Amy Archer-Gilligan

No, he grounded the Brewster sisters in a very real, very grim piece of American history.

He was actually fascinated by the real-life case of Amy Archer Gilligan.

Right.

She operated a facility called the Archer Home for Elderly People and Chronic Invalids up in Windsor, Connecticut in the early 1900s.

Belle Gunness? Is that how it's pronounced? Val Guinness.

Val Guinness, Jane Topin, Amy Archer Gilligan, or Lydia Sherman.

That's right.

Before H.H. Holmes became infamous, which woman is generally considered America's first known serial killer? We've got Val Guinness, Jane Topin, Amy Archer Gilligan, and Lydia Sherman.

Give me a few minutes to lock in those

answers.

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Well, no, I guess that we were like... [laughs] No, no, no.

Your, your parents are like Amy Archer.

[laughs] Okay.

Yeah, they're, those, it's, uh, or, well, maybe Amy Archer claims it.

Freaky-deaky on the inside.

Yeah, that's true.

Freaky-deaky on the inside.

Yeah.

Welcome back to Murder, She Watched, the podcast where we solve murders from our couches.

My name is Amy Archer.

I'm your host.

I'm here today with my friend Brian, who I consider an expert in all things pop culture in the aughts.

If it was, if you took-

That's the only reason you have him here

... yeah, if you took Amy Archer and put her in those skits, nobody would give a fuck.

Yeah.