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Apr 19, 2026

She May Be Smiling, But She Became One of History’s Most Evil Women

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More than twenty years after her execution, Aileen Wuornos — one of America’s most infamous female serial killers — is once again at the center of national attention. Netflix is rolling out a new , Aileen: Queen of the Serial Killers, which promises an unfiltered look at her life, herand the disturbing path that led her from a troubled childhood to death row.

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Wuornos terrorized central and northern Florida in 1989 and 1990, killing seven men while working along the state’s highways. Her murders triggered a massive, multi-state investigation that eventually ended with her arrest in early 1991 and a string of first-degree murder convictions the following year. She would ultimately receive six death sentences.

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The documentary features rare, previously unreleased interviews from death row, capturing Wuornos in her own words as she shifted from insisting she acted in self-defense to bluntly admitting she killed without hesitation. Her emotional state changed repeatedly over the years, at times expressing rage, at other times showing no remorse whatsoever.

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Netflix also digs into the long, painful that shaped her. Wuornos grew up in Michigan under chaotic and abusive conditions, learning at just 10 years old that the people she believed were her parents were actually her grandparents. Her biological father had already landed in prison for child rape and later killed himself behind bars. As a young girl, Wuornos reported beatings, sexual abuse, and emotional torment — experiences that left her isolated, volatile, and often homeless.

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