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Child abuse, mental illness, and forbidden love converge in this mystery involving a mother and daughter who were thought to be living a fairy tale life that turned out to be a living nightmare.
Top billed cast
Gypsy-Rose BlanchardSelf
Dee Dee BlanchardSelf (archive footage)- Rod BlanchardSelf - Gypsy's Father
- Kristy BlanchardSelf - Gypsy's Stepmother
- Jim ArnottSelf - Sheriff
- David BlanchardSelf - Gypsy's Neighbor (archive footage)
- Michelle DeanSelf - Freelance Journalist
- Marc FeldmanSelf - Munchausen Expert
- Bernard FlaterstenSelf - Pediatric Neurologist
- Nicholas GodejohnSelf - Gypsy's Boyfriend (archive footage)
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