• Gypsy-Rose Blanchard: I had Mom killed. I hope she’d be proud of me now

  • Feb 4 2025
  • Length: 29 mins
  • Podcast

Gypsy-Rose Blanchard: I had Mom killed. I hope she’d be proud of me now

  • Summary

  •  In 2016, 24-year-old Gypsy-Rose Blanchard was sentenced to 10 years in the US State of Missouri, for arranging the murder of her mother. Her mother, Clauddine “Dee Dee” Blanchard, had Munchausen syndrome by proxy - a rare form of abuse where she would convince doctors that her daughter was ill - leading to unnecessary treatment. The harrowing details of what Blanchard went through have made her a media sensation - but should we feel sympathy for her?

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    Guest: Katie Gatens, Deputy Editor of News Review, The Sunday Times.

    Read Katie's full interview with Gypsy-Rose Blanchard

    Host: Manveen Rana.

    Get in touch: thestory@thetimes.com

    Clips: KY3 News, The Act/Hulu, The Prison Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard/Lifetime, The Kardashians/Hulu.

    Photo: Getty Images.




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