Aileen Wuornos: Survival or Serial Murder?

She said she was surviving… the courts said she was hunting. Aileen Wuornos lived most of her life

on the road. Homeless, broke, and drifting along Florida highways,

she survived however she could. Between 1989 and 1990, Wuornos killed seven

men across central Florida. She met her victims while hitchhiking or at roadside bars.

After getting into their cars, she later claimed the men tried to assault her — and

that she killed them in self-defense. But evidence told a different story. The victims were

found shot, their cars abandoned or stolen. Wuornos used their money to keep moving,

jumping between motels and highways. Her crimes escalated quickly, drawing intense