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Munchausen

  1. crime
    Gypsy Rose Blanchard Is ‘Finally Free’After enduring decades of abuse and plotting to kill her mother, the 32-year-old is out of prison.
  2. power
    Maya Kowalski’s $211 Million VerdictA Florida jury found Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg liable on all counts, including contributing to her mother’s suicide.
  3. health
    What Happened to Maya KowalskiWhen a 10-year-old girl complained of mysterious pain, a doctor suspected child abuse. How far would she go to prove it?
  4. engagements
    Gypsy Rose Blanchard Got Engaged in PrisonShe is in prison for helping murder her mother, who had Munchausen syndrome by proxy.
  5. science of us
    A Munchausen Expert on What The Act Gets RightHulu’s new show depicts a dramatized version of a brutal real-life crime. We asked an expert to weigh in on its accuracy.
  6. women in the writers room
    The True Story Behind Twisted Munchausen Drama The ActCreator Michelle Dean on turning her viral true-crime article into a TV show — and why she needed a female-heavy writers room to do it.