1873-1962

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1873-1962

The Devil's rooming house

the true story of America's deadliest female serial killer
2010
The story of a legendary serial killer, Amy Archer-Gilligan, who operated the Archer Home for Elderly people and Chronic Invalids. In 1911 she murdered two husbands and up to sixty-six of her patients with cocktails of lemonade and arsenic. Her story provided the inspiration for the Broadway play and subsequent film, Arsenic and Old Lace.
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