Aileen Carol Wuornos

I have titled this section of Aileen's story, Childhood from Hell.

The woman we all know as Aileen Wuornos was born Aileen Pittman to Diane Pittman on Leap Day, February 29, 1956, in Rochester, Michigan.

Her mother, Diane, was only 14 years old when she became pregnant and got married to 18-year-old Leo Pittman in June 1954.

The couple at first had a son, who they named Keith, and Aileen was born just a little bit under a year after her brother.

I think there's a reason that there are not that many women serial killer movies.

The ones that have come out, you know, I'm thinking about Monster, the Aileen Wuornos, you know, Charlize Theron movie.

Often, you know, I find with these films, the mystery as to why they are this way, the traumatic backstory is much larger and I think ultimately a bit more sympathetic.

Yeah.

into women? The lesbian scenes in Lizzie Borden, they go back and, well, they go forward in time to that, who's that truck murderer lady? Eileen?

Wuornos?

Yeah, her.

Her and her girlfriend? Uh-huh.

In fact, there are so many more songs that we may have to do an entire show based on songs inspired just by serial killers.

Ted Bundy, Son of Sam, The Zodiac Killer, The Boston Strangler, Albert Fish, The Unabomber, Henry Lee Lucas, Peter Sutcliffe, Aileen Wuornos, and many, many others.

It's grisly stuff, this business.

You can get caught up on all previous episodes of Uncharted whenever you want.

But that's not all.

This week's Halloween extravaganza will continue on Halloween Day, where I will be releasing an episode all about America's most infamous female serial killer, Aileen Wuornos.

You're definitely going to want to listen to that one.

I've been doing so much research on it.

So I thought it would be a nice little Halloween special for all of you.

And I will see you again later this week with a mini episode as usual.

And then on Saturday, I am giving you an extra spooky feminist episode all about America's most infamous female serial killer, Aileen Wuornos.

Like I said at the top, you're not going to want to miss that episode.

And yet you realize like, wait, I fit that victim type, like a truck driver on a route, whatever.

Um, so yeah, so now they're, you know, thinking investigators are at least thinking they're searching for a serial killer.

Um, and like you said, most assume they were looking for a man because it's like preconceived notions.

It's just the fact of the statistics of it.

And as soon as it became public that the woman behind the roadway killings had been caught, national media went ballistic over this case.

Yeah.

She was given nicknames like Queen of the Serial Killers, the Damsel of Death.

One report described the murders as being done with a feminine touch.

Or like, yeah, I mean, her or her dialogue is murdering John to mean like, I told you not to come in my eyes.

Okay, but also like, have you watched either of those Aileen Wuornos documentaries? Because they're both great.

And she is kind of like that.

No, she definitely is.

So it's a different director.

The original Monster movie about Aileen Wuornos.

Does everyone know who Aileen is, or Aileen? You don't know who she is? [gasps] Oh.

Okay, first of all, it stars, the, the reenactment, m- the movie stars Charlize Theron.