S2 Ep53: Where There's Smoke

In 1977, a desperate act in a small Mid-Michigan town sparked a movement against domestic violence, and launched a battered housewife into the national spotlight.

Case: Francine Hughes

Theme Song: "Crowd Hammer" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

Intro/Outro Edits: Ben Goldman

RESOURCES:
The Burning Bed (Faith McNulty, 1980)
The New York Times (William Grimes, 3/31/17)
UPI Archives
People (Gioia Diliberto, 10/8/84)
Washington Post (Lynn Darling, 11/5/1980)
Wikipedia
Find A Grave
newspapers.com

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