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Netflix Debuts 'Aileen: Queen of the Serial Killers' Using Newly Recovered Prison Recordings

The feature reexamines Aileen Wuornos’s life through archival interviews recovered by journalist Michele Gillen under director Emily Turner.

Overview

  • The documentary is now streaming on Netflix as of October 30, 2025.
  • Directed by Emily Turner, it draws on archival interviews and prison audio recovered by journalist Michele Gillen.
  • The film recounts the established record: seven men were killed in 1989–1990, six murders led to convictions, and Wuornos was executed by lethal injection in Florida in 2002.
  • Tyria Moore cooperated with investigators and testified as a key witness, and she was not charged.
  • The case’s cultural legacy includes the 2003 film Monster and continuing debates over capital punishment, mental health and sexual violence.