, and delving into both the psyche of the perpetrators and the historical, mythical, and cultural parameters that determine the nature of homicide, Peter Vronsky focuses on serial killings. which include acts of rape, torture, mutilation, cannibalism or necrophilia.