Post-Prison Release, Gypsy Rose Blanchard Is Living In An Airbnb With Her Husband
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After serving eight years in prison for her role in her mother, Dee Dee Blanchard's, murder, Gypsy Rose Blanchard-Anderson is a free woman.
If you're not familiar with this case, Dee Dee pretended Gypsy was ill for years—a result of her Munchausen syndrome by proxy. In 2015, Gypsy's boyfriend, Nick Godejohn, stabbed Dee Dee to death in their home in Springfield, Missouri. Both Gypsy and Nick were arrested for Dee Dee's murder. In 2016, Gypsy plead guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to 10 years at Chillicothe Correctional Center in Missouri, per People. Nick was convicted of first-degree murder in November 2018, and sentenced to life in prison without parole in February 2019, according to E! News.
Dee Dee and Gypsy's story was first chronicled in the chilling HBO documentary Mommy Dead and Dearest, and then dramatized in the popular Hulu show The Act. And now that Gypsy has been released from prison, she's sharing her side of the story in a new Lifetime documentary. The Prison Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard promises to provide unprecedented access to the 32-year-old, including several hours of taped interviews from her incarceration. The six-hour documentary will be split into two-hour episodes, airing Jan. 5, 6, and 7 at 7 p.m. EST, per Lifetime.
With each exploration into this infamous true crime, Dee Dee Blanchard's pink house—the site of her murder—remains one of the most symbolic things about their story—but what's going on with the house now? Here's everything to know:
Where is Gypsy Rose Blanchard-Anderson living now?
It's unclear if Gypsy will return to her former home now that she's out of prison, but it doesn't seem likely. Gypsy was released from Chillicothe Correctional Center around 3 a.m. on Dec. 28, per the Springfield News-Leader. She posted her first selfie on Instagram early the next morning, taken in what appeared to be a hotel room. She captioned the post, "First selfie of freedom!"
Gypsy has also shared a few photos with her husband, Ryan Scott Anderson, whom she married in 2022 while she was still behind bars. The pair are living in an Airbnb in Kansas City, per TMZ.
What happened to Gypsy Rose and Dee Dee's house?
Followers of this story will remember the little pink house where Dee Dee and Gypsy lived in Springfield, Missouri. It was built for them by Habitat For Humanity after they lost their Louisiana home to Hurricane Katrina. It was equipped with a wheelchair ramp and jacuzzi to soothe Gypsy’s muscles.
After Hulu's hit show The Act premiered in 2019, the house was visited by curious fans and became somewhat of a tourist attraction. According to KSPR33, a news station in Springfield, cars have been passing through more often than normal, and many are stopping outside of the house, which remains empty. Some people have even gotten out to walk on the property and look in the windows and take photos, neighbors say.
"I think it's kind of ridiculous," neighbor Thomas Pengilly told KSPR33. "It's just glorifying something that doesn't need to be glorified. I do find it frustrating that there are vehicles coming through here and they don't belong here. There are little ones around and some of them of going fast and stuff."
FYI: The home seen in The Act isn’t actually the Springfield house. The show had a copy built in Effington, Georgia where the series was shot. But that hasn’t stopped fans from locating the real house to check it out.
Has anyone moved into Gypsy and Dee Dee's former home?
In 2015, the executive director of Habitat for Humanity of Springfield, Larry Peterson, wanted to name a personal representative to protect the Blanchards' house from vandals, weather, and other dangers, the Springfield News-Leader reported. Gypsy was ineligible to be that representative as she was serving her prison sentence, so Greene County Public Administrator David Yancey was appointed as the estate’s personal representative.
At the time, Peterson also told the publication that he wasn’t sure what would be done with the house, but he didn’t rule out the possibility that someone else could move into the house.
In 2015, Habitat for Humanity of Springfield also filed two claims against the Blanchard estate, alleging it was owed money on account of two separate promissory notes and deeds of trust, per the Springfield News-Leader. The first claim sought $40,358.91, while the second sought $8,970, for a total of $49,328.91.
Court documents listed the value of Gypsy and Dee Dee's house as approximately $72,500, according to the news outlet, while the value of personal property within the house was unknown.
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