Peter Vronsky is an author, filmmaker, artist, and historian renowned for his explorations into the history of serial homicide. His works delve into the profound psychological and social factors that drive monstrous behavior, often examining both male and female perpetrators. Vronsky's approach is characterized by meticulous historical research combined with insightful analysis of the human psyche. His writing offers readers a chilling yet fascinating look into the darkest corners of human nature.
Serial Murder and Forensic Psychology are topics that generate tremendous global interest. MONSTERS in the MIRROR looks back at nearly 30 years of researching, writing about and teaching these subjects and examining some of the changes that developed along the way. Theres never enough cases and theories to devour and debate. This book is geared toward the true crime aficionado and abnormal psychology scholar in all of us, who cannot get our fill of this intoxicating obsession.
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.
Chilling stories of serial killers from the American "Golden Age" (1950-2000) offer a gripping exploration for fans of true crime. This collection delves into the psychological profiles and heinous acts of notorious criminals, capturing the intrigue and horror of their cases. Readers will find a blend of investigative detail and narrative storytelling that sheds light on the darker aspects of human nature, making it a compelling read for true crime enthusiasts.
The first book of its kind-photographs included. Mothers, daughters, sisters and grandmothers-fiendish killers all. Society is conditioned to think of murderers and predators as men, but in this fascinating book, Peter Vronsky exposes and investigates the phenomenon of women who kill-and the political, economic, social, and sexual implications. From history's earliest recorded cases of homicidal females to Irma Grese, the Nazi Beast of Belsen, from Britain's notorious child-slayer Myra Hindley to 'Honeymoon Killer' Martha Beck, from the sensational murder-spree of Aileen Wournos, to cult killers, homicidal missionaries, and the sexy femme fatale, Vronsky challenges the ordinary standards of good and evil and defies the accepted perceptions of gender role and identity.
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.
Za poslední roky se objevilo mnoho nových informací a celá nová odvětví, která nám poskytují překvapující náhled na povahu člověka a naše chování včetně sklonů k sériovému vraždění. A to jak z pozice přihlížejícího, tak z pozice pachatele. Historik a novinář Peter Vronsky se snaží pochopit, jak toto chování zapadá do lidské historie sahající až do pravěku, což je podle něj klíčem k pochopení podstaty chování sériového vraha. Každý případ sériové vraždy má svůj čas a své místo, historii a geografii, vedoucí k osudnému okamžiku, kdy se sériový vrah potká se svou obětí. Trajektorie vraždy se rozvíjí v čase a prostoru, ale je ohraničena skrytou sítí temných fantazií a bizarních sexuálních závislostí, které se v některých případech vyvinuly už v raném věku pěti let. Tyto fantazie a projevy chování se neobjeví zničehonic, ale vyvíjejí se v husté kulturní, historické a sociální ekologii jako plynulý kulturní dialog vzteku a šílenství.
