Monster: My True Story

by Aileen Wuornos

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Aileen Wuornos was executed in Florida October 9th 2002 at the age of 46; she was the 10th woman to be sentenced to death in the USA since the death penalty resumed in 1976. Her metamorphosis from victim to attacker had brutal consequences: a stream of dead men. This title tells her story in her own words.

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Told in her own words, this is the story of serial killer Aileen Wuornos, who was portrayed in an Oscar-winning performance by Charlize Theron in the film Monster. There have been few female serial killers, but Aileen Wuornos, who was executed in 2002, was a remarkable example of this rare breed of death row inmate. All too often, female prostitutes have been the victims of male serial killers—Wuornos’ killings were the inverse of this pattern. After escaping an abusive childhood at the hands of her grandparents, she became a child prostitute, progressing into a disastrous adulthood of prostitution and damaging affairs with both men and women. Her eventual metamorphosis from victim to attacker had brutal consequences—a stream of show more dead men. This is her story, as told to Christopher Berry-Dee, editor of The New Criminologist and director of Britain's Criminology Research Center.
A frightening look into the mind of a "Monster".
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21-Δε θα το αποκαλούσα βιογραφία, αλλά απλά καταγραφή γεγονότων . Άσχημος χαρακτήρας, αλλά άνθρωπος που είχε περάσει πολλά η Λη ίσως δε της άξιζε τέτοιο τέλος. Άβυσσος η ψυχή του ανθρώπου. Διατηρώ τις αμφιβολίες μου πως η Τέσι δεν ήξερε τίποτα. Προφανώς φοβήθηκε και εκμεταλλεύτηκε τις καταστάσεις .Ίσως βοήθησε και το γεγονός ότι η Λη επιζητούσε τη λύτρωση μέσα από τη θανατική καταδίκη. Είχε κουραστεί.

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Monster: Inside the Mind of Aileen Wuornos

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Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir, Sexuality and Gender Studies, Politics and Government
DDC/MDS
364.15Society, government, & cultureSocial problems and social servicesCrimeCriminal offensesOffenses against the person
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HV6517Social sciencesSocial pathology. Social and public welfare. CriminologySocial pathology. Social and public welfare.CriminologyCrimes and offenses
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