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Pauline - who became Hilary Nathan - stayed in New Zealand and was subject to parole conditions. In prison, she had become deeply religious and wanted to become a nun.
- Anna Leask
- The Start of A Fateful Friendship
- How Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme’s Fantasy Life Led to Murder
- ‘The Day of The Happy Event’ and The Murder of Honorah Rieper
- The Trial of Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme
- The Divergent Paths of The Murderous Best Friends
On paper, Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme could not have appeared to be more different. Parker — who went by the last name Rieper until the court determined that her parents were not married — had been born in New Zealand. Her father managed a fish shop and her mother ran a boarding house, according to the Huffington Post. Hulme, on the other hand,...
Both Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme had vivid imaginations. As they grew closer, they created a fantasy realm called “the Fourth World” and invented a religion in which they venerated certain celebrities like Mario Lanza as “saints,” according to an article that appeared in New Zealand Woman’s Weekly. Together, the teens wrote stories set in the F...
On June 22, 1954, the day Pauline Parker described as “The Day of the Happy Event” in her diary, she and Juliet Hulme invited Honorah Rieper out for a walk. The three of them went to Victoria Park, where they enjoyed afternoon tea and then set out to wander the park. Then, according to the New Zealand Herald, the girls led Rieper to a pink charm th...
As word of Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme’s crime spread, New Zealanders everywhere reacted with shock. The girls were young, the murder they’d perpetrated was brutal, and their trial was packed with sensational claims. The prosecution got their hands on Parker’s diary, which contained details about Parker and Hulme’s plans to kill Parker’s mother...
In the decades since their release from prison, Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme both established new — and totally separate — lives. Though it has been erroneously reported that they were forbidden from contacting each other, it seems that Parker and Hulme naturally drifted apart. Parker, who changed her name to Hilary Nathan, has lived a reclusive...
Jul 10, 2023 · Parker, now a devout Catholic, had changed her name to Hilary Nathan and was teaching children to ride horses. Parker refused many interviews when asked about killing her mother; she expressed...
- Sam H Arnold
Jun 1, 2021 · Pauline changed her name to Hilary Nathan and took up residence in Auckland. After completing her Bachelor of Arts degree, she disappeared from the public eye and started a horse riding school...
When released she changed her name to Hilary Nathan. While Juliet had been allowed to leave New Zealand immediately and freely, the Parole Board imposed conditions on Pauline. She was under...
- Anna Leask
Jul 11, 2019 · Pauline changed her name to Hilary Nathan and ended up in remote Scotland, raising horses, something she had been associated with in Christchurch (she even had a secret horse her parents did not know about).
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Jul 8, 2019 · A doctor they consulted said he believed the girls had a sexual relationship, something Juliet would later deny. Then came an opportunity to separate the two. Henry Hulme discovered his wife, Hilda, had been having an affair, and they decided to end the marriage.
