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Don't Send Your Elders Here - Amy Archer Gilligan's Deadly Home for the Aged
Amy Archer-Gilligan was an American serial killer who operated a nursing home in Windsor, Connecticut.
Early Life
Amy Duggan was born on October 31, 1873, in Milton, Connecticut. She married James Archer in 1897, and the couple opened a home for elderly people in Newington, Connecticut. After James’s death in 1910, she married Michael Gilligan in 1913.
The Nursing Home
Amy ran the "Archer Home for the Elderly and Infirm" in Windsor, which she had established with her first husband. The home catered to elderly residents, many of whom had no other family and relied on Amy’s care.
Suspicious Deaths
Over the years, a suspiciously high number of residents died under Amy’s care. Many of these deaths were attributed to natural causes, but a pattern emerged: many of the deceased had recently altered their wills in Amy’s favor or had taken out life insurance policies naming her as the beneficiary.
Investigation and Arrest
In 1914, the death of Franklin R. Andrews, a seemingly healthy man, raised suspicions. His family pushed for an investigation, which uncovered that Amy had purchased large quantities of arsenic. An exhumation and autopsy of several bodies revealed lethal doses of arsenic and strychnine.
Trial and Conviction
Amy was arrested in 1916 and went on trial for murder. Initially convicted of the murder of Franklin R. Andrews, she was sentenced to death. The sentence was later changed to life imprisonment after a retrial in 1919.
Later Life
Amy spent the rest of her life in prison and a mental institution. She died on April 23, 1962, at the age of 88.
Legacy
The case inspired the play and subsequent film "Arsenic and Old Lace," highlighting the macabre story of Amy Archer-Gilligan and her deadly nursing home.
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  • @however-yh2jy
    @however-yh2jy 48 хвилин тому

    What kind of lunatic blows his father up with an anti-tank mine? You want an anti-personnel mine obviously

  • @amym.4823
    @amym.4823 Годину тому

    I think it was a Murder on the Orient Express situation 🧐

  • @Cecilpedia
    @Cecilpedia Годину тому

    A few years ago, while cleaning out my grandmother's attic, we found my great grandfather's diary. We found several entries in it where he expressed concern for the people that Mr. Powers had murdered. The entries were from before he was caught, so most of the entries said things about how he hoped the women were found safe. It was an interesting look into a very horrifying moment in my state's history

  • @Cecilpedia
    @Cecilpedia Годину тому

    Arsenic and Old Lace is my father's absolute favorite play. When he was in university, he got to play Teddy Brewster in the school production of it

  • @michelecosta5170
    @michelecosta5170 2 години тому

    Why have you blurted out important parts of pictures of History?. Their historical paintings, pictures and etchings! Would you blur out pictures in the museum that are as just as explicit, most even more so?! As an RN in the emergency room I've seen worse.. I know others haven't but please these are rudimentary drawings. They don't need to be blurred out and UA-cam needs to grow bigger balls!

  • @LadyCaroline123
    @LadyCaroline123 3 години тому

    The book An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser and the movie A Place in the Sun starring Elizabeth Taylor, Shelley Winters, and Montgomery Clift, are based on this story.

  • @francesmeyer8478
    @francesmeyer8478 3 години тому

    Interesting stories!💐💐💐

  • @raycooper876
    @raycooper876 4 години тому

    At 65, stories like this motivate me to take better care of my physical and mental health.

  • @RF24
    @RF24 4 години тому

    “Tended to by sir William gull” damn imagine if your doctor was literally Jack the Ripper

  • @debby-ex6ir
    @debby-ex6ir 4 години тому

    As always, another WONDERFUL tale - so intriguing and so interesting. Thank you very much!!!

  • @surreygirl2075
    @surreygirl2075 5 годин тому

    This is wicked its in there dna there is no cure😮 shocking

  • @francesmeyer8478
    @francesmeyer8478 7 годин тому

    I have always thought that Robert the Doll looked like a Stieff toy. I had several toys from that company in the 50s and 60s. I still have my teddy bear , a lion, and a tiger. They are in much better shape than Robert. Of course, they are not nearly as old. I am one of those grandmothers who saved a few toys from her childhood. As to whether the stories about Robert are true, I really don't know. But I have lived on this planet long enough, 76years, to know that the world is a much stranger place than most of us are willing to admit.💐💐💐

  • @mikedee1771
    @mikedee1771 7 годин тому

    I'm just reading a book on this case which goes into much more detail. It's a case that never will be solved. Florence Bravo had the motive means and opportunity and so is the most likely suspect. But then there is Mrs. Cox and also the accidental self poisoning theory.

  • @francesmeyer8478
    @francesmeyer8478 7 годин тому

    If you should ask Robert's permission to take his picture, how do you know he has given it? I believe I would avoid the whole question, not photograph him, and buy a post card in the gift shop. You know there is a gift shop, there always is.💐💐

  • @Lucy-ym8ch
    @Lucy-ym8ch 7 годин тому

    He suspected her but decided not to dwell on it??? 🤔

  • @ew4932
    @ew4932 9 годин тому

    This scares me horribly as I'm in US. I live by myself with no friends or relatives near. I have a carer who comes. I'm mortified about being put in a Medicaid Nursing home here.

  • @501sqn3
    @501sqn3 9 годин тому

    Absolutely ridiculous!🙄

  • @Kalil21053
    @Kalil21053 10 годин тому

    So we looking at a young Michael Myers in Victoria era 🤔

  • @codyschwoch5451
    @codyschwoch5451 10 годин тому

    That area today is Englewood Post Office

  • @allanbroadfield5121
    @allanbroadfield5121 11 годин тому

    Well I never! There used to be a BBC radio series called 'Well, what do you know?'

  • @NuclearBronsonRex
    @NuclearBronsonRex 11 годин тому

    Of course the lawyer is named Shapiro

  • @wandertree
    @wandertree 11 годин тому

    You're so talented, and I love how you dress!

  • @kathleenchaffin2591
    @kathleenchaffin2591 12 годин тому

    That shirt is super! Big fan

  • @bunyipdragon9499
    @bunyipdragon9499 12 годин тому

    Arsenis and Old Lace is ine of my favourite plays. I've seen a few productions and always get a good laugh but never fid I know it was based in fact. Wonder if I'll see it in a different light next time.

  • @stevenelson1239
    @stevenelson1239 12 годин тому

    Love your style of presentation!

  • @michaelmaniatakos3970
    @michaelmaniatakos3970 15 годин тому

    The good old times … so much better than today … 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

  • @user-wu3sj7id1n
    @user-wu3sj7id1n 15 годин тому

    I do not understand these kind of people's horrible. 😮😮😮

  • @mimsydreams
    @mimsydreams 16 годин тому

    I loved the movie "Arsenic and old Lace" and was NOT expecting the connection, at the end. Wow.

  • @spritals
    @spritals 16 годин тому

    Love twist at the end, I played in Arsenic and Old Lace in high school and it’s always been one of my favourite movies! The crazy old dears were “real?” Well, I Never!

  • @user-fx2kl8ex9q
    @user-fx2kl8ex9q 16 годин тому

    The best way to avoid any abuse or care for the elderly is to keep them at home & remember the unconditional love care,sacrifices they made for there families ❤

  • @SlackHoffman
    @SlackHoffman 16 годин тому

    It was utterly horrendous…..watched it on telly back then and it still chills me to the bone 😢😢😢

  • @TheListserve
    @TheListserve 16 годин тому

    can someone from the UK tell me exactly what kind of accent that is? What part of the country, its so unique

  • @mylamberfeeties875
    @mylamberfeeties875 16 годин тому

    She had plenty of money but her desire to be popular was most important? She could have lived anywhere but attention was her goal. She could have gone on vacation had the baby gave it up, or kept it moved anywhere. Fame was her love. 100% Florence, and i 100% do not believe her claims, i do believe she was a alcoholic and spoiled

  • @singthesongofmypeople
    @singthesongofmypeople 17 годин тому

    I loved that movie.

  • @BFTBGSFTST
    @BFTBGSFTST 17 годин тому

    Fun Fact: All Americans are descendants of this man.

  • @KMStarner82
    @KMStarner82 17 годин тому

    You have some stock footage of bonobos mixed in with chimpanzees. Bonobos are a completely different subspecies of great ape, and are very gentle and patient.

  • @carlosnumbertwo
    @carlosnumbertwo 18 годин тому

    Could you imagine how terrible they must’ve smelled?

  • @micca903
    @micca903 18 годин тому

    What a collection of unsympathetic characters🙄

  • @zombiechicken7114
    @zombiechicken7114 19 годин тому

    A sad tale. Has no idea the play had its roots in a real case. Thank you.

  • @wolfgangholtzclaw2637
    @wolfgangholtzclaw2637 20 годин тому

    When a killer kills, it is in cold blood. When the judiciary kills it is from considering all evidence and a jury finding guilt. Not cold blooded, warm and considerate for what killers do.

  • @Corsina
    @Corsina 20 годин тому

    Great laugh!

  • @francesmeyer8478
    @francesmeyer8478 20 годин тому

    This makes me think of the sinking of the General Slocum here in the US.🇺🇸

  • @francesmeyer8478
    @francesmeyer8478 21 годину тому

    In 1927 a malcontent by the name of Kehoe blew up the new school in Bath, Michigan. 🇺🇸

  • @juliegill6278
    @juliegill6278 21 годину тому

    How many animals do reckon were WRONGLY TORTURED AND WRONGLY MURDERED in the research of BOTH the procedure AND the drugs administered to the patients?!?!?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Julie Gill, Glasgow, Scotland.

  • @shirleydowning9383
    @shirleydowning9383 22 години тому

    Yet another excellent presentation. Thank you!

  • @shereenmorrison9660
    @shereenmorrison9660 22 години тому

    I would lovevto hear Paul reading the shipping forcast. ❤

  • @garethwilliams976
    @garethwilliams976 День тому

    So sad. Even as a child i remember this. Glad we did away with this inhumanity.