Aileen Wuornos: Damsel of Death

The legend of America’s 'first female serial killer' has long been fossilised in true crime lore as a sensationalist fable of a bloodthirsty, man-hating monster. Yet, the truth is far more complex. In Aileen Wuornos: Damsel of Death, this haunting narrative is built directly upon the FBI case files from the era and the exclusive testimony of Brian Jarvis, the lead detective who hunted Aileen Wuornos down, built the case, and sat across from her in the interrogation room. Through Jarvis’s memories and the cold precision of the federal files, the two-part series strips away decades of Hollywood mythmaking. It exposes a tragedy of societal failure, breathtaking betrayal, and the blurred line between a cold-blooded executioner and a shattered victim fighting to survive.