Dee Dee Blanchard was diagnosed with Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy (MSP), a behavioral disorder that can lead one to lie about having an illness to get attention. It is largely believed that Dee Dee had Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy (MSP), which, according to, “is a psychological disorder marked by attention-seeking behavior by a caregiver through those who are in their care.” Such a disorder can be found in caregivers or mothers. Dee Dee had even lied about Gypsy’s age, so those years after Gypsy became a legal adult, Dee Dee still wielded authority over her medical treatments and much else.”ĭee Dee was a very controlling woman she even lied about her ex-husband, Rod Blanchard, being a deadbeat to keep him and Gypsy from seeing each other despite the fact that he did want to see his daughter and often sent checks to them. According to, “Gypsy was confined to a wheelchair due to purported quadriplegia, even though she knew she could walk a feeding tube was plugged into her abdomen, and she was dosed with unnecessary medications. Dee Dee had created most of the “ailments” her daughter was facing. Gypsy did not have any of her described ailments, which had all been made up by her mother. According to a 2019 article on, “When Gypsy was about three months old, Dee Dee began telling her ex that their infant daughter suffered from sleep apnea, the first of her many health issues: leukemia, muscular dystrophy, asthma, vision and hearing impairment, she suffered from seizures and had learning disabilities, and she had not been able to be out of a wheelchair since she was five.” Many organizations like Make-A-Wish wanted to help the young girl with the laundry list of ailments. However, closer inspection shows the truth to be much more strange and sinister.ĭee Dee Blanchard seemed on the surface to be a loving mother who cared deeply for her child, who suffered from a variety of physical and mental ailments. On the surface, it would seem like a loving parent-child relationship gone horribly wrong, with the mother being killed in a plot by the daughter and her boyfriend. It has become a point of interest for many people as the story focuses on the real-life murder of mother Dee Dee Blanchard by her daughter Gypsy Rose Blanchard and boyfriend Nicholas Godejohn. The crime took place on June 14, 2015, in Springfield, Missouri. The new 2019 American true crime drama anthology on Hulu, The Act, is a certainly engaging, if not uncomfortable, watch for many viewers.
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There has been a lot of talk on the Reinhardt University campus about the newest hit true crime drama on Hulu, ‘The Act,’ which is based on the true story of the real-life murder of mother Dee Dee Blanchard by daughter Gypsy Rose Blanchard and her boyfriend, Nicholas Godejohn.
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