📚 3 Books mentioned in "The Eternal Shadow: Serial Killers Throughout Ancient History | STUFF THEY DON'T WANT YOU TO KNOW" of Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

So he is very, very well-connected, according to a book called Records of the Grand Historian; this guy was a monster!

The podcast hosts mention the book 'Records of the Grand Historian' as a source that provides insight into a historical figure, referring specifically to Le Pingley, who is described as a notorious character.

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He believes that when there's economic downturn, especially on a wide scale, in any region or globally even or just in a town, the probability of creating a future serial killer who is going through this, uh, the economic downturn, all the realities that you face when that's happening, he believes that you increase the probability of creating serial killers, and in his opinion, he wrote a book called Sons of Cain, and in it, he describes how because of the financial crisis from 2007 to 2008, we are actually creating a new generation of serial killers, or we have generated essentially a new, uh, season of serial killers that will emerge 10, 20 years from now, and he believes that that economic downturn, at least in some way, helped to create those serial killers.

The hosts discuss Peter Vronsky, referencing a prior 'Zodiac Killer' episode. Vronsky argues that the economic crash of 2008 may lead to a rise in serial killers, a theory he outlines in his book 'Sons of Cain'. He explains that economic downturns can increase the probability of generating future serial killers.

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There's a fantastic book called, uh, Devil in the Shape of a Woman that looks at this practice in the Salem Witch Trials.

The podcast hosts mention a book titled 'Devil in the Shape of a Woman' to provide context on how historical accounts can be skewed, often relating to the Salem Witch Trials. They use this specific book as evidence of a recurring theme in history.

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