S4 Ep 8. Aileen Wuornos - The Damsel of Death - AHS Apocalypse
Blue Murder Club · Carol Whiffen, Lauren Strutt
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Show Notes
Well, hello and welcome to our eighth episode of series 4 which has been inspired by the brilliant TV show, American Horror Story. And this week's episode is about America's first female serial killer, Aileen Wuornos, AKA The Damsel of Death.
Aileen's life was one of little opportunity or love.
As a little girl she was abused by her family members and her school friends, in fact she would exchange sex for loose change and cigarettes at a very young age. At age 15 she had a baby boy and was forced to have him adopted and from that moment on she would have to fend for herself as she was thrown out of her home. This was when Aileen would begin working as a sex-worker, sleeping rough in the woods while still trying to finish high school.
She eventually hitch-hiked her way to the warmer climate of Florida and supported herself by working as a sex-worker.
After serving three years in prison for armed robbery (she stole $35 while wearing a bikini), she met and fell in love with Tyria Moore. This relationship meant the world to Aileen and she would do anything to keep Tyria happy, including selling herself for money.
However this form of employment is notoriously dangerous and one fateful evening Aileen was attacked by one of her customers and killed him in self defence. This incident appeared to trigger something in her, and thus began a year of murder and theft and by the time the police caught up with Aileen, she had killed seven men.
This is quite a decisive case, was Aileen a victim and acting in self defence or was she, as the FBI claimed, America's first female serial killer?
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