On the eve of Gypsy Rose Blanchard's parole hearing, after spending nearly seven years in prison for the murder of her mother, she is ready to share shocking revelations and disturbing secrets for the first time.

When Hurricane Katrina devastates Louisiana, Gypsy and her mother, Dee Dee, are relocated to Springfield, Missouri. There, Gypsy comes to the grim realization she's addicted to pain medication.

After running away, Gypsy is lured home by her mother with promises of freedom and independence. Behind closed doors, Dee Dee chains Gypsy to the bed and uses witchcraft to put a voodoo hex on her daughter.

Desperate to escape her mother, Dee Dee, Gypsy turns to Nick Godejohn, her long-distance boyfriend from a Christian dating site. The young couple hatches a plan to murder Dee Dee and be together forever.

Gypsy reveals a life-changing secret she's been keeping from even her closest family members: she is engaged to be married. Gypsy recalls appearing in court for her mother's murder as her life of lies unfolds before a stunned community.

Less than two weeks before her wedding, cold feet and past loves haunt Gypsy and threaten her impending nuptials. While some family members plead with Gypsy to postpone the wedding, her fiance meets with them and argues otherwise.