The Burning Bed (Based on a True Story)
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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.
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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)