Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story
Psych Legal Pop Podcast
Tess & Brooke Brigham
4.2 • 610 Ratings
🗓️ 15 January 2026
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
Unraveling the case of Utah therapist Jodi Hildebrandt, whose child abuse arrest with parenting YouTuber Ruby Franke exposed a twisted tale of manipulation.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome back to the Psych Legal Pop podcast. |
| 0:05.0 | This is a podcast where we talk about popular culture through the lens of an attorney and a therapist. |
| 0:09.0 | I'm Tess Brigham. I'm the therapist. |
| 0:11.0 | And I'm Brooke Brigham. I'm the attorney. |
| 0:13.0 | And today we are talking about the new Netflix three-part series called Evil Influencer, the Jody Hildebrand story. |
| 0:23.7 | And we were debating whether or not it was Hildebrand or Hildebrand. |
| 0:26.6 | We don't know if that T is silent or not. |
| 0:28.6 | But so we're going to, I'm going to read a quick synopsis of what this is about. |
| 0:34.9 | This is, I currently, I think it was number one for a while and I think now |
| 0:38.4 | it's number two. So many people know about it, but so evil influencer the Jody Hilderbrand story |
| 0:43.9 | is a true crime documentary on Netflix that examines the disturbing real life case of Jody Hildebrand. |
| 0:50.0 | A Utah therapist and self-styled life coach whose partnership with parenting YouTuber Ruby Frankie |
| 0:55.9 | culminated in a shocking child abuse scandal. The film focuses on Hildebrandt once respected in |
| 1:05.0 | certain communities for her counseling and religious guidance, built influence, drew in followers, |
| 1:10.0 | including Frankie, and ultimately |
| 1:11.9 | exerted psychological control that led to sustained abuse of children. It unravels the events |
| 1:18.9 | leading up to the 2023 arrest of both women after one of Frankie's youngest children escaped |
| 1:23.9 | their Utah home and sought help. This documentary shifts the spotlight primarily on to Hildebrand, her rise, her influence, |
| 1:31.2 | her methods, and her role in the abuse, rather than centering solely on Frankie. |
| 1:36.4 | Through interviews, police insights, and archival material lays out the disturbing timeline |
| 1:41.1 | of manipulation and harm. |
| 1:44.9 | Okay. Okay. |
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