Escaping the Madhouse: The Nellie Bly Story
Directed by Karen Moncrieff
An investigative reporter Nellie Bly, who’s on a mission to expose the deplorable conditions and mistreatment of patients at the notorious Women’s Lunatic Asylum, and feigns mental illness in order to be institutionalized to report from the inside. The movie is an account of actual events surrounding Nellie’s stay beginning after she has undergone treatment, leaving her with no recollection of how she came to the asylum or her real identity.
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Escaping the Madhouse: The Nellie Bly Story- 2019
An asylum. Exposés. Inhumane conditions. A pioneer journalist. The harrowing story of Nellie Bly, the female journalist in the late 1800's who went out of her way to report on rumors of corruption on the "insane asylum" on Blackwell's…
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