Short Stories for a Better Day
Short Stories for a Better Day (formerly The PegLeg Podcast)
Real stories about family, faith, struggle, and hope. I'm Greg Marshall, and I share honest, transparent tales about what it's like to be human—the kind that doesn't fit into neat categories. These are stories meant to transport you for a few minutes and maybe make your day a little better.
Short Stories for a Better Day
Ep 40 - She pretended to be insane and it got her locked up, just like she wanted
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Greg Marshall
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Season 1
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Episode 40
A twenty-three-year-old woman named Nellie Bly is standing in front of a mirror in a boarding house on Second Avenue in New York City. It's late at night. She's been staring at herself for hours. Practicing. She's practicing looking and sounding insane, so that she could get locked in an insane asylum. She was about to change the world.