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Gracefully Insane: Life and Death Inside America’s Premier Mental Hospital by Alex Beam

Gracefully Insane: Life and Death Inside America’s Premier Mental Hospital: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Gracefully Insane: Life and Death Inside America’s Premier Mental Hospital audiobook runs 10 hours unabridged, narrated by Matthew Josdal (about 6.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10listening hrs
Mental Health & Psychologystore shelf
2021released
Free for new listeners

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What our data says

  • At 10 hours, it runs longer than 82% of the 8,456 Mental Health & Psychology audiobooks in our catalog.

Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

Gracefully Insane: Life and Death Inside America’s Premier Mental Hospital is an audiobook by Alex Beam: a 10-hour unabridged recording, read by Matthew Josdal, released February 23, 2021, on the Mental Health & Psychology shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
10 hrs
Narrated by
Matthew Josdal
Released
February 23, 2021
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Mental Health & Psychology
ISBN
9781705221426

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Gracefully Insane: Life and Death Inside America’s Premier Mental Hospital audiobook?

Gracefully Insane: Life and Death Inside America’s Premier Mental Hospital runs 10 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.6 hours.

Is the Gracefully Insane: Life and Death Inside America’s Premier Mental Hospital audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates Gracefully Insane: Life and Death Inside America’s Premier Mental Hospital?

Gracefully Insane: Life and Death Inside America’s Premier Mental Hospital is narrated by Matthew Josdal.

Is Gracefully Insane: Life and Death Inside America’s Premier Mental Hospital worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.6 hours, saving 3.3 hours.