Gypsy-Rose Blanchard Part 1

Nobody Should Believe Me

True Story Media

Society & Culture, True Crime, Personal Journals

4.2 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2026

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Andrea talks with Gypsy Rose Blanchard about life after surviving Munchausen by proxy, incarceration, and becoming a public figure without her consent. Two years after her release from prison, Gypsy reflects on what it means to build a sense of self after years of extreme control, medical abuse, and sudden media attention. Their conversation explores the realities of Munchausen by proxy, including the systemic failures that allow abuse to continue and the long-term impact on survivors’ development, autonomy, and relationships. Gypsy shares what accountability and growth look like for her today. * * * https://www.officialgypsyroseblanchard.com/ Follow Gypsy on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gypsyrose.insta Watch Mommy Dead and Dearest: https://www.hbomax.com/movies/mommy-dead-and-dearest/87b41129-1e1e-41ff-b32c-926711b94311 Try out Andrea’s Podcaster Coaching App: https://studio.com/apps/andrea/podcaster Order Andrea’s book The Mother Next Door: Medicine, Deception, and Munchausen by Proxy. Click here to view our sponsors. Remember that using our codes helps advertisers know you’re listening and helps us keep making the show! Subscribe on YouTube where we have full episodes and lots of bonus content. Follow Andrea on Instagram: @andreadunlop Buy Andrea's books here. For more information and resources on Munchausen by Proxy, please visit MunchausenSupport.com The American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children’s MBP Practice Guidelines can be downloaded here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	True Story Media
0:05.4	Hello, it's Andrea Dunlop, and today on Nobody Should Believe Me, we have a very special episode that is a full-circle moment for me and the show, my conversation with Gypsy Rose Blanchard. It seems unlikely
0:22.3	that anyone listening would be unfamiliar with Gypsy's story. But as a refresher, Gypsy Rose Blanchard
0:27.3	is an American woman who, after suffering lifelong munchausen by proxy abuse, conspired with her
0:32.5	online boyfriend, Nicholas Goda John, to kill her mother, D.D. Blanchard, in June of 2015.
0:43.0	Gypsy pled guilty to second-degree murder in 2016 and received a 10-year prison sentence.
0:47.8	She was paroled on December 28, 2003, after serving about eight years.
0:51.4	Gypsy and her story have been the subject of major media attention,
0:55.7	including documentaries, dramatizations, a reality show, and extensive tabloid coverage. And we're going to talk about all of that today. So without further ado,
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1:44.9	podcasters don't get a lot of control over which individual ads play and for whom on our shows,
1:50.1	but please know that we are trying everything we can to get rid of these by tightening our filters.
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2:03.4	I am the daughter of an immigrant. I stand with immigrants. Immigrants make this country great.
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