31. The Gypsy Rose Blanchard Story PT. 1

Before the headlines. Before the Facebook post. Before the murder. There was just a girl in a wheelchair, a devoted mother, and a pink house built on secrets. In Part 1 of this jaw-dropping case, we dive into the early years of Dee Dee and Gypsy Rose Blanchard — a mother-daughter duo who inspired sympathy from around the world. But behind the make-a-wish trips and medical records was something much darker. From her earliest surgeries to her first online connection with Nicholas Godejohn, this is how Gypsy’s tightly controlled world slowly began to unravel.

📍 Location: Springfield, Missouri
🕰️ What We Cover in Part 1:

• Who Dee Dee and Gypsy Rose Blanchard were in the early years
• Gypsy’s childhood, alleged diagnoses, and how the public rallied around them
• How Dee Dee used her nursing background to manipulate doctors and fabricate medical records
• The role Hurricane Katrina played in Dee Dee’s excuses for missing documentation
• Early signs of Munchausen by proxy and doctors who raised red flags
• The surgeries Gypsy endured and how she began to question her illnesses
• Gypsy’s first online relationships and how she met Nicholas Godejohn
• The secret dynamic between Gypsy and Nick, their disturbing conversations, and the moment they took things further inside a movie theater bathroom

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