Escaping the Madhouse: The Nellie Bly Story poster

Escaping the Madhouse: The Nellie Bly Story

TV-14

The first journalist to become the story.

2019·88 min·Released
Studio: Lifetime
7.5TMDb
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Theatrical Jan 6, 2019
Nexus ms8203TMDb 522892IMDb tt8318648

Overview

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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asylumlunatic asylumbased on true storymurdermemory losstortureabusemistreatmentinvestigative reporterfemale reporter

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