THE DISAPPEARED - EPISODE 4 New York, 1898. This is Sophia. She’s 28. And she’s been committed to an asylum for inheriting money. Sophia’s father dies. Leaves her his entire estate. Forty thousand dollars. A fortune. She wants to invest it herself. Manage her own finances. Her husband says no. Under coverture law, everything she owns belongs to him. But the will names her specifically. He needs her signature to access the money. She refuses to sign. He calls two doctors. They examine her for twenty minutes. Diagnosis: “Delusional about financial matters.” Evidence: Believes she’s capable of managing money. Clearly insane. Private asylum. Sophia is kept heavily sedated. Declared legally incompetent. Her husband signs the papers. Takes control of everything. He spends forty thousand dollars in three years. Horses. Gentleman’s clubs. Real estate. European travel. Stock investments. Her inheritance. Gone. Fifteen years pass. The money’s gone. She’s suddenly no longer useful to him. But she...