Aileen Wuornos: America’s First Female Serial Killer
Aileen Wuornos was born on February 29, 1956, a rare Leap Day birth that perhaps foreshadowed an extraordinary, albeit dark, life. Her childhood was anything but ordinary, marked by staggering dysfunction. Her mother, Diane Wuornos, was just 14 years old when she married Aileen’s 18-year-old father, Leo Pittman. The marriage lasted less than two years,…