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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.
- 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...
Photo / Christchurch Star The grisly killing of Honorah Parker in 1954 by her daughter Pauline and her friend Juliet Hulme in a Christchurch park remains one of New Zealand's most notorious...
Sep 8, 2012 · “Hilary Nathan had been living under a new identity in Kent for years and hardly anybody knew who she was. She was tracked down by the press and quickly took off, ending up in Orkney.”
When she was 14, she spent time in a sanatorium and Pauline - who has since changed her name to Hilary Nathan - was her one true friend.
When he knocked on the door the woman who answered confirmed she was Hilary Nathan. But she said: “I’ve never had another name – I’m sorry, you’ve got the wrong person.” She refused to ...
The Parker–Hulme murder case was the murder of Honorah Mary Rieper (also known as Honorah Mary Parker) in Christchurch, New Zealand, on 22 June 1954. The perpetrators were Rieper's teenage daughter Pauline Parker and her friend Juliet Hulme. Parker was 16 at the time, while Hulme was 15.
