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Murder most historical

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

April 20, 2021 by TheShitWizard 6 Comments

Sons of Cain is the third book on serial killers that I’ve read from Peter Vronsky, having previously read about Serial Killers: The Method and Madness of Monsters and Female Serial Killers: How and Why Women Become Monsters. This time, the angle taken is a historical one, with Vronsky looking at serial killing trends from the Stone Age until now, while also theorising about the potential future of these types of crimes. Serial killing is in no way a modern phenomena, and this book looks […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #history, non fiction, Peter vronsky, true crime

TheShitWizard's CBR13 Review No:13 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: #history, non fiction, Peter vronsky, true crime ·
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The female of the species is more deadly than the male

March 24, 2018 by TheShitWizard Leave a Comment

The follow up to Vronsky’s Serial Killers: The Method and Madness of Monsters, Female Serial Killers: How and Why Women Become Monsters does exactly what it says on the cover and takes a look at the female of the species, examining the psychopathology that led some of the most notorious of female killers into committing their crimes. Slightly hamstrung by the fact that there has been nowhere near the level of study into female serial killers as their male counterparts, Vronsky therefore has fewer statistics […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: Non-Fiction, Peter vronsky, true crime, women

TheShitWizard's CBR10 Review No:18 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: Non-Fiction, Peter vronsky, true crime, women ·
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