Sons of Cain is a global history of serial killers as a phenomenon spanning a huge time period, from the Stone Age to the present day, presented by a professional forensic historian, doctor of historical sciences. This is a detailed study of the phenomenon of serial killers throughout human history, their evolution and why their horrific crimes occupy our minds so much. Before the term began to be widely used (since 1981), there were no "serial killers." There were only "monsters" - killers whom society at first perceived as werewolves, vampires, ghouls and witches, and later as Hitchcockian psychos. In "Sons of Cain" - a book that fills the gap between dry academic research and sensational crime - Peter Vronsky explores our understanding of what serial murder is, covering the period from the prehistoric era (c. 15,000 BC) 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...