surrogate more gothic heroines, especially jane eyre so they can bond over their terrible taste in husbands, other people from high society/privileged backgrounds, fellow volunteers at a women's shelter, someone else from buffalo to remember her as the niece of the town weirdo, a medium for something, fellow journalists, writers and true crime enthusiasts, someone with a dog who likes to follow her around, a therapist, someone with an oddities shop, other people into morbid things, lines!