re: Just watched the Gypsy Rose Blanchard documentary.

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She was originally from Louisiana, though in the NOLA area. A big part of her evil mother's plan was "losing her medical records in Katrina".

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The family originated in South Lafourche. Gypsy was the result of an evening bowling and sects in the early 1990’s. Not sure if Gypsy’s parents married, but Gypsy’s mom was always in trouble with bad checks and a forgery in which she served time and Gypsy was raised by her grandmother. Gypsy’s mom eventually found the sympathy angle for a scheme to milk free trips, money, and assistance by faking Gypsy’s ailments. When doctors would catch on to the fakery, Gypsy’s mom would medical shop until she could find the right one to write the scripts or sign medical records to support her cause.


At some point Gypsy and her mom moved to Slidell and lost their home in Katrina. After Katrina they relocated to Springfield, Missouri and Gypsy’s mom started her scam all over again by claiming all of Gypsy’s records were lost in the storm.