Mommy Dead and Dearest (2017)

This is one of the darkest documentaries I’ve come across recently. Back in 2016, a story came out about a mother Dee Dee and her sick daughter Gypsy Rose Blanchard, and how the mother was working tirelessly to care for her sick daughter. According to Dee Dee, her daughter had leukaemia, asthma, muscular dystrophy and a diminished mental capacity. After Dee Dee was found murdered, it came out that Gypsy Rose was never sick, and instead her mom was forcing her to have treatments, surgeries and pretend she was sick for the benefits.

Introduce a secret boyfriend, a plan to elope and a shocking truth about the whole situation, and you’ve got this insane documentary.