371: Ruby Franke: Momfluencer to Felon

True Crime Obsessed

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🗓️ 18 June 2024

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

March 23, 2023, an 11 year old boy appears at a. neighbor's house. He has duct tape and rope covering bruises. He's just escaped a house of horrors. Police quickly learn that the boy's mother is Ruby Franke, a TikTok and Instagram "MomFluencer" who was famous for documenting her life as a parent. But it was all a lie. And her secrets were about to be exposed just in time to save her kids.

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0:00.0	Ah, she's brilliant. Miss, I finally got plans out the group chat. We get it. Four votes for a festival,
0:06.0	three for a city break. It's hard to adhere to everyone's needs. There's Betty with her oversized tent.
0:11.1	Sarah and her six foot eight boyfriend.
0:13.1	All right.
0:13.9	Roger Junior and his dog, Roger Senior.
0:16.8	And don't get us started on Mel.
0:19.4	But, like a marriage counselor, she's the one keeping things together.
0:22.6	All aboard Miss, I finally got plans out the group chat, keep everyone's plans alive when you travel
0:27.4	with us.
0:28.4	P and Dau Ferris, there is another way.
0:30.3	This one's not a comedy.
0:31.6	No, and I resent that they use the term mom-fluencer.
0:34.4	It's like we gotta just, we have to stop with that.
0:37.1	And we have to stop with the family vlogging.
0:38.9	I'm going on the record, I'll get into it later, I think it's weird and a responsible
0:42.1	and it creeps me out.
0:43.0	So it's all bad everyone.
0:45.0	Welcome to T.C. O'Bannananan and an up.
0:47.0	Hana. H.
0:48.0	H.
0:50.0	Hi Julianne. Hi,
0:55.0	Jeline Betsyvah. Hi, Patrick, hi.
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