True Crime
In this episode on Crime Country, I host writer and journalist MJ Pack one of of the most intense and tragic stories of our lives and that is the story of Gypsy Rose Blanchard and the abuse she endured before the murder of Dee Dee Blanchard her Mother. This episode seeks to create a biography of not just the story but its very beginnings and brutal ending. From the childhood of Deedee herself to the birth and eventual masquerade that became the abusive and suppressed world of Gypsy. We explore various aspects such as warning signs of what was to come in her mothers early life, how Deedee moved and used the tragedy of Katrina as a way to get away from suspicious family members and ride her way to fame and comfort on the back of charity while secretly abusing and tormenting Gypsy. We talk about Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy and how it applies here and so very much more as we reach the rebellious teen years of Gypsy, her desire to find a companion and to honestly just live her life. We see that she desperately tried to find alternatives to escaping her mother... while also realizing that her mother would never have let her go. Lastly we come to love, murder and remorse as we close this story while exploring how Gypsy is today and in a way how she has found freedom in prison itself.