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Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer (2003)

90 min · Documentation, Event Documentary, Investigative Documentary, crime film, documentary film

Popularity4.5/5
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13k02025-09: 1,798 views2025-10: 7,218 views2025-11: 13,008 views2025-12: 2,508 views2026-01: 1,863 views2026-02: 1,580 views2026-03: 1,480 views2026-04: 1,561 views2026-05: 1,640 views2026-06: 1,605 views2026-07: 1,729 views2026-08: 2,393 views
Sep1.8kOct7.2kNov13kDec2.5kJan1.9kFeb1.6kMar1.5kApr1.6kMay1.6kJun1.6kJul1.7kAug2.4k

2025-09 to 2026-08

Directors

Joan Churchill, Nick Broomfield

Cast

Aileen Wuornos, Nick Broomfield, Terry Humphreys-Slay, Leitha Prather, Shirley Humphreys, Steve Glazer, Tyria Moore, Diane Wuornos, Dick Mills, Joe Hobson

The story

The film focuses on an evidentiary hearing held in February 2003 in Marion County, Florida, which was the site of some but not all of Wuornos' murders for which she was convicted and sentenced to death. It shows the work of the Office of Capital Collateral Regional counsel, led by attorney Joseph T. Hobson, who is both interviewed and featured in the film and who seeks to vacate Wuornos' death sentences.

Catalogue themes and tags

1991, Exampel, Hinrichtung, Justiz, Murderer, Serienkillerfilm, Störung, Todesstreifen, Verdict, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, psychophat

Genres

Documentation, Event Documentary, Investigative Documentary, crime film, documentary film

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