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Mar 21, 2019 · Francine Hughes’ life story reads like a nightmare, and the book based on her ordeal, Faith McNulty’s The Burning Bed is as much a horror story as true crime reportage. As a child,...
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.
- Faith McNulty
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- 1980
Jun 12, 2023 · Yes, ‘The Burning Bed’ is a true story. The screenplay, written by Rose Leiman Goldemberg, was adapted from the eponymous 1980 non-fiction book by Faith McNulty, which chronicles the circumstances surrounding the real-life Francine Hughes.
Jan 1, 1980 · The Burning Bed is the true story of Francine Hughes who killed her abusive ex-husband, Mickey, after enduring over a dozen years of emotional, financial and physical abuse. On March 9, 1977, in her home in Lansing, Michigan, Francine Hughes poured gas around her ex-husband's bed and lit it on fire.
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- Faith McNulty
Mar 30, 2017 · 0:04. 0:45. For more than 12 years, Francine Hughes endured physical abuse at the hands of her husband, James (Mickey) Hughes. On March 9, 1977, Hughes walked into the Ingham County Jail in Mason...
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Jan 1, 2001 · 1,370 reviews 2,271 followers. December 27, 2014. A true crime story of the living nightmare Francine Hughes endured during the late 1970's in Mason, Michigan. An intense, but fast read detailing both physical and verbal abuse as well as cruelty to animals at its worst dished-out by Francine's husband Mickey.
Mar 12, 2021 · Farrah Fawcett and Paul LeMat played the lead characters in the successful TV-movie “The Burning Bed”; Photo source. The harrowing plotline may sound like it belongs in a Hollywood movie, but...
