Born into a chaotic world, Aileen Carol Wuornos never seemed able to catch a break. One would think that the world outside of her home would be less cruel after she spent years suffering so many sexual assaults at the hands of her own grandfather, neighborhood kids, and supposedly her brother. Unfortunately, the outside world had other plans for her. 

While this may seem like the setup for a case of a battered woman who endured years of trauma, it turns out that Aileen lived long enough to see herself morph into the villain and seven lives would be snuffed out by her hand.

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Aileen Carol Wuornos Executed October 9, 2002 by Lethal Injection in Florida

Aileen Wuornos

Bob Wessel: Aileen Wuornos — A troubled woman and serial killer

TROUBLE FROM THE START

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Road to Nowhere: The Life and Crimes of Aileen Wuornos (Part 1)

After 14-year-old Roland Doe’s aunt's death, the boy's family experienced strange noises, furniture moving of its own accord, and ordinary objects flying or levitating when the boy was nearby. Roland was allegedly exorcised by a priest, and the events surrounding the exorcism were used as elements in William Peter Blatty's 1971 novel The Exorcist.

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Roland Doe: The Chilling True Story that Inspired The Exorcist

Inside The Harrowing Exorcism Of Roland Doe, The True Story Behind ‘The Exorcist’

Boy whose case inspired The Exorcist is named by US magazine

What really happened to Ronald Hunkeler, who inspired ‘The Exorcist’

The truth behind “the Exorcist”

In 1976, 26 children between the ages of 5 through 14 were returning from a hot summer field trip at the Chowchilla fairgrounds swimming pool. They weren't too far from their destination when they were intercepted at gunpoint by three men, Frederick Newhall Woods who was 24 at the time, his friend James Schoenfeld, also 24, and James' younger brother Richard, 22. All three men came from affluent backgrounds and, by all accounts, would have no need to kidnap these kids for ransom. So what was the point of this seemingly senseless crime?

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Chowchilla bus kidnapping: Rare photos from one of the largest abductions in U.S. history

1976 Chowchilla kidnapping

Captor paroled 46 years after hijacking bus, trying to bury 26 kids alive

Frederick Woods abducted 26 children and buried them alive. 46 years later, he’s set to walk free