Who made the connection between Anne Perry and Juliet Hulme?
Investigative reporter Lin Ferguson of Sunday News (NZ) revealed in July 1994, when “Heavenly Creatures” was playing in film festivals, that Juliet Hulme’s present identity was Anne Perry. Although filmmakers Walsh and Jackson were aware of the rumours surrounding Juliet Hulme’s identity and whereabouts, and their extensive research and attention to known detail actually put many clues to Juliet’s new identity into the film, the film was careful not to include the new rumors or explicit statements which would have identified Ms Perry, or Pauline Parker. After apparently overhearing a comment made by a New Zealand friend of Anne Perry, Ferguson took up Juliet’s trail with “Mr Walter Perry,” the engineer/lodger/lover featured in “Heavenly Creatures,” and the knowledge that the girls had had a burning desire to become published authors. Searching “Contemporary Authors” (see 7.10.2), Ferguson quickly found an author who listed Walter Perry, an engineer, as her father, and Juliet Hulme’s bi
