LOCAL BIKER BAR, TURNED MOVIE SET
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America's First Female Serial Killer, Aileen Wuornos', Stomping Ground: The Last Resort Bar in Port Orange, Florida
The Last Resort bar in Port Orange, Florida, is well known for serving Americas First Woman Serial Killer, Aileen Wuornos, her last beer.
Eventually becoming a movie set in the hit movie, Monster, the bar has become a place where history buffs, the curious, and paranormal investigators visit from near and far.
Out of morbid popularity:
The bar's slogan became the, "Home of Ice Cold Beer and Killer Women.”
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A Small Town Biker Bar... Turned Serial Killer Hangout.
The Last Resort Bar is located in Port Orange, Florida, a city just south of Daytona Beach, FL, on US Highway 1, or Ridgewood Ave.
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The Last Resort Bar was and still is a favorite hangout for Bikers in town for Daytona Beach's, annual motorcycle events, those knowing and unknowing of the bar's history.
From the street, the bar looks just like any other dive bar, but once inside and in the back of the premises- creepy trinkets cover the walls from floor to ceiling, weird statues stand aside the bar, and rusty hearses fill the very large backyard of the property. People who are unfamiliar with Aileen Wuornos' frequency at the bar would assume that the owner just enjoyed gruesome Halloween decorations.
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Included in the backyard's ornaments, is a, "motorcycle tree". A large tree in which the bar has chosen to hang motorcycles from..
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Under the tree, is a, "motorcycle graveyard". A space full of old rusted motorcycles.
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As a grisly memoir- the bar keeps a mural with a picture of Aileen and the names of her victims, the bra worn by Aileen, which she left hanging on the wall just one night before her arrest, and a car seat that she regularly sat in on display.
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Aileen Wuornos had indeed spent many nights at this twisted biker dive bar, until her arrest in January, 1991.
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Who is Aileen Wuornos?
Aileen Wuornos grew up in Troy, Michigan, she left home at 14-years-old. Homeless and cold- she sought refuge in the warmer Florida weather.
In an interview, she confessed that she began prostituting at the age of 16, and would go on to earn her day's pay by prostituting on highways, "from exit to exit".
She alleged that she was a victim to sexual assault, before prostituting herself and while working as a prostitute, and claimed that if given the chance- she would kill again.
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Aileen Also Sought Refuge at The Last Resort Bar
Aileen Wuornos would go out and kill men who would stop to pick her up, and after killing these men, as if nothing happened- she would spend time in The Last Resort Bar.
Bar regulars described her as someone who would commonly sit alone, drink beer, and listen to her favorite songs on the jukebox. People who became familiar with Aileen Wuornos at the bar had no idea that she was a cold-blooded killer, drinking away memories of her last murder.
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How Cold-Blooded Was Aileen Wuornos?
Aileen continued seeking out, "Johns," after her first killing;
going on to murder a total of 7 men in a short 12 months.
Her victims, most of which were completely innocent, as per Aileen, herself, were loved individuals by family and friends. There names are as follows:
Richard Charles Mallory
David Andrew Spears
Charles Edmund Carskaddon
Peter Abraham Siems
Troy Eugene Burress
Charles Richard Humphreys
Walter Jeno Antonio.
Her Very Last Beer As a Free Woman
On January, 8, 1991, while Aileen enjoyed a beer at The Last Resort Bar in Port Orange, FL, she was arrested by police and was taken off of the streets for good.
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And Dubbed America's First Female Serial Killer.
The Death Penalty
Tyira, Aileen Wuornos' ex-lover, played a big part in providing police with information and helping police get information out of Aileen.
In return for immunity, Tyira was able to get Aileen to confess to the murders, via a taped telephone call.
Due to this confession, it did not take long for the court to come to a guilty verdict, sentencing Aileen Wuornos to death by lethal injection.
Before being put to death on October 9, 2002, Aileen Wuornos, left the world with one last interview, posted by True Crime Magazine on Youtube:
Video by True Crime Magazine on Youtube.com
Monster
In 2003 the movie, Monster, was released, which depicted the life of Aileen Wuornos. The movie went on to become extremely successful, winning multiple awards.
Parts of the movie were filmed in The Last Resort Bar in Port Orange, FL, so naturally- after the release of the film, the bar began to attract people from all over the country.
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Rumors of Paranormal Occurrences at the Bar
The bar, since Aileen has died, is thought to be haunted by many, with workers and patrons claiming to have heard sounds of a person in the bar when it was known to be empty.
Multiple women have reported the sensation of their hair being brushed, while sitting at the bar.
Workers and patrons also claim to have witnessed objects being moved from one side of the bar to another.
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My Thoughts?
Because of my love for Halloween, the motif of the bar did not bother me, like maybe it would others. I did not experience anything or see anything paranormal while visiting this bar, and neither did my wife!
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