Based on her sensational book, 10 DAYS IN A MADHOUSE tells the true story of renowned journalist, Nellie Bly who, at 23 years old, feigned insanity and had herself committed into the notorious Blackwell’s Island Insane Asylum. Working for Joseph Pulitzer and the New York Times, Bly went undercover to expose the atrocities, corruption, abuse and murders that took place in the asylum.