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The Gypsy Rose Obsession, Part 6

September 15, 2026 · 41 min

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There are people online right now who don't believe Dee Dee Blanchard had Munchausen by proxy. Some of them don't believe Munchausen by proxy is a real thing at all. So if the abuse wasn't real, how do you explain the feeding tube, the shaved head, the free trips to Disney?


We also discuss the violence in the house leading up to the murder. If Gypsy is the monster, what does that make Dee Dee? For Gypsy critics, the pendulum swings the other way. Justice for Dee Dee, the movement that says the real victim here is the woman who died.


Was Dee Dee a sick woman, or was she a con artist with a kid?


In this episode:

  • Alaura Flowers and Amber Dietz of Into the Weeds

  • Content creator Audacious Audrey

  • Fancy Macelli of the Good Wives Network

  • Nancy Simpson, host of The Toll podcast

  • Gypsy Rose Blanchard

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Written and hosted by Javier Leiva
Edited by Puneeth Shenoy with The Podcast Pundits
Theme music by Joe Basile, thechicken.net


© Creative Babble 2026


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