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And here's Wuornos in another interview talking to former Dateline correspondent Michelle Gillen.

The legal system didn't believe you.

Wuornos' jailhouse interviews are at the heart of a brand-new Netflix documentary premiering this week called Eileen, Queen of the Serial Killers, produced by BBC Studios' documentary unit in collaboration with NBC News Studios.

The story of Eileen Wuornos has captivated the nation since her arrest in 1991 for a year-long killing spree along a Florida highway.

she's been called the hooker from hell terrorized men along florida's highways he's a wild boozing lesbian prostitute warnos a florida area sex worker shot and killed seven men before robbing them and dumping their bodies in the woods now more than three decades later filmmaker emily turner wants to give viewers a closer look at warnos's life leading up to the murders and a chance to hear the killer in her own words

Andrew E. Canning sat down with Turner recently to talk about the documentary.

Take a listen to their conversation.

Well, that's it for this episode of Dateline True Crime Weekly.

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And coming up this Friday on Dateline, Blaine Alexander has an all-new episode about the murder of a beloved Florida doctor.

Did his past come back to haunt him, or was it someone closer to home?

Watch The Death of Dr. Schwartz this Friday at 9, 8 Central on NBC.

Thanks for listening.

Dateline True Crime Weekly is produced by Carson Cummins and Brittany Morris.

Our associate producer is Caroline Casey.

Our senior producer is Liz Brown-Kurloff.

Production and fact-checking help by Sarah Kadir.

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Rick Kwan is our sound engineer.

Original music by Jesse McGinty.