She Looked So Innocent — But Her Secret Past Shocked the World
In the harsh glare of the courtroom lights, Aileen Wuornos was no longer the frightened child or desperate drifter. She was the accused, the confessed, the woman the media branded a “female serial killer” with an almost morbid fascination. Prosecutors painted her as a predator who lured men to their deaths. She insisted she was fighting for her life, reliving the terror of every assault, every violation she claimed to have endured. On death row, the noise of the outside…