India, Oct. 30 -- Aileen Wuornos was just another marginalised figure before she became the subject of tabloid obsession and a Hollywood cautionary tale. She was a poor woman by birth, and her life had left no place for tenderness. Aileen: Queen of the Serial Killers, the new true crime documentary on Netflix, retells her story as a grim, complex portrayal of violence and the society that shaped her, hopefully without the sensational spectacle of the highly dramatised Monster anthology series. Let's explore the real story of Aileen: Queen of the Serial Killers on Netflix.

Born in Michigan in 1956, Wuornos' life was marked by instability from the start. And that is not uncommon among kids who grow up to become serial killers. Abandoned by...