Underplayed Gems

By Reason of Insanity (2015)

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Original title
Louis Theroux: By Reason of Insanity
Directed by
Louis Theroux
Genre
documentary, crime, reality
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h
Rated
NR
Rating
7.4 of 10 from 16 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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Louis Theroux visits two state psychiatric hospitals in Ohio. He talks to patients who committed crimes but were found not guilty by reason of insanity. The documentary shows their daily lives and experiences inside the institutions.

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What happens

By Reason of Insanity is a two-part 2015 BBC documentary miniseries by Louis Theroux. It focuses on the lives of mental patients at two of Ohio's state psychiatric hospitals Twin Valley Behavioral Healthcare and Summit Behavioral Healthcare who have been sent there after committing crimes but having been acquitted by reason of insanity. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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