- HD 1080
- Runtime: 88m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: Canada
- Director: Karen Moncrieff
- Stars: Christina Ricci, Judith Light, Joshua Bowman, Anja Savcic, Nikki Duval
- keywords: asylum, lunatic asylum, based on true story, murder, memory loss, torture, abuse, mistreatment, investigative reporter, female reporter
- Production_studio: Lifetime
- providers: Hulu, Lifetime Movie Club, Lifetime Movie Club Apple TV Channel, Lifetime Movie Club Amazon Channel
- The Escaping the Madhouse: The Nellie Bly Story is featured in the top rankings of 2019
- #21 in Top Thriller Movies of 2019
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.
