Aileen Wuornos: Damsel of Death

The legend of America’s "first female serial killer" has long been fossilised in true crime lore as a sensationalist fable of a bloodthirsty, man-hating monster. Yet, the truth is far more complex, lurking in the dark, dusty corners of archives that the public was never meant to scrutinise.

Our fresh, visceral way into this haunting narrative is built directly upon the actual FBI case files from the era and the exclusive, guiding testimony of Brian Jarvis, the lead detective who hunted Aileen down, built the case, and sat across from her in the interrogation room. Through Jarvis’s memories and the cold precision of the federal files, we strip away decades of Hollywood myth-making to expose a tragedy of absolute societal failure, breathtaking betrayal, and the fine, blurred line between a cold-blooded executioner and a shattered victim fighting to survive.

Through Jarvis's sobering reflections and the unvarnished records of the FBI, Aileen Wuornos: Damsel of Death reopens a tragic case file, forcing us to confront whether we executed a monster, or a woman who had been left to rot by the world long before she ever pulled the trigger.