The Sunday Edition: Gypsy-Rose Blanchard: I had Mom killed. I hope she’d be proud of me now
The Story
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4 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 28 June 2025
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
This episode was originally published in February.
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.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Producer: Samantha Chantarasak.
Further reading: Read Katie's full interview with Gypsy-Rose Blanchard
Clips: KY3 News, The Act/Hulu, The Prison Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard/Lifetime, The Kardashians/Hulu.
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| 0:26.6 | Search Eastern City. Hi there, this is Terrence Siegel, a producer at The Story. |
| 0:45.3 | So every weekend, we raid the story archives for an episode you might have missed that we think you'd love. |
| 0:53.3 | This weekend, I'm picking this really interesting piece that we did back in February |
| 0:58.0 | about the very unusual childhood of Gypsy Rose Blanchard. |
| 1:04.1 | I hope you enjoy it. |
| 1:09.2 | From The Times and the Sunday Times, this is the story. |
| 1:17.6 | I'm Manvine Rana. |
| 1:23.1 | Right, I'm just going to hit record on everything. |
| 1:26.6 | And, yeah, so you're in Louisiana, is that right? |
| 1:30.0 | Yes. |
| 1:30.8 | Ah, what time of day is it there? |
| 1:35.6 | For my colleague, Katie Gaitons, this was no ordinary interview. |
| 1:42.1 | She'd spent a year trying to persuade a woman who's become a cult American |
| 1:47.5 | celebrity to talk. Finally, at the end of 2024, here they were, meeting for an online interview. |
| 1:58.0 | She came on the Zoom call and she looked very young, almost like a teenager with no |
| 2:04.1 | makeup and a slouchy green top and she had her hair pulled back in a ponytail. But she's just one |
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