Diamanda Galás: Through Galás Darkly
Peter Murphy, Hot Press, November 2003
AUTUMN SPAWNED a monster. Aileen Wuornos, dubbed "America's first female serial killer" by the US media, was executed on October 9, 2002. In the aftermath, Diamanda Galás performed a series of concerts in New York and Glasgow in memory of Wuornos.
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