In Jasmine Hirst 1993 saw Aileen Wuornos photograph in a newspaper. Jasmine wrote to Aileen and they continued this correspondence for ten years, until Aileen's execution. All too often Jasmine had witnessed the trajectory of the sexually abused child to a life of self-abuse and destruction. Women usually self-destruct. Aileen hit outwards.
In 1997' Aileen asked Jasmine to come and film her on death row as she knew Jasmine was an artist and not a journalist and Aileen was tired of the media's mistreatment of her. She wanted to talk about the truth of her life and crimes' as part of her preparation for her impending death. Jasmine Hirst spent two hours with her. Aileen talked about her childhood' her lovers' her experience on the road as a prostitute and the murders.