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2 mar 2017 · Farrah Fawcett and Paul LeMat starred as Francine and Mickey Hughes in the 1984 movie "The Burning Bed." Francine killed Mickey when she set his bed on fire while he slept. She was later...
Francine Moran Hughes (later Wilson; August 17, 1947 – March 22, 2017) [1] 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.
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.
21 mar 2019 · Francine Hughes stood outside her Michigan home, watching it burn. Inside was her abusive husband, Mickey. Earlier that night, he had beaten and raped her for the last time.
8 paź 2024 · Francine Hughes, a mother of four, set fire to her Michigan home in 1977, killing her ex-husband after enduring thirteen years of relentless abuse. The case gained national attention and became a pivotal moment in raising awareness about domestic violence and the legal challenges survivors face.
5 maj 2014 · This essay is part of the Great Lakes Review’s Narrative Map project. On March 9, 1977 Francine Hughes set fire to the bed her husband, James “Mickey” Hughes, was sleeping in. She gathered her four children and drove straight to the police station to confess while Mickey burned alive.
31 mar 2017 · Francine Wilson, a former Michigan woman whose spousal abuse case redefined how domestic violence was viewed and spawned the TV movie "The Burning Bed," has died in Alabama, according to the...
