Murdering My Mother

Gypsy Rose Blanchard grew up with her mother, Dee Dee Blanchard, making claims about her health that resulted in a series of dire diagnoses and medical interventions. However, Gypsy wasn’t actually unwell—her mother had been lying about her symptoms. Experts believe Dee Dee’s behavior stemmed from the mental disorder Munchausen syndrome by proxy; because Dee Dee wanted to be a caretaker, she feigned and induced illness in her daughter. The truth about Gypsy and her mother only came out after Gypsy arranged for an online boyfriend to murder Dee Dee in 2015. Impulsive, bold, and greedy, Gypsy Rose is white, from the Southern United States, and estranged from any siblings. She enjoys reading about psychology and watching crime documentaries. Her experience with Munchausen syndrome by proxy has made her distrustful of medical professionals.