Episode 23: Gypsy Rose and Dee Dee Blanchard

06/08/20 • 25 min

On the night of June 14, 2015 in Missouri, police entered the Blanchard residence after receiving a call to do a welfare check on a disabled girl named Gypsy Rose and her mother, Claudette "Dee Dee" Blanchard. They found the body of Dee Dee lying face down, stabbed to death. Gypsy was nowhere to be found. Everyone thought this girl would never be able to survive without her mother's care, as she suffered from muscular dystrophy, leukemia, sleep apnea, a chromosomal disorder, and was confined to a wheelchair.......or was she? Police discovered Gypsy Rose and her boyfriend at the time, Nicholas GodeJohn at his home and begun to realize Gypsy wasn't a victim of Nick, but a victim of her mother. Gypsy had been a victim of Dee Dee's Munchausen-by-proxy syndrome her entire life and believed Nick was her way to escape the clutches of her mother. With his help, she exacted revenge. Sources: Serena, Katie. (2018, April 9). The Story of Gypsy Rose Blanchard, the 'Sick' Child Who Killed her Mother Dee Dee Blanchard. Retrieved from: https://allthatsinteresting.com/gypsy-rose-blanchard Kettler, Sara. (2019, April 4). The Story of Gypsy Rose Blanchard and her Mother. Retrieved from: https://www.biography.com/news/gypsy-rose-blanchard-mother-dee-dee-murder. Biography.com. Meisfjord, Tom. (2020, March 25). The Tragic Childhood of Gypsy Rose Blanchard. Retrieved from: https://www.grunge.com/196643/the-tragic-childhood-of-gypsy-rose-blanchard/. Grunge.com Sokmensuer, Harriet. (2019, July 15). Gypsy Rose Blanchard , Who Conspired to Kill Abusive Mom, Is Pictured with Fiance for 1st Time. Retrieved from: https://people.com/crime/gypsy-rose-blanchard-pictured-fiance-first-time/ Paul, Pritha. (2020, April 7). Gypsy Rose Blanchard Taking Things Slow with Fiance Ken After briefly calling off their engagement. Retrieved from: https://meaww.com/gypsy-rose-blanchard-reunites-with-fiance-ken-after-split-stepmother-says-they-artaking-things-slow Jones, Alexis. (2019, March 21). Who is Rod Blanchard, Father to Gypsy Rose Blanchard of Hulu's The Act" Retrieved from: https://www.marieclaire.com/culture/a26887470/who-is-rod-blanchard-gypsy-rose-blanchard/ Videos for information: Dr. Phil: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZJfCpqGRww https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOQcOQ4Mk_I Audio: ABC2020: Gypsy's Truth and Lies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpfE3o8IriQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mDCbVy3Xp8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysUtZexaZTI

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Episode 22: The Unsolved Hinterkaifeck and Setagaya Murders

This episode features two cases that occurred 78 years apart, yet are eerily similar and both remain unsolved. First, the tale of the Hinterkaifeck murders which occurred on March 31, 1922. Five members of the Gruber family along with their maid, Maria Baumgartner, were brutally slain with a Mattock. Before this, strange happenings began occurring on the Hinterkaifeck farm even as far back as six months before the murders. Investigators believe the murderer may have been living in the family's home up until the murders and then shortly after. These murders remain unsolved 98 years later.

On December 31, 2000, all four members of the Miyazawa family were murdered in their home. The youngest at just six years old was strangled and the remaining members brutally stabbed. There were strange events leading up to the murders, a plethora of obvious DNA and evidence, and the murderer even remained in the home for hours after the murders. yet these murders still remain unsolved 20 years later.

Sources:

The Scare Chamber. The Unsolved Hinterkaifeck Murders. Retrieved from: https://www.thescarechamber.com/the-unsolved-hinterkaifeck-murders/

Vatomsky, Sonya. (2017, August 31). The Chilling Story of the Hinterkaifeck Killings, Germany’s Most Famous Unsolved Crime. Retrieved from: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/502044/chilling-story-hinterkaifeck-killings-germanys-most-famous-unsolved-crime

Serena, Katie. (2017, November 13). The Gruesome Tale of the Unsolved Hinterkaifeck Murders. Retrieved from: https://allthatsinteresting.com/hinterkaifeck-murders

De Sturler, Alice. (2014, May 1). Case of the Month: Hinterkaifeck. Retrieved from: https://defrostingcoldcases.com/case-month-hinterkaifeck/

Unresolved. The Setagaya Murders. Retrieved from: https://unresolved.me/the-setagaya-murders

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Episode 24: The Murder of Tia Rigg

On April 3, 2010 in Manchester, England, 12-year-old, Tia Rigg's uncle, John Maden phoned her mother, Lynne, to ask if Tia could come over to babysit his young daughter. Lynne agreed, and Tia went to John's home, hoping to catch some of the football game that day, as her favorite team, Manchester United, was playing but she had no idea what awaited her at her uncle's home. John drugged Tia before raping her, committing a variety of sexual acts on her, and then stabbing and strangling her to death. Social services had many chances to take Tia from the care of her mother, Lynne, as Lynne had a history of drug abuse, suicide attempts, and domestic violence, however, they failed little Tia. Sources: True Crime England. (2020, February 4). The Murder of Tia Rigg. Retrieved from: https://truecrimeengland.wordpress.com/2020/02/04/the-murder-of-tia-rigg/ Daily Mail Reporter. (2011, May 13). Murdered girls' addict mother to sue council for not taking her into care. Retrieved from: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1386614/Tia-Rigg-12-raped-murdered-uncle-Child-Protection-Register-born.html Riches, Chris. (2010, April 5). Mother's horror as she finds daughter, 12,stabbed and strangled. Retrieved from: https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/167227/Mother-s-horror-as-she-finds-daughter-12-stabbed-and-strangled Press Association. (2010, October 4). Tia Rigg tortured and murdered by uncle obsessed with child porn. Retrieved from: https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2010/oct/04/tia-rigg-murdered-by-uncle Tozer, James. (2011, May 13). 'I've finished killing her now': Uncle, 38, murdered niece, 12, while acting out a fantasy from his collection of violent porn. Retrieved from: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1317626/John-Maden-raped-murdered-niece-Tia-Rigg-acting-internet-porn-fantasy.html Audio: Daily Motion: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xioost DCI David Warren: https://youtu.be/rM1WG-37gj0