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May 9, 2025 55 min

E281: Nellie Bly (part III)

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In Part 3 of our Nellie Bly series, the whole world starts to pay attention. We’ll follow her from the publication of Ten Days in a Madhouse to her globe-circling race against the fictional Phileas Fogg. Along the way, Nellie becomes a household name, fields marriage proposals from strangers, and gets immortalized on trading cards and weird ads. But fame doesn’t make her lazy. She investigates shady servant agencies, interviews America’s most notorious female killer, and keeps writing stories no one else has the nerve to touch. Nellie Bly, Nellie Bly podcast, Around the World in 72 Days, Ten Days in a Madhouse, female journalists, Gilded Age, investigative journalism, Lizzie Halliday, New York World, Joseph Pulitzer, Phileas Fogg, servant scams, 19th century media, women in journalism, historical women, Fresh Hell podcast

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