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Mickey Hughes was the victim of a notorious arson murder by his wife Francine in 1977. He was the subject of a book and a movie titled The Burning Bed.
Mar 21, 2019 · Francine Hughes was a victim of spousal abuse for 13 years before she set her husband Mickey's bed on fire and turned herself in. Her case sparked a movement to raise awareness and protect women from domestic violence.
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.
Jul 9, 2020 · When Mickey fell asleep, drunk, that night, Hughes doused his bed in gasoline, lit it on fire, packed her four children into her car, and drove away as flames engulfed the house. Hughes was...
In 1964, sixteen-year-old Francine meets Mickey Hughes, and the two marry shortly after. Mickey begins displaying signs of jealousy and anger and physically abuses Francine, often in the presence of his parents. The abuse escalates over the years, and circumstances worsen with Mickey’s alcoholism.
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Mar 31, 2017 · James “Mickey” Hughes had long abused the mother of three. Asleep in bed when the fire started, he died of smoke inhalation.
Mar 31, 2017 · Thirteen years of verbal and physical abuse from her hard-drinking, fitfully employed husband, James Hughes, known as Mickey, had led to a horrendous fight at their home in Dansville, Mich.
