Brain Bitez

7 - Nellie Bly vs. The Man, The Madhouse, And The World


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Known in history as a trailblazing female journalist, Nellie Bly gets an assignment in 1887 to go undercover and spend ten days in a mad-house and report her findings. Once Nellie is behind the walls of hell… known as the Blackwell’s Island Asylum, she discovers the demons within and that absolutely nothing is being done to help anyone inside. The biggest surprise is just how easy and quickly women were being admitted. Reading about Nellie's life and time in the asylum, you can’t help but wonder if th
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Brain BitezBy Jeff LaFortune