About This Episode
What is this episode about?
The episode "The Gypsy Rose Obsession, Part 6" from PRETEND: True Crime Podcast Explores Con Artists and Scammers covers the growing online skepticism around whether Dee Dee Blanchard actually suffered from Munchausen by proxy, and whether the condition itself is even real. The discussion weighs physical evidence often cited as proof of abuse — a feeding tube, a shaved head, free trips to Disney — against the arguments of people who reject that framing entirely.
The episode also examines the violence inside the Blanchard household in the period leading up to the murder, asking what that violence means for how Dee Dee herself should be understood. It gives space to the "Justice for Dee Dee" movement, which argues that Dee Dee, not Gypsy Rose, was the true victim. The central question posed is blunt: was Dee Dee a sick woman, or a con artist using her own child? The conversation features Alaura Flowers and Amber Dietz of Into the Weeds, content creator Audacious Audrey, Fancy Macelli of the Good Wives Network, Nancy Simpson of The Toll podcast, and Gypsy Rose Blanchard herself, continuing the series' ongoing look at The Gypsy Rose Obsession.
Hosts and release
Javier Leiva hosts the show, which was released on September 15, 2026, as the sixth episode, running 41 minutes.
