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May 9, 2023 · Nick Broomfield's second documentary about serial killer Aileen Wuornos, focusing on her mental state on death row.
- 89 min
- The Troubled Early Life of Aileen Wuornos
- How Wuornos Tried to Escape Her Trauma
- How Aileen Wuornos’ Killing Rampage Began
- The Betrayal That Led to Aileen Wuornos’ Capture
- The Controversial Trial and Execution of A “Monster”
If a psychologist was challenged to invent a childhood that would predictably produce a serial killer, Aileen Wuornos’ life would have been it to the last detail. Wuornos found prostitution early in life, trading sexual favors at her elementary school for cigarettes and other treats at age 11. Of course, she didn’t just pick up the habit on her own...
At the age of 20, Aileen Wuornos tried to escape her life by hitchhiking to Florida and marrying a 69-year-old man named Lewis Fell. Fell was a successful businessman who had settled into semi-retirement as the president of a yacht club. Wuornos moved in with him and immediately started getting into trouble with local law enforcement. She frequentl...
Aileen Wuornos told conflicting stories about her murders. Sometimes, she claimed to have been the victim of rape or attempted rape with every single one of the men she killed. At other times, she admitted she was trying to rob them. Depending on who she was talking to, her story changed. As it happens, her first victim, Richard Mallory, actually w...
It didn’t take long for Tyria Moore to flip on Aileen Wuornos. In the days immediately following her arrest, Moore was back in Florida, staying at a motel the police had rented for her. There, she made calls to Wuornos in an attempt to elicit a confession that could be used against her. In these calls, Moore acted up a storm, pretending to be frigh...
Aileen Wuornos went on trial for the murder of Richard Mallory on January 16, 1992, and was convicted two weeks later. The sentence was death. Around a month after, she pleaded no contest to three more murders, for which the sentences were also death. In June 1992, Wuornos plead guilty to the murder of Charles Carskaddon and was given yet another d...
Feb 24, 2024 · A woman who was dubbed America's first female serial killer took part in a chilling last interview for a documentary moments before she was executed. Aileen Wuornos, 46, appeared chatty and ...
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Nov 28, 2023 · The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday. Known as America’s first female serial killer, Aileen Wuornos carried out a string of notorious and brutal murders along the dark highways of Florida in late 1989 and 1990. A victim of child abuse herself, in adult life Wuornos was a petty criminal ...
- Joe Sommerlad
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Aileen Wuornos Serial Killer. Aileen Wuornos was a serial killer who operated in Florida. Her story was made into the movie Monster which starred Charlize Theron and Christina Ricci. After she was arrested for a series of murders she would be convicted and sentenced to death. Aileen Wuornos was executed in Florida in 2002.
Yeah Biggie and Tupac is great. That moment when he just walks unannounced into that barber shop always cracks me up. I would definitely recommend Fetishes, Tracking Down Maggie and The Leader, His Driver and the Driver's Wife. Also the first Aileen doc (although I don't think it's as good as this one). There's a nice Broomfield boxset, actually.
Oct 10, 2002 · Ms. Wuornos shot to death at least six middle-age men in 1989 and 1990. Her story has been portrayed in two movies, three books and an opera. She initially said the killings were in self-defense ...
