The bar reeked of stale beer and desperation, but for Aileen Wuornos, it was just another night—until the law caught up with her. Arrested in a haze of flashing lights and betrayal, she was about to face the reckoning she had outrun for so long.

This chapter of her story unfolds like a courtroom drama where justice and vengeance clash, and every word spoken carries the weight of life or death. Tyria Moore, the lover who once held Aileen’s trust, now becomes her undoing. Testimonies, confessions, and her fiery outbursts paint a picture of a woman teetering between victimhood and villainy.

As the trial drags on and the world watches, Aileen’s fate is sealed—not just by the jury but by her own haunting words. Her execution in 2002 is not just the end of her life but the final, unsettling note in a tale of pain, anger, and infamy.

Haunted History is produced by SoundBite Studios and hosted by Megan Alda and Derek Stephen Brown, with writing and research by Chloë Kibbe, Megan Alda and Derek Stephen Brown. 

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Episode Reference Material

Audio Credits:

• Audio excerpts from Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer (1992), directed by Nick Broomfield.
• Audio excerpts from Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer (2003), directed by Nick Broomfield.

(Both documentaries provide critical insight into Aileen Wuornos' life, trial, and execution.)

Finnish-born serial killer Aileen Wuornos was a serial killer in America – last letters published in documentary: “I never wanted to kill” by Paula Myllykoski

Female Serial Killers: How and Why Women Become Monsters by Peter Howard

State v. Wuornos by The Florida Supreme Court

A Mother’s Love by Mike Clary

The role of psychopathy and sexuality in a female serial killer by Wade C. Myers, Erik Gooch, and J. Reid Meloy

A Peculiar Paradise: Florida Photographs by Nathan Benn

Death Thumbs a Ride by Mark MacNamara

Monster: Inside the Mind of Aileen Wuornos by Christopher Berry-Dee