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Documentaries like Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer

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The 3 reasons people love Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer

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  1. You want a real person behind the headlines.

  2. You like a portrait of someone you can't easily judge.

  3. You can take a story that ends in an execution.

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  • Aileen: Queen of the Serial Killers2025

    • a real person behind the headlines
    • a story that ends in an execution

    Good for you if you want the real Aileen Wuornos, beyond the films made about her.

  • Conversations with a Killer: The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes2022

    • a real person behind the headlines

    Good for you if you want to hear a real case through the original tapes.

  • The Three Deaths of Marisela Escobedo2020

    • a real person behind the headlines

    Good for you if you want the true story of Marisela Escobedo's fight for justice.

  • The Ripper2020

    • a real person behind the headlines

    Good for you if you want the victims and their families heard, not just the killer.

  • Into the Abyss2011

    • a real person behind the headlines
    • a story that ends in an execution

    Good for you if you can take a film about death with no easy comfort.

  • Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes2019

    • a real person behind the headlines

    Good for you if you want to hear a real case from the recordings themselves.

  • Bus 1742002

    • a real person behind the headlines
    • a story that ends in an execution

    Good for you if you want to understand a real hostage crisis that Brazil watched live.

  • Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult2020

    • a real person behind the headlines

    Good for you if you want India Oxenberg telling her own story.

  • The Act2019

    • a real person behind the headlines

    Good for you if you want to understand a true crime from inside the house.

  • Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez2020

    • a real person behind the headlines

    Good for you if you want to understand how Aaron Hernandez went from the Patriots to prison.

  • American Murder: The Family Next Door2020

    • a real person behind the headlines

    Good for you if you want a case told only through the footage and messages left behind.

  • House of Secrets: The Burari Deaths2021

    • a real person behind the headlines

    Good for you if you want to understand a real case that shook Delhi.

  • I'll Be Gone in the Dark2020

    • a real person behind the headlines
    • a portrait of someone you can't easily judge

    Good for you if you want the survivors' voices at the centre of a true crime story.

  • Tupac: Resurrection2003

    • a real person behind the headlines
    • a portrait of someone you can't easily judge

    Good for you if you want Tupac's life in his own voice, from his own interviews.

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