Entries by Blackwing

10 Days in a Mad-House

In 1887, Joseph Pulitzer’s New York World tasked Nellie Bly, a yet unknown journalist, with investigating the insane asylum on New York’s Blackwell’s Island. What follows is the full series that was the result of her investigation. The events depicted are sensitive and, in many cases, disturbing, but they have been unedited and presented here in their entirety.