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It was a crisp Tuesday afternoon in June when teenagers Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme attacked Pauline’s mother Honorah on a secluded walkway at Victoria Park on Christchurch’s Port...
- 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...
Sep 8, 2021 · The perpetrators of the infamous Kiwi crime were Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme, teenagers who clubbed Pauline's mother, Honora, to death with a brick. Their motive? Honora, they believed, wanted to separate them.
May 14, 2011 · Teen murder still fascinates. By Shane Gilchrist. Entertainment. Film. Alice Drewitt (left) as Pauline Parker and Brenna Lorraine as Juliet Hulme. Photos. For his documentary debut, United States film-maker Alexander Roman has reopened a dark chapter in New Zealand's history, writes Shane Gilchrist. "Things like this didn't happen in Christchurch."
Dec 4, 2016 · The infamous New Zealand Parker–Hulme murder happened in 1954 and left Pauline Parker’s mother dead, and Pauline and her best friend behind bars. The circumstances were different from the Slender Man case, and so were the motives.
May 26, 2023 · An extensive and fully illustrated biography of Pauline Parker, currently known as Hilary Nathan - half of the notorious Parker Hulme murder duo. Another detailed chapter of the 'Parker/Hulme case' section of this website.
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Pauline Parker. Born on 26 May 1938, Pauline Parker was the second daughter of Christchurch couple Herbert and Honorah Reiper. At the age of five, she was hospitalised with osteomyelitis, a crippling bone marrow infection.
