07/29/2026
Nellie Bly’s story was never going to stay confined.
Not behind the locked doors of Blackwell’s Island.
Not inside the four-minute episode we originally planned.
Last Wednesday, we premiered the trailer for what we thought would be the next episode of Fragments.
Then four minutes became ten.
The characters grew stronger. The relationships deepened. The music rose. And the story kept pushing against the walls until the episode could no longer contain it.
Now, Inside the Madhouse (1887) has become a nearly half-hour independent short film.
Inspired by Nellie Bly’s extraordinary undercover investigation, the film follows her into a place built to silence women, where she expected to uncover inhumanity but never expected the humanity she would find.
Roughly 18 minutes are already complete, and the film is moving into its final stretch.
Nellie’s story would not be held down.
So we made a bigger film.
Inside the Madhouse (1887). Coming soon.
Watch the first trailer in the comments below…