from Herkimer, NY
…The "murderous old lady" plot line may also have been inspired by actual events that occurred in a house in Windsor, Connecticut, where a woman, Amy Archer-Gilligan, took in boarders and allegedly poisoned them for their pensions. Kesselring originally conceived the play as a heavy drama, bu...
"Sister" Amy Duggan Archer-Gilligan (18681962) was a Windsor, Connecticut nursing home proprietor and serial killer who systematically murdered at least ...