Gypsy Rose Blanchard
Gypsy Rose Blanchard
Gypsy-Rose Blanchard is an author and television personality whose public story spans her mother’s murder, imprisonment, and life after release. This wiki brings the biography, criminal case, books, and screen coverage together.
Blanchard publishes under the name Gypsy-Rose Blanchard. Her books include Released and My Time to Stand.[1] Her 2016 guilty plea and ten-year sentence form one part of a wider case that also involved Nicholas Godejohn.[2]
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Her background, the case, and the beginning of her public life.
A guide to the two defendants, the plea, trial, and later records.
The 2023 release and her accounts of life during incarceration.
Separate guides to memoirs, reporting, documentaries, and dramatizations.
Dated interviews, social-media coverage, and post-release television.
Original announcements, court reporting, interviews, and official catalogues.
Reading routes
- The case: The 2016 plea → Godejohn’s trial and sentence.
- Her own accounts: Released → My Time to Stand.
- On screen: HBO documentary → Hulu drama → Lifetime series.
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Timeline
Showing 1–9 of 9 events
Guilty plea and ten-year sentence
Blanchard pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and received a ten-year sentence.
HBO documentary premieres
HBO announced the premiere of Mommy Dead and Dearest for this date.
Godejohn convicted at trial
A jury convicted Nicholas Godejohn of first-degree murder.
Godejohn sentenced
A judge imposed life without parole and a concurrent 25-year armed criminal action sentence.
Released on parole
Blanchard was released from Chillicothe Correctional Center.
Released is published
BenBella published the collection of interviews and personal material.
Life After Lock Up begins
Lifetime’s first-season episode guide lists its opening broadcast.
My Time to Stand is published
BenBella published Blanchard’s memoir with Michele Matrisciani and Melissa Moore.
Godejohn federal habeas case filed
The federal docket records the filing of Godejohn v. Vandergriff.
Sources
- ↑ Gypsy-Rose Blanchard: author profile. Simon & Schuster. Accessed 2026-11-01.
- ↑ 2016 guilty plea announcement. Greene County Prosecuting Attorney. 2016-07-05. Accessed 2026-11-01.