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Bly Nellie. Ten Days in a Mad-House; or, Nellie Bly's Experience on Blackwell's Island
Ten Days in a Mad-House; or, Nellie Bly's Experience on Blackwell's Island
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. A DELICATE MISSION
CHAPTER II. PREPARING FOR THE ORDEAL
CHAPTER III. IN THE TEMPORARY HOME
CHAPTER IV. JUDGE DUFFY AND THE POLICE
CHAPTER V. PRONOUNCED INSANE
CHAPTER VI. IN BELLEVUE HOSPITAL
CHAPTER VII. THE GOAL IN SIGHT
CHAPTER VIII. INSIDE THE MAD-HOUSE
CHAPTER IX. AN EXPERT(?) AT WORK
CHAPTER X. MY FIRST SUPPER
CHAPTER XI. IN THE BATH
CHAPTER XII. PROMENADING WITH LUNATICS
CHAPTER XIII. CHOKING AND BEATING PATIENTS
CHAPTER XIV. SOME UNFORTUNATE STORIES
CHAPTER XV. INCIDENTS OF ASYLUM LIFE
CHAPTER XVI. THE LAST GOOD-BYE
CHAPTER XVII. THE GRAND JURY INVESTIGATION
Miscellaneous Sketches
TRYING TO BE A SERVANT. MY STRANGE EXPERIENCE AT TWO EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES
Nellie Bly as a White Slave. HER EXPERIENCE IN THE ROLE OF A NEW YORK SHOP-GIRL MAKING PAPER BOXES
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Nellie Bly
Feigning Insanity in Order to Reveal Asylum Horrors. The Trying Ordeal of the New York World's Girl Correspondent
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I again used my handkerchief to hide a smile, as I thought that before morning she would at least think she had one crazy person among her flock.
“They all look crazy,” I asserted again, “and I am afraid of them. There are so many crazy people about, and one can never tell what they will do. Then there are so many murders committed, and the police never catch the murderers,” and I finished with a sob that would have broken up an audience of blase critics. She gave a sudden and convulsive start, and I knew my first stroke had gone home. It was amusing to see what a remarkably short time it took her to get up from her chair and to whisper hurriedly: “I’ll come back to talk with you after awhile.” I knew she would not come back and she did not.
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