The Parker-Hulme Murder The 1950s The year was 1954, Little Things Means Alot by Kitty Kalen was number one on the Billboard Music Charts and Marilyn Monroe marrying and divorcing Joe DiMaggio was one of the main stories talked about in celebrity headlines. Meanwhile, in Christchurch, New Zealand two best friends Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme conspired together and murdered the woman who was keen on separating the girls from seeing each other. Even now over 50 years later, the Parker-Hulme Murder case is one of New Zealand’s most notorious murders for its grisly factor, and in 1994, it was made into a film directed by Peter Jackson called Heavenly Creatures which cast Kate Winslet as Juliet Hulme and Melanie Lynskey as Pauline Parker. Bosom Buddies   Two girls Juliet Hulme and Pauline Parker were what these days we would call “bosom buddies” as they had an obsessive friendship with one another. There have been rumors that the girls were in a lesbian relationship, however in...