
Aileen: Queen of the Serial Killers(2025)
Aileen Wuornos remains a rarity: a female serial killer. From childhood abuse to death-row revelations, this documentary revisits her life and crimes.


“The 2002 Interviews.”
British documentarian Nick Broomfield creates a follow-up piece to his 1992 documentary of the serial killer Aileen Wuornos, a highway prostitute who was convicted of killing six men in Florida between 1989 and 1990. Interviewing an increasingly mentally unstable Wuornos, Broomfield captures the distorted mind of a murderer whom the state of Florida deems of sound mind -- and therefore fit to execute. Throughout the film, Broomfield includes footage of his testimony at Wuornos' trial.

Aileen Wuornos
Self (archive footage)

Nick Broomfield
Self
Diane Wuornos
Self
Arlene Pralle
Self (archive footage)

Tyria Moore
Self (archive footage)
Dawn Botkins
Self
Michelle Chauvin
Self
Dick Mills
Self (archive footage)
Dennis Allen
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Jeb Bush
Self (archive footage)
Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer is a documentary, crime film released in 2003 exploring themes of prison, death penalty, child abuse, michigan, death row, self-defense. Directed by Joan Churchill, it stars Aileen Wuornos, Nick Broomfield, Diane Wuornos. British documentarian Nick Broomfield creates a follow-up piece to his 1992 documentary of the serial killer Aileen Wuornos, a highway prostitute who was convicted of killing six men in Florida between 1989 and 1990. Interviewing an increasingly mentally unstable Wuornos, Broomfield captures the distorted mind of a murderer whom the state of Florida deems of sound mind -- and therefore fit to execute. Throughout the film, Broomfield includes footage of his testimony at Wuornos' trial.
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