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True Murder: The Most Shocking Killers

LETHAL INTENT-Aileen Wournos-60th-Sue Russell

True Murder: The Most Shocking Killers

Dan Zupansky

True Crime, News Commentary, Documentary, News, Society & Culture

42.7K Ratings

🗓️ 1 March 2016

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Special Rebroadcast of Lethal Intent-Aileen Wournos-60th Birthday-Sue Russell-Audible Audiobook giveaway.

On November 30, 1989, in a lonely place off Florida's Interstate 95, 51-year-old Richard Mallory shuddered under the impact of four .22-caliber slugs being pumped into him by a naked, hard-faced blonde hooker. While he suffered a slow, agonizing death, she stripped him of his valuables and drove his Cadillac back to the motel where her lesbian lover was waiting. In 1990, her killing spree kicked into high gear, with three men slain in as many weeks. Of the six of her seven male victims whose bodies were found, some were nude; all had been shot dead and robbed.


In January, 1991, pawnshop records led to the arrest of Aileen Carol Wuornos, 34, aka "Lee," an abusive, alcoholic man-hater with a murderous hairtrigger temper. Wuornos began prostituting herself at age 12 for cigarettes and beer. At 15 she bore an illegitimate child, at 16 she took to the highways as a hitchhiking hooker. In 1986, with a lengthy rap sheet and prison term under her belt, she entered into a relationship with Tyria Moore, 24. Tired of turning $20 tricks, Wuornos decided to rob her customers of everything they had—including their lives.


Her arrest and trial prompted a worldwide media frenzy. Ultimately Wuornos received six separate death sentences. Here is the definitive account of a killer who confounded the profiling experts, forever changing their concepts of the crimes of which a woman is capable. LETHAL INTENT-Aileen Wournos, America's Deadliest Female Serial Killer-Sue Russell
*Special Rebroadcast for Aileen Wournos' 60th Birthday. The first 2 listeners that call in after the episode finishes (347-237-4064) will win an Audible audiobook version of Lethal Intent by Sue Russell.

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Locked Holt Varian.

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Locked Holt Varian.

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You are now listening to True Murder, the most shocking killers in true crime history,

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and the authors that have written about them.

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Gacy, Bundy, Domer, the Night Stalker, D.C.K.

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Every week, another fascinating author talking about the most shocking and infamous killers in true crime history,

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True Murder with your host, journalist and author, Dan Zupansky.

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Hello, this is your host, Dan Zupansky, for the program, True Murder, the most shocking killers in true crime history,

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and the authors that have written about them.

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On November 30, 1989, in Florida, a man was shot four times by a naked, heart-faced, blonde prostitute.

1:06.4

He suffered a slow, agonizing death while the woman stripped him of his valuables and drove his

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Cadillac back to the motel where her lesbian lover was waiting. In 1990, her killings pre-kicked into

1:18.7

high gear, with three men's lane and three weeks. Of the six of seven male victims whose bodies were

1:24.8

found, some were nude, all had been robbed and shot dead. In January 1991, pawnshop records led to

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the arrest of Aileen Carroll Warnos, aka Lee, an abusive alcoholic manhater with a murderous

1:40.4

hair-trigger temper. Tired of turning $20 tricks and often being abused, Warnos decided to

1:47.0

rob her customers of everything they had, including their lives. Her arrest in trial prompted a

1:52.0

worldwide media frenzy and even an Academy Award-winning movie, Monster. In the end, Warnos received

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six separate death sentences. lethal intent is the definitive account of a killer who confounded

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the profiling experts forever changing their concepts of the crimes of which a woman is capable.

2:11.5

My guest today is journalist and author, Sue Russell, discussing her true crime classic,

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