American serial killer: Here’s why Aileen Wuornos was a ‘Monster’

The term “serial killer” usually evokes certain characteristics: egotistical, violent, manipulative, and—usually—male. 

But in 1989, Aileen Wuornos, after a childhood of abuse and abandonment, went on a killing rampage that made her America’s most infamous female serial killer. Despite her heinous crimes, Aileen Wuornos’ unwonted offenses inspired the 2003 film Monster,

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