The Damsel Of Death: Aileen Wournos

I Could Murder A Podcast

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True Crime, I Could Murder A Podcast, Icmap, Ted Bundy, Comedy

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🗓️ 28 February 2022

⏱️ 83 minutes

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This week, Tom and Ben explore the life and crimes of “The Damsel of Death”: Aileen Wuornos.

To say Wuornos had a turbulent childhood would be an understatement. As a youngster, she was frequently physically, emotionally and sexually abused by her own family members and many of those closest to her.

As a result, Wuornos left home and embarked on a life on the road. This would ultimately result in a life heavily immersed in the world of alcohol, crime and sex work. Which would push Aileen to take an even darker turn in 1989…

Is Aileen’s disturbing childhood to blame for the path she would eventually travel? How was Aileen able to survive living on the streets and living in the woods for so many years? Why did her story change so frequently throughout the legal proceedings? And was Aileen the true victim in this story?

Tune in and all will be revealed!

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0:19.7	Warning. The following episode contains subject matter and scenes that some viewers may find upsetting, disturbing or unnerving.
0:28.4	Please note, viewer discretion is advised at all times. Sit back and enjoy.
0:45.2	If I was to leave this planet, it wouldn't be no big deal to me, because this is a wicked, wicked world.
0:46.3	Wicked world.
0:51.7	Six months ago, a passer-by found 46-year-old Douglas Giddens face down, shot to death along this rural Ocala Road.
0:53.6	Giddens was a tourist on his way back
0:55.2	to Georgia. Investigators believe he was robbed. His car was found abandoned nearby.
0:59.8	I wasn't born bad. You guys got it. Sam, I'm telling you, man, they lied. They lied so bad
1:06.3	to you all. Two months later, victim number two, 43-year-old David Speer from Orlando was found shot to death.
1:13.5	His truck found here along I-75 in Marion County.
1:16.6	His peer abuse, pure assault, I don't understand why you people think I should sit here
1:25.1	and cry my brains out for somebody who was going to kill me or rape me or beat me to death.
1:30.3	Those men were shot just, just shot, and so they were, boom, boom, boom.
1:34.3	You know, they weren't cut up, they weren't sliced up, no OJ Jazz, you know.
1:38.3	And he said, I did the most horrendous crime in the whole wide world.
1:42.3	All they were was shot and left. If it was a horrendous crime, why didn wide world. All they were was shot and left.
1:45.0	If it was a horrendous crime, why didn't I shoot in between the eyes,
1:49.0	cut their penis off, stick it in their mouth, you know, do all kinds of gross stuff.
1:53.0	Last month, Troy Burress disappeared while working for a sausage delivery company.
1:58.0	He was found shot, his wallet missing.
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