Aileen Wournos

In this 10-year anniversary episode, we continue the HH Holmes story into 1892 Chicago as the World's Columbian Exposition approaches. His half-finished hotel at 63rd and Wallace becomes the setting for a familiar pattern—and for Emeline Cigrand, the young stenographer whose disa ...  Show more

Chicago, 1886. A charming young doctor arrives in a city where nobody knows his past—and quickly begins building a future of deception, ambition and murder. In this second episode of the HH Holmes saga, we follow his rise in Chicago, the creation of the infamous building that wou ...  Show more

Aileen Wuornos was dubbed America’s first female serial killer—and she wanted the world to remember her name. In Part 2, we follow her journey from captured killer to death row inmate, exploring her obsession with legacy and her volatile final days. Killer Minds is a Crime House ...  Show more

Ep 180: Dubbed by the media as a monster, is there more to this infamous female serial killer’s story than we know? This is the Aileen Wuornos story Sources for Today's Episode: The Journal of Forensic Science The Journal Behavioral Sciences and the Law The Guardian Crim ...  Show more

Aileen Wuornos was a rarity in true crime, a true female serial killer. Wuornos murdered seven men in Florida between December 1989 and November 1990. Her story captivated many as authorities pieced together her murders. The state of Florida called her a cold-blooded murdered whi ...  Show more

Before she became one of America’s most infamous female serial killers, Aileen Wuornos was a teenage runaway, a survivor of abuse, and a girl the system failed. In Part 1, we trace her early life—from abandonment and trauma to the desperate path that would lead her to murder. Kil ...  Show more