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One day in June 2015, Nicholas Godejohn stabs Dee Dee Blanchard 17 times, murdering her. His girlfriend, Gypsy Rose Blanchard (and Dee Dee's daughter), listens as her mom screams for help. 
Later, it is discovered that Gypsy Rose was the one who requested that Nicholas commit the murder. But why? What was the motive? And where are they now?

Keep an ear out for some facts and stats about Munchausen by Proxy, now known as Factitious Disorder. 

Sources:
1) https://www.biography.com/crime/gypsy-rose-blanchard-mother-dee-dee-murder
2) https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/crime-history/5-disturbing-bizarre-facts-about-dee-dee-blanchard-gypsy-rose
3) https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-features/mommy-dead-and-dearest-doc-on-gypsy-blanchard-what-we-learned-109542/
4) https://www.news-leader.com/story/news/local/2017/05/10/gypsy-blanchard-everything-you-need-know-case/101499166/
5) https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/neuroscience/munchausen-syndrome-by-proxy
6) https://now.aapmr.org/munchausen-syndrome-by-proxy/
7) https://www.theravive.com/therapedia/factitious-disorder-dsm--5-300.19-(f68.10)
8) https://psychcentral.com/disorders/munchausen-syndrome-by-proxy
9) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28750264/
10) https://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/the-act/
11) https://allthatsinteresting.com/nicholas-godejohn#:~:text=Soon%20after%20their%20first%20few,his%20first%20and%20only%20murder.
12) https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2019/04/228627/how-gypsy-rose-nick-boyfriend-met-online-relationship
13) https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/film-tv/a26887708/the-act-dee-dee-gypsy-blanchard-murder-trial-timeline/
14) https://www.etonline.com/gypsy-rose-blanchard-marries-ryan-scott-anderson-amid-prison-sentence-188138

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