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The devil's rooming house: the true story of America's deadliest female serial killer
The devil's rooming house: the true story of America's deadliest female serial killer
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Author
Phelps, M. William
Publisher
Lyons Press
Publication Date
c2010
Language
English
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c2010 Lyons Press
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xv, 303 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
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Prologue: Simmering death
Part 1: Silent Killers
1: Matron and the reporter
2: Quiet menace
3: Silent killers
4: Humble beginnings
5: Devout Christian
6: Left behind
7: Bible thumper
8: Thousands overcome
9: Forecasting the weather is no science
10: Biggest boardinghouse in New England
11: Cold storage
12: Red skies at night
13: Beginning of Franklin's end
Part 2: Investigation & Innovation
14: They come and they go
15: Death at first sight
16: Last good-bye
17: Death by marriage
18: Sweet little Amy
19: Con
20: Red falcon
21: I can fix that all right
22: Wrong victim
23: Fit as a fiddle
24: Public service
25: Too late
26: Done to death
27: May the curse of God come down on you
28: Poison control
29: Facts
30: Grave robbers
31: Motive
32: In the dead of night
33: Oh, what a beautiful mourning
34: Murder factory
Part 3: Trials & Tribulations
35: Changing world
36: Greatest success
37: Witch of Windsor
38: Victory for the vanquished
39: Experts
40: Dark murder hole
41: Drug addict
42: One last trick
43: Arsenic and old lace
Epilogue: Whatever happened to Amy?
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Archer-Gilligan, Amy
Archer-Gilligan, Amy, -- 1873-1962
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Murder
Murder -- Connecticut -- Windsor -- History
Women serial murderers
Women serial murderers -- Connecticut -- Windsor
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9781599216010
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