Aileen Wuornos was a sex worker who used to find clients on Florida highways, later killing them and robbing them. She killed seven people, all of which she ruled self-defense in court.

Aileen Wuornos captivated the nation when she confessed to murdering several men in central Florida between 1989 and 1990. A new documentary explores her trial.

The first, “Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer,” released in 1992, traced the media sideshow and police-corruption scandal that followed in the wake of her arrest.

The terrifying story of serial killer Aileen Wuornos was first introduced to most Americans by the 2003 movie "Monster" and the Oscar-award winning performance of Hollywood actress Charlize Theron ...

Aileen Wuornos was convicted of murdering six men in Florida in 1989 and 1990 and picked up her victims while working as a hitchhiking prostitute before her lover duped her into a confession.

Oct. 9 -- Aileen Wuornos, the first woman ever to fit the FBI profile of a serial killer,was executed by lethal injection today. Wuornos, 46, was pronounced dead from lethal injection at 9:47a.m ...

Spotlight: Aileen Wuornos If anything, Nick Broomfield’s documentary Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer proves that Charlize Theron wasn’t overacting in Monster.

“Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer” [*** 1/2] (Three and one-half stars) Tonight at 10 on HBO Lesbian prostitute Aileen Wuornos – the first and most famous female serial k… ...

Infamously known as America’s first female serial killer, Aileen Wuornos captivated the nation when she confessed to murdering seven men in Central Florida. From 1989 to 1991, a string of men ...

No matter what her reasons, Aileen Wuornos killed seven men on Florida highways. (She was executed last year.) Wuornos was a highway hooker with a .22-caliber pistol.