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9 lug 2020 · Video Dept. “The Burning Bed” Recalls the Case That Changed How Law Enforcement Treats Domestic Violence. By Anna Boots. July 9, 2020. For thirteen years, Francine Hughes’s husband, James...
31 mar 2017 · Farrah Fawcett starred as Ms. Hughes in “The Burning Bed,” a television movie seen by more than 75 million people when it aired in 1984. NBC-TV. Ms. Hughes, who used the last name Wilson...
Francine Moran Hughes (later Wilson; August 17, 1947 – March 22, 2017) was an American woman who, after thirteen years of domestic abuse, set fire to the bed in which her live-in ex-husband Mickey Hughes was sleeping, on March 9, 1977, in Dansville, Michigan. Mickey was killed and the house destroyed in the resulting fire.
9 lug 2020 · The Domestic Violence Case That Turned Outrage Into Action | Retro Report. July 9, 2020. (18 min.) The “Burning Bed” killing put domestic violence in the headlines. When Francine Hughes killed her abusive ex-husband by setting his bed on fire, the case made headlines in the 1970s and caused a national outcry.
The plot follows Hughes' trial for the murder of her husband, James Berlin "Mickey" Hughes, following her setting fire to the bed he was sleeping in at their Dansville, Michigan home on March 9, 1977 after thirteen years of physical domestic abuse at his hands.
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21 mar 2019 · Home. Topics. Crime. Francine Hughes Killed Her Abusive Husband—And Changed U.S. Views on Domestic Violence. Her ordeal helped draw attention to a national epidemic of spousal abuse. By: Erin...
2 feb 2024 · The Burning Bed is a powerful and gripping film that tells the story of Francine Hughes, a woman who endured years of domestic abuse before setting her abusive husband on fire as he slept. This emotionally charged movie, released in 1984, left viewers wondering if it was based on a true story.
