Evil Influencers and the Deadly World of Gay Grifters

Juicy Crimes with Heather McDonald

Heather McDonald & Studio71

True Crime, History

4.5 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 7 January 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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This episode of Juicy Crimes dives into Netflix’s Evil Influencers and the dark side of online fame, where clout, manipulation, and lies turn deadly. I unpack shocking stories of gay grifters who used charm, money, and image to deceive, and in some cases, kill. Plus, I break down the viral conspiracy swirling online about the president of France’s wife and why misinformation spreads so easily in influencer culture. I also share updates on Rob Reiner, revisit the infamous Phil Spector murder, and explore how celebrity, power, and paranoia collide. From internet scams to real-life crime, this episode proves that influence can be dangerous. Subscribe now to Juicy Crimes so you don't miss an episode!: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/juicycrimes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Subscribe to Juicy Scoop with Heather McDonald on iTunes, the podcast app, and get extra juice on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/juicyscoop⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ See me Live: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://heathermcdonald.net/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Me on Social Media: Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/heathermcdonald ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@heathermcdonald⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@HeatherMcDonaldOfficial ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Juicy Crimes. I'm your host, Heather MacDonald. If you are new here,
0:15.8	welcome. You might know me from Juicy Scoop, which drops every Tuesday and Thursdays.
0:21.6	Juicy Crimes drops every Wednesdays with new episodes, and I really appreciate it. It also has its own
0:28.2	YouTube channel, so please go over there. If you're on there now, subscribe, like, share,
0:34.6	leave a review on Apple or wherever you can spread the word of juicy crimes. It is a good one.
0:41.1	And I work very hard at it. And I hope that you enjoy it. Okay. So for the first juicy crimes of the
0:47.7	year, I just had so much to cover and so much I want to talk to you about. I'm going to give you a few
0:53.4	crimes, some updates.
0:55.3	Let's get into it.
0:57.3	First of all, the number one show right now on Netflix
0:59.9	is a two-hour movie documentary called Evil Influencer,
1:05.7	the Jody Hilderbrand story.
1:08.0	Now, we have covered this story,
1:10.0	and it is an extreme,
1:12.6	uh, disturbing story of child abuse, but it also involves another one of our favorite topics,
1:18.5	life coaching and podcasting and grifting and cults and that and YouTubeing like and YouTubeing so this story was just so
1:32.5	shocking many years ago a cute young mom blonde living in Utah her name's Ruby her husband's
1:41.8	Kevin they had six kids and they started a YouTube channel
1:46.4	like a lot of people did in around. I think they started at like 2016, 18, something is where
1:53.6	they reached their popularity. And it was called eight passengers because they're a family of
1:58.6	eight. And the kids ranged, you know,
2:02.7	there were boys and girls, like all within like 10 years of each other. And the one boy,
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