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Dead Ends: The Pursuit, Conviction and Execution of Female Serial Killer Aileen Wuornos, the Damsel of Death (St. Martin's True Crime Library)
Dead Ends The Pursuit Conviction and Execution of Female Serial Killer Aileen Wuornos the Damsel of Death - St. Martin's True Crime Library
Author: Michael Reynolds
In 1989, Aileen Wuornos cruised Florida's I-95 for strangers and free rides. By 1990, seven of the men who had crossed her path had met their fate at the end of her .22 caliber pistol. Convicted in six of the murders, she claimed self-defense--then in turn blamed her ex-husband, her family, her lesbian lover, her defense team, the media, the Gul...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780312984182
ISBN-10: 0312984189
Publication Date: 1/5/2004
Pages: 304
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Publisher: St. Martin's True Crime
Book Type: Paperback
Members Wishing: 2
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reviewed Dead Ends: The Pursuit, Conviction and Execution of Female Serial Killer Aileen Wuornos, the Damsel of Death (St. Martin's True Crime Library) on
There are different versions of this story.
This version is from the Polices' perspective.


The movie "Monster" is based on this story. This is Aileen Wuornos, Christopher Berry-Dee version of the story. Great movie, must see.
As usual the book has more gruesome detail.
bytemare avatar reviewed Dead Ends: The Pursuit, Conviction and Execution of Female Serial Killer Aileen Wuornos, the Damsel of Death (St. Martin's True Crime Library) on + 17 more book reviews
Aileen Wuornos........she was the classic example of personality disorder. She truly hated men and blamed all her problems on them. It actually started with the men in her family unit, which is what molded her to become what she was. Would she have turned out different if raised in a typical, mother/father family? Possibly.....but then there are killers who were raised in the "typical family" (if there is such a thing) and still killed.

Good read on the insight of the police investigation and trial. I wish I had heard more about the woman who adopted her though after she was jailed and what became of that relationship. The book only alludes that it ended badly but nothing in detail is written about it.
reviewed Dead Ends: The Pursuit, Conviction and Execution of Female Serial Killer Aileen Wuornos, the Damsel of Death (St. Martin's True Crime Library) on + 3 more book reviews
well written...great true crime book


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