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The Burning Bed

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The Burning Bed (Based on a True Story)

800-799-SAFE (7233)  Domestic Violence Support | The National Domestic Violence Hotline (thehotline.org)

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The movie for this episode is The Burning Bed (1984)  (Tubi TV) (IMDB free with ads) streaming services.  Stars:  Farrah Fawcett, Paul Le Mat and Richard Hauser.  We will go over the movie and then the case behind the movie.

This was the case that became central to the battered women’s movement. It turned the national attention to cases like Francine’s where women were brutalized by their husbands, and to help women like her through a system of life-saving shelters and laying the foundation for a modern awareness of domestic violence.

If you are experiencing domestic violence, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1−800−799−7233 or chat with a worker  on thehotline.org

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Francine Hughes Killed Her Abusive Husband—And Changed U.S. Views on Domestic Violence – HISTORY

Francine Hughes – Wikipedia

Francine Hughes Wilson, 69, Domestic Violence Victim Who Took Action, Dies – The New York Times (nytimes.com)

The Burning Bed – Wikipedia

James Berlin “Mickey” Hughes (1945-1977) – Find A Grave Memorial

“The Burning Bed”: A turning point in fight against domestic violence (lansingstatejournal.com)

Francine Wilson, domestic abuse victim and subject of TV film “The Burning Bed,” dies at 69 – Chicago Tribune

‘Burning Bed’ murder case: defense attorney looks back | WKAR

Francine Hughes Wilson, who inspired ‘The Burning Bed,’ dies at 69 (lansingstatejournal.com)

The mother of a man killed in an incident… – UPI Archives

Francine Hughes Wilson, whose ‘burning bed’ became a TV film, dies at 69 – The Washington Post

Francine Hughes Killed Her Abusive Husband—And Changed U.S. Views on Domestic Violence – HISTORY

Statistics (ncadv.org)

The facts – Refuge Charity – Domestic Violence Help

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Brutal Obsession: Based on a True Story series

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Brutal Obsession:  Based on a True Story series

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On this episode we are continuing on with the Based on a True Story series where I am covering a movie that is based on a true crime story and we’ll go over the movie as well as what really happened.  Also, stay tuned at the end of each episode as I will be giving some bonus movie names.  These are names of true crime movies that I’m not going to cover in this series but you can go and look up and watch on one of the streaming platforms.

The movie for this episode is: Stalking Laura and it is really well done.  It’s one of those that have stuck with me, and really makes you think.

 

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Bonus Movies:

  • A Murderous Affair: The Carolyn Warmus Story. (1992 Amazon Prime) Starring: Virginia Madsen and Chris Sarandon.
  • Murder on the Cape:  Christa Worthington Case. (Bonus Movie) (2017)  Based on the Christa Worthington case.

 

 

Sources:

Richard Farley – He Stalked Her Relentlessly Then He Opened Fire (wickedwe.com)

 

Profile of Richard Wade Farley, Mass Murderer (thoughtco.com)

 

Wikipedia

Richard Farley | Criminal Minds Wiki | Fandom

 

Montaldo, Charles. “Profile of Richard Wade Farley, Mass Murderer.” ThoughtCo, Feb. 16, 2021, thoughtco.com/mass-murderer-richard-wade-farley-973100.

Death Penalty Appeal Denied in Tech Company Killings – NBC Bay Area

SUDDEN DEATH IN SUNNYVALE – The Washington Post

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-02-18-mn-43514-story.html

Unwanted Suitor’s Fixation on Woman Led to Carnage – Los Angeles Times (latimes.com)

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Helter Skelter Special Part 1

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This was a truly horrific murder spree.  Sometimes I think the humanity of the victims is really lost in all the Charles Manson craziness.  Humans are always looking to belong, looking for their “people”, looking for people like themselves, craving a connection of some kind.  Manson played into this at one of the easiest times in history to pull it off. He didn’t even know what type of world he was walking out into when he was released from prison in the 1967.  But he was good at adapting quickly, after years of having to survive abusive care from relatives and then people in the reform schools and boys homes he lived in and on into prison.  He came out with his pimp knowledge and his Dale Carnegies’ How to Make Friends and Influence People education along with his gift of being able to turn into (or seem like) what people wanted.  He didn’t change into what he wanted until they were well well ensnared.

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Erroneously and Reprehensibly Released (Twice)

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Two stints in an insane asylum.  Let out twice when he shouldn’t have been.  Today’s subject went on to commit increasingly more serious and brutal crimes each time.  So many might have been prevented if his crimes and convictions had been handled correctly.  So many victims and so much pain.  Detroit’s lesser known serial killer, Gary Addison Taylor, who went on to commit heinous crimes in Seattle and Houston.  If you know about Gary A Taylor, don’t go anywhere, I might have some info that you haven’t heard about him.  If you have never heard of Gary A Taylor, stay tuned, his story is very interesting and very strange.

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