Between 1989 and 1990, Aileen Wuornos took the lives of at least seven men who had solicited her services as an adult worker in Florida.
She claimed she acted in self-defense when the men became violent toward her, though she later gave several inconsistent accounts of the crimes. In 2002, a decade after her arrest, she was executed by lethal injection.
Her story was brought to the big screen in the 2003 film Monster, which earned Charlize Theron an Oscar for her portrayal of the criminal.
