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In the 1910s, Amy Archer Gilligan operated an innovative business in Windsor: a convalescent home for the ill and elderly. Her benevolent facade, however, hid a deadly purpose: a business plan that depended on constant inmate turnover, aided by arsenic poisoning.

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Always exciting to open up Connecticut Explored, and especially when we get to hear from one of our CT Humanities staff! Check out the winter issue for a fresh take on how "wisdom is rooted in the humanities" from our Development Director, Cyndi Tolosa, at www.ctexplored.org #WhatItMeansToBeHuman ...
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Kamora's Cultural Corner and the National Trust for Public Land have been working together to create the Sterling Street Sanctuary and Reserve as a Black History and Culture site. Kamora's Cultural Corner is awesome!

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Samuel was not a fan of His Nook Farm neighbor; Isabella Beecher Hooker, and her over exaggerated claims of her "sepectacular" mediumship, and was vocally opinionated on her lack of talent and Technique when it came to her mediumship. She also claimed that her nephew, William Hooker Gillette inherited the gift of spirit communication. William stated that he had no such gifts, and that his Aunt, was a braggidocio. the one who had Mediumship tendencies in the family, was Harriet, but Isabella wanted all the accolades....Typical sibling rivalry. Many seances were held at Nook Farm, and also, close associations with many famous mediums, from the residents.
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Did you catch Joseph McGill, Jr.'s program yesterday at Connecticut's Old State House? We loved having him and Nicole Thomas of The Hempsted Houses on our podcast last month!

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Thanks for sharing this CT Explored story!What is a Puritan…and why didn’t they stay in Massachusetts?
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They were pushy ignorant assholes who wanted to impose their religious beliefs on us all. Not unlike republicans of today.
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