Why Trust Us? The new Hulu show, "The Act," will portray the true story of Dee Dee Blanchard and her daughter Gypsy Rose Blanchard, who murdered her. Dee Dee had Munchausen syndrome by proxy ...

While Feldman thought The Act got it right, TV's sudden fascination with Munchausen by proxy (or as Feldman prefers, medical child abuse) means shows are inevitably going to get it wrong too.

If you're convinced you've been seeing this dynamic onscreen more and more lately, scroll ahead for all the movies and shows that have depicted Munchausen syndrome by proxy. Munchausen syndrome by ...

European shows, including The Bridge and the BBC Three’s Clique, have also included Munchausen in their plots. The rise in the depiction of the disorder arrives at a moment when an increasing ...

She left PEOPLE in 2021. A disorder called Munchausen by proxy has made headlines lately, thanks to fictionalized TV accounts of malicious moms on shows like The Politician, The Act, and Sharp ...

“They cast Dee Dee in that show as being seemingly confused about what’s happening, and it’s just not as deliberate as Munchausen by proxy is, by necessity,” Dunlop said. “People with ...

Ever since Gypsy Rose first made news, her case has become the focus of multiple documentaries and TV shows. These works ...

Munchausen by proxy is a rare mental disorder ... documentaries and television shows. Now, Gypsy Rose Blanchard is telling her own story first-hand in the Lifetime series “The Prison Confessions ...

Gypsy Rose Blanchard’s family is furious over a new show that will document the Munchausen victim’s painful upbringing, RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned. Gypsy’s story garnered ...

Andrea Dunlop, who created the podcast Nobody Should Believe Me, a hit true crime show about Munchausen by proxy, said "abusers will look for places where they have power because abuse is an abuse ...

The tale of Dana Dirr was actually a case of Munchausen by internet, a syndrome that sees people feign illness online in an attempt to garner the sympathy and attention of others. Photo shows ...