EPISODE · Aug 15, 2025 · 31 MIN
Episode 148: Nellie Bly
from Sinners Among Saints · host Megan and Lindsay
Send us Fan Mail Nellie Bly, born Elizabeth Cochran in 1864, was a pioneering American journalist best known for her fearless investigative reporting. She gained fame in 1887 when she went undercover in a New York City asylum, feigning insanity to expose the brutal conditions patients endured—her exposé, Ten Days in a Mad-House, led to major mental health reforms. In 1889, she made headlines again by circling the globe in just 72 days, inspired by Jules Verne’s Around the World in Eighty Days. Bly’s bold, immersive style of reporting helped shape investigative journalism and broke barriers for women in the press. Movie; Escaping The Madhouse: The Nellie Bly StorySupport the showThanks for all the support!! Please follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Tik Tok, or email us, and remember we now have a Patreon!! patreon.com/[email protected] Tok @sinnersamongsaints
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Send us Fan Mail Nellie Bly, born Elizabeth Cochran in 1864, was a pioneering American journalist best known for her fearless investigative reporting. She gained fame in 1887 when she went undercover in a New York City asylum, feigning insanity to expose the brutal conditions patients endured—her exposé, Ten Days in a Mad-House, led to major mental health reforms. In 1889, she made headlines again by circling the globe in just 72 days, inspired by Jules Verne’s Around the World in Eight...
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