![HBO's Mommy Dead and Dearest is a perfect storm of true crime, pageantry, and Southern gothic tropes - Vox HBO's Mommy Dead and Dearest is a perfect storm of true crime, pageantry, and Southern gothic tropes - Vox](https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/ThcWN8-MhgEBqPM3cHAFx_UETXA=/0x0:1440x754/1200x0/filters:focal(0x0:1440x754):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/8522657/Screen_Shot_2017_05_15_at_4.14.03_PM.png)
HBO's Mommy Dead and Dearest is a perfect storm of true crime, pageantry, and Southern gothic tropes - Vox
![A mother was murdered and her daughter was kidnapped. This is what the unknown person posted on her Facebook account. : r/MorbidReality A mother was murdered and her daughter was kidnapped. This is what the unknown person posted on her Facebook account. : r/MorbidReality](https://external-preview.redd.it/uIbE93UqMbOFUhVcC5_LlrIGmHygEDtv5_eeJLBdsYI.jpg?auto=webp&s=0db750c71e1701425753f51bc60d186b9e81b3a9)
A mother was murdered and her daughter was kidnapped. This is what the unknown person posted on her Facebook account. : r/MorbidReality
![The Act - the story of Gypsy Rose Blanchard is on Hulu. Good stuff, but so horrifying. : r/illnessfakers The Act - the story of Gypsy Rose Blanchard is on Hulu. Good stuff, but so horrifying. : r/illnessfakers](https://preview.redd.it/4jh5i9obxyn21.jpg?auto=webp&s=f54e00f4b76582b4c43873cd9a931ca57d6e53c3)
The Act - the story of Gypsy Rose Blanchard is on Hulu. Good stuff, but so horrifying. : r/illnessfakers
![TIL about Gypsy Rose Blanchard, who was kept captive for 19 yrs by her mother, Dee Dee, who faked medical conditions that her daughter had in order for her to be seen TIL about Gypsy Rose Blanchard, who was kept captive for 19 yrs by her mother, Dee Dee, who faked medical conditions that her daughter had in order for her to be seen](https://external-preview.redd.it/OsXH6BERKAnPads-My2WoiJl2NATmI9QKt9MJp25WOI.jpg?auto=webp&s=d3aaf0a8f92f40c5e20a6e78cdf6eb661479bf2a)
TIL about Gypsy Rose Blanchard, who was kept captive for 19 yrs by her mother, Dee Dee, who faked medical conditions that her daughter had in order for her to be seen
![Everything you need to know about the real Gypsy Rose case now you've finished true crime show 'The Act' Everything you need to know about the real Gypsy Rose case now you've finished true crime show 'The Act'](https://www.thehits.co.nz/media/7639740/theact.jpg?rmode=crop&rnd=132633169368330000&height=349&width=620&quality=95&scale=both)
Everything you need to know about the real Gypsy Rose case now you've finished true crime show 'The Act'
![TIL about Gypsy Rose Blanchard, who was kept captive for 19 yrs by her mother, Dee Dee, who faked medical conditions that her daughter had in order for her to be seen TIL about Gypsy Rose Blanchard, who was kept captive for 19 yrs by her mother, Dee Dee, who faked medical conditions that her daughter had in order for her to be seen](https://preview.redd.it/k260t2fg47i51.png?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=a73a98477169b76842eb2b4be7f2f4fb622050de)
TIL about Gypsy Rose Blanchard, who was kept captive for 19 yrs by her mother, Dee Dee, who faked medical conditions that her daughter had in order for her to be seen
![TIL that the parents of murder victim Dee Dee Blanchard flushed her ashes down the toilet, saying she "got what she deserved." Blanchard was murdered in 2015 by her daughter Gypsy Rose ( TIL that the parents of murder victim Dee Dee Blanchard flushed her ashes down the toilet, saying she "got what she deserved." Blanchard was murdered in 2015 by her daughter Gypsy Rose (](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3c/Gypsy_Rose_Blancharde_appearing_disabled.jpg)