#10: Gypsy Rose Blanchard

To the outside world, Gypsy Rose Blanchard was a chronically ill child, tethered to a wheelchair, her life a tapestry of medical mysteries masterfully woven by her mother, Dee Dee. Her mom spun a web of lies, casting Blanchard as a perpetual patient, but no one believed Blanchard was actually a healthy person.

Dee Dee carried Munchausen by Proxy, a disorder where a caregiver fabricates or induces illness in another for sympathy and attention. In a shocking twist, Blanchard’s desperate quest for autonomy culminated in an act of violence, exposing a chilling truth: her only ailment was the toxic web of lies spun by her mother.