Dennis Lehane's novel 'Shutter Island' is published, which later becomes the basis for the 2010 movie.
Principal photography for the movie 'Shutter Island', directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, starts.
The thriller film 'Shutter Island' is released, bringing the story to a global audience.
Rachel Solando, a patient at Ashecliffe Hospital, disappears from her locked room on Shutter Island.
U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels and his partner Chuck Aule arrive at Ashecliffe Hospital to investigate Rachel Solando's disappearance.
Teddy and Chuck explore the island, interviewing staff and patients to gather information about Rachel Solando's disappearance.
Teddy experiences flashbacks of his time in World War II and his deceased wife Dolores, alongside disturbing nightmares.
Teddy suspects the lighthouse on the island hides secret psychiatric experiments on patients.
Teddy confronts Dr. Cawley, the head psychiatrist, about the experiments and Rachel Solando.
It is revealed that Teddy Daniels is actually Andrew Laeddis, a patient on the island, and the investigation was a role-play therapy session.
Andrew undergoes therapy to accept reality, acknowledging that he killed his manic depressive wife Dolores after she drowned their children.
Andrew's behavior becomes ambiguous; he either relapses or pretends to be Teddy, leaving the ending open to interpretation.
