Wuornos, then known as Aileen Carol Pittman, was born on 29 February 1956 to teenage parents in Rochester, Michigan. Her mother Diane was just 16 when she gave birth to Wuornos – her second child.

Warning! This article contains mentions of murder, sexual assault, and Aileen Wuornos' real-life violent crimes. Cross includes real-life serial killer Aileen Wuornos in its fictional narrative ...

Aileen Wuornos became an overnight celebrity in early 1991 when news of her murders hit media headlines. Dubbed the 'first female serial killer', she robbed men along the Central Florida highways ...

Throughout the six episodes, we watched as Ramsey slowly turned Shannon into Aileen Wuornos, with the intent to kill her by lethal injection (the same way Aileen was executed) on Aileen’s ...

Aileen Wuornos carried out a string of notorious and brutal murders along the dark highways of Florida in late 1989 and 1990. A victim of child abuse herself, in adult life Wuornos was a petty ...

Known as America’s first female serial killer, Aileen Wuornos carried out a string of notorious and brutal murders along the dark highways of Florida in late 1989 and 1990. A victim of child abuse ...