Things weren’t how they seemed, it turned out, between the sick little girl and her doting mom. Until Dee Dee Blanchard was found dead on her bedroom floor. They were perfect for the evening news, a tale of mother and preteen daughter persevering through adversity it earned them charity trips and celebrity notice. Not to mention, the pair were Katrina refugees who had relocated to Springfield, Missouri. Dee Dee Blanchard was Gypsy’s devoted, full-time caretaker-a single mother with a generous spirit. Her teeth were rotten, her eyesight and hearing were impaired, she had a feeding tube. Gypsy Blanchard was tiny and wheelchair-bound, afflicted by a laundry list of illnesses both physical and mental, ranging from muscular dystrophy to Leukemia. Tonight is the premiere of The Act, Hulu’s first true crime anthology series (a la FX’s American Crime Story ), which stars Joey King and Patricia Arquette in a dramatic reimagining of the Blanchards and their bizarre, tragic history. Among the sea of longform true crime to be reported over the past few years, one story stands out: Gypsy Blanchard and the murder of her mother, Dee Dee, has gripped the imaginations of journalists, storytellers, and true crime addicts ever since Michelle Dean wrote about it for Buzzfeed in 2016.
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