Peter Vronsky Bücher

In this unique book, Peter Vronsky documents the psychological, investigative, and cultural aspects of serial murder, beginning with its first recorded instance in ancient Rome, through fifteenth-century France, up to such notorious contemporary cases as cannibal/necrophile Ed Kemper, Henry Lee Lucas, Ted Bundy, and the emergence of what he classifies as the serial rampage killer such as Andrew Cunanan. Exhaustively researched with transcripts of interviews with killers, and featuring up-to-date information on the apprehension and conviction of the Green River Killer and the Beltway Snipers, Vronsky's one-of-a-kind book covers every conceivable aspect of an endlessly riveting true-crime phenomenon.

From the author of Serial Killers: The Method and Madness of Monsters comes an in-depth examination of sexual serial killers throughout human history, how they evolved, and why we are drawn to their horrifying crimes. Before the term was coined in 1981, there were no "serial killers." There were only "monsters"--killers society first understood as werewolves, vampires, ghouls and witches or, later, Hitchcockian psychos. In Sons of Cain--a book that fills the gap between dry academic studies and sensationalized true crime--investigative historian Peter Vronsky examines our understanding of serial killing from its prehistoric anthropological evolutionary dimensions in the pre-civilization era (c. 15,000 BC) to today. Delving further back into human history and deeper into the human psyche than Serial Killers--Vronsky's 2004 book, which has been called the definitive history of serial murder--he 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.

WARNING: This book contains forensic crime scene evidence photographs and statements that some may find disturbing. Serial killers; they cross the bounds of evil. They murder at random without logic or reason other than the one twisting in their sick and evil minds. They are diabolical vile creatures devoid of morality or pity. You will meet a chosen few of them in these pages. We will see that serial killers are roaming among us all, from small towns to big cities. They are not limited to a particular place, gene pool, culture, social class or religion. They are not restricted to any particular demographic, political propensity and they can be of any gender. Some of the serial killers chosen for this first annual Serial Killers True Crime Anthology you might have heard of and we present their tales in new ways. Others have not graced every newspaper, tabloid or television screen and represent tales of true crime horror told in detail for the first time in these pages. Five of true crime's most prolific authors have come together in these pages to present their most compelling cases of serial homicide, famous and not so famous.

This second volume of the bestselling annual anthology features some of the finest true crime writing on serial killers. Several returning authors from Volume 1 present new chilling stories. Peter Vronsky recounts the 2007 crimes of Adam Leroy Lane, a truck driver who, inspired by a serial killer movie, donned Ninja black to murder and mutilate women until a teenage girl thwarted him. RJ Parker introduces Michael Wayne McGray, a Canadian killer who murdered indiscriminately, even while imprisoned. He also details Lonnie Franklin Jr., known as the "Grim Sleeper," who took a fourteen-year break from his brutal killings in Los Angeles. Katherine Ramsland updates the unsolved 1976 child murders in Detroit that inspired various artistic works. In a bizarre twist, Ramsland explores Douglas Perry, a serial killer who transitioned to Donna Perry and claimed his former self committed the murders. Michael Newton presents two killers in healthcare: Dr. Harold Shipman, who may have killed 250 patients, and Donald Harvey, the "Angel of Death," who confessed to 87 murders. Sylvia Perrini revisits the horrific case of Rosemary West and her husband, who tortured and killed ten women, including their daughter. She also examines Joanne Dennehy, a mother who embarked on a shocking killing spree. Newcomer Kelly Banaski shares the unsettling tale of a Canadian colonel whose panty fetish escalated into horrific crimes. Enjoy and be horrified!