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Escaping the Madhouse: The Nellie Bly Story (2019)

This movie is based on Nellie Bly's book, "Ten Days in A Mad-House," which was published in 1887. The book details her experiences while living undercover at Bellevue Hospital, a women's insane asylum on Blackwell's Island, New York, for ten days. The assignment to fake insanity and study a mental institution from within had been given to her by Joseph Pulitzer. She documented that the living conditions and treatment of the mental patients were dreadful. Bly wrote: "The insane asylum on Blackwell's Island is a human rat-trap. It is easy to get in, but once there, it is impossible to get out." (IMDB)

Very little similarity to the actual Nellie Bly Story as she she tells it.

Christina Ricc

Josh Bowman

Harry Nelken

Judith Light

Anja Savcic

Sharon Bajer

Nikki Duval

Johise Namwira

Anja Savcic

Angela Narth

Lauren Cochrane

Kathleen Gallagher

Paul Essiembre

Anja Savcic

Sharon Bajer

Mark Hildreth

Mark Hildreth and Brian Richardson

Christina Ricci

Robert Borges and Christina Ricci

Christina Ricci

Judith Light and Sharon Bajer

Christina Ricci

Nellie Bly

The Lodger (1944)

In late-Victorian London, Jack the Ripper has been killing and maiming actresses in the night. The Burtons are forced to take in a lodger due to financial hardship. He seems like a nice young man, but Mrs. Burton suspects him of being The Ripper because of some mysterious, suspicious habits, and fears for her beautiful actress niece who lives with them. (IMDB John Oswalt)