Monster: Inside the Mind of Aileen Wuornos

Told in her own words, this is the story of serial killer Aileen Wuornos, who was portrayed in an Oscar-winning performance by Charlize Theron in the film Monster. There have been few female serial killers, but Aileen Wuornos, who was executed in 2002, was a remarkable example of this rare breed of death row inmate. All too often, female prostitutes have been the victims of male serial killers--Wuornos' killings were the inverse of this pattern. After escaping an abusive childhood at the hands of her grandparents, she became a child prostitute, progressing into a disastrous adulthood of prostitution and damaging affairs with both men and women. Her eventual metamorphosis from victim to attacker had brutal consequences--a stream of dead men. This is her story, as told to Christopher Berry-Dee, editor of The New Criminologist and director of Britain's Criminology Research Center.

Author: Aileen Wuornos, Christopher Berry-Dee
Publisher: John Blake
Published: 08/01/2004
Pages: 238
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.42lbs
Size: 7.74h x 5.08w x 0.65d
ISBN13: 9781844542376
ISBN10: 1844542378
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Criminals & Outlaws
- Biography & Autobiography | Memoirs
- Biography & Autobiography | Women