Aileen Wuornos: Angel of Death

May 7, 2009

0h 45m

★ 5.8

Overview

Profile of serial killer Aileen Wuornos, who was convicted and sentenced to death for the murders of six men in Florida over the course of a year. The programme explores how police were able to gather only circumstantial evidence against Wuornos, and launched an undercover operation to lure her and a possible accomplice out into the open.

Genres

Documentary

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Cast

Self (archive footage)

Aileen Wuornos

Self

Tyria Moore

Aileen Wuornos

Fawn Wallace

Tyria Moore

Cindy Simmons

Narrator

Tim Pigott-Smith

Richard Mallory

Michael Ray Davies

Charles Humphries

Tom Smith

Self

Leitha Prather

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