With the release of Gypsy Rose Blanchard from prison, the public has a new obsession with the convicted second-degree murderer. Blanchard was welcomed home with praise and support from thousands across social media. Making dozens of media appearances and social media posts, Blanchard’s presence may seem more like a celebrity rather than an ex-felon. Here is a dive into the lore that is Gypsy Rose, her past, and her newfound fame.

July 27, 1991 – Gypsy Rose Blanchard is born to parents Clauddine “Dee Dee” Blanchard and Rod Blanchard.

1996 – Dee Dee begins to claim that Gypsy is unable to walk after she suffered a minor fall on a motorcycle. Dee Dee starts exaggerating, saying Gypsy now has paralysis.

2005 – After relocating to Springfield, Missouri, due to a hurricane, Dee Dee starts to lie about Gypsy’s real age and medical records.

2010 – Gypsy finds her birth certificate and realizes she is older than her mother had been telling her. Gypsy was 19 at the time; she believed she was 15.

2012 – Gypsy creates an online dating profile; there, she meets Nicholas Godejohn. They begin a romantic relationship.

March 2015 – Gypsy and Godejohn meet for the first time at a movie theater to see ‘Cinderella.’ Dee Dee does not approve of the relationship, Gypsy wants her mother dead.

June 9, 2015 – Gypsy alerts Godejohn of when her mother is sleeping and supplies him with a knife, duct tape, and gloves. He then stabs Dee Dee 17 times while Gypsy hides in the bathroom.

June 14, 2015 – Gypsy posts on Facebook in hopes of police finding her mother’s body. Police find Dee Dee dead in her home.

June 15, 2015 – Police track the Facebook post and arrest Gypsy and Godejohn in Wisconsin.

July 5, 2016 – Gypsy pleads guilty to second-degree murder and is sentenced to 10 years in prison.

Feb. 22, 2019 – Godejohn is sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for first-degree murder.

June 2022 – Gypsy and Ryan Scott Anderson get married. She met Anderson in 2020 and began exchanging emails.

December 28, 2023 – After being granted early parole, Gypsy is released after serving 85% of her 10-year prison sentence.

December 29, 2023 – Gypsy shares her “first selfie of freedom” via Instagram.