The Burning Bed is a non-fiction book by Faith McNulty about a battered [[Dansville, Michigan|Dansville]], Michigan housewife, Francine Hughes. After thirteen years of domestic abuse, she set her husband aflame while he slept on March 9, 1977. Non-fiction is an account or representation of a subject which is presented as fact. ... Faith McNulty (November 28, 1918 - April 10, 2005) was an American non-fiction author, probably best-known for her 1980 book The Burning Bed. ... Official language(s) None (English, de-facto) Capital Lansing Largest city Detroit Area  Ranked 11th  - Total 97,990 sq mi (253,793 km²)  - Width 239 miles (385 km)  - Length 491 miles (790 km)  - % water 41. ... A stereotypical housewife A homemaker is a person whose prime occupation is to care for their family and home. ... Abuse is a general term for the misuse of a person or thing, causing harm to the person or thing, to the abuser, or to someone else. ... is the 68th day of the year (69th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ...

Hughes told her children to put on their coats and wait in the car. She then started a fire with gasoline poured around her sleeping husband's bed. The house burst into flames as she and the children drove to the local police station to confess. Gasoline or petrol is a petroleum-derived liquid mixture consisting mostly of hydrocarbons and enhanced with benzene or iso-octane to increase octane ratings, primarily used as fuel in internal combustion engines. ...

Hughes was found not guilty by reason of insanity by a jury of her peers.

The book was made into a TV movie starring Farrah Fawcett, which aired on the NBC network in 1984. Lyn Hardy, a folk singer, wrote a song, entitled The Ballad of Francine Hughes about the same event. It subsequently went platinum. A television movie (also TV movie, TV-movie, made-for-TV movie, etc. ... Farrah Fawcett (b. ...