Ten Days in a Mad-House
by Nellie Blyliterary work· published 1887
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Ten Days in a Mad-House is a book by American journalist Nellie Bly. It was initially published as a series of articles for the New York World. Bly later compiled the articles into a book, being published by Norman Munro in New York City in 1887. The book was based on articles written while Bly was on an undercover assignment for the New York World, feigning insanity at a women's boarding house, so as to be involuntarily committed to an insane asylum. She then investigated the reports of brutality and neglect at the Women's Lunatic Asylum on Blackwell's Island (now called Roosevelt Island). The book received widespread acclaim.
Adaptations (1)
Ten Days in a Mad-House was adapted into a 2015 film.
10 Days in a Madhouse2015 · film · 111 min · dir. Timothy Hines · IMDb ↗IMDb5.7Nellie Bly, a 23 year-old reporter for Joseph Pulitzer, goes undercover in the notorious Blackwell's Island women's insane asylum in order to expose corruption, abuse and murder.
