Gypsy-Rose Blanchard's story brought attention to the rare psychological disorder Munchausen syndrome by proxy, where a caregiver exaggerates or induces illness in someone under their care. Her controlling mother Dee Dee convinced doctors and everyone else that Gypsy had multiple severe illnesses and disabilities that she did not actually have. After years of medical procedures and confinement, Gypsy orchestrated her mother's murder in an attempt...
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