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Netflix Debuts 'Aileen: Queen of the Serial Killers' With New Archival Recordings

The film uses previously unheard prison audio to challenge a one‑note portrait of Aileen Wuornos.

Overview

  • Released on October 30, the Netflix documentary is directed by Emily Turner with production by BBC Studios and NBC News Studios.
  • It features prison recordings, fresh interviews and archival material recovered by journalist Michele Gillen.
  • The film revisits the core dispute over motive, contrasting Wuornos’s self‑defense claims with prosecutors’ argument that she robbed and killed clients.
  • It situates the case within Wuornos’s history of childhood abuse, marginalization and mental‑health concerns without advancing new legal findings.
  • It reexamines the role of girlfriend Tyria Moore as a cooperating witness and flags unresolved details, including the unrecovered body of alleged victim Peter Abraham Siems.