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The FOX True Crime Podcast w/ Emily Compagno

The Making Of A Monster: Aileen Wuornos

The FOX True Crime Podcast w/ Emily Compagno

Fox News

True Crime

4.8708 Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Beginning in 1989, Florida was terrorized by 'The Damsel of Death,' a serial killer by the name of Aileen Wuornos. Wuornos killed seven men during her 12-month spree, becoming the first woman to be profiled as a serial killer by the FBI. But how was the monster created? Retired Chester Police Chief Brian Jarvis was one of the lead detectives who investigated Aileen Wuornos. He looks back at his work on the case and shares what it was like to hunt down one of America's most notorious serial killers. Follow Emily on Instagram: @realemilycompagno If you have a story or topic we should feature on the FOX True Crime Podcast, send us an email at: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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For years, towns in Florida were terrorized by monsters. During the latter half of the 1970s, Ted Bundy made his way to

0:39.9

Florida, where he continued his spree of stalking, sexually assaulting, and murdering women.

0:46.3

In 1990, university campuses were terrified of Gainesville Ripper Danny Rowling, who viciously

0:52.4

murdered five college students over the course of four days

0:55.6

in Gainesville. But on November 30, 1989, a different kind of monster was born. That day, 51-year-old

1:04.1

Richard Mallory, a TV repair store owner, picked up a prostitute along Interstate 75 on his way

1:10.7

to Daytona Beach.

1:15.6

Two days later, his car was found abandoned on Ormond Beach, containing his wallet, condoms, and an empty liquor bottle.

1:23.6

On December 13th, his body was located in a wooded area several miles away from his car.

1:30.5

He had been shot four times in the chest.

1:33.8

Authorities would later discover that Richard Mallory was the first victim of a serial killer

1:38.6

dubbed the Damsel of Death.

1:41.3

That monster was none other than Eileen Warnos.

1:46.4

But how is a monster of such a violent nature made? I'm Emily Campano, and this is the Fox True Crime podcast.

2:22.7

Thank you. Elaine Wernos was born in 1956.

2:29.1

She never met her father, who died by suicide while in prison for kidnapping and raping a child.

2:34.6

Her mother abandoned her at four years old, leaving her to be raised by her maternal grandparents,

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