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Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski | True Crime News & Commentary

Kevin Franke Finally Speaks Out The Truth About Ruby Franke’s Abuse

Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski | True Crime News & Commentary

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🗓️ 27 February 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Kevin Franke Finally Speaks Out The Truth About Ruby Franke’s Abuse
Was Kevin Franke a victim of manipulation, or did he knowingly turn a blind eye while his children suffered? The Ruby Franke case has left many stunned, but the focus now shifts to her husband, Kevin—a man who still claims to love the woman who tortured their children. While he insists he was a victim of religious coercion and extreme psychological control, many argue he was complicit, neglectful, and far too passive.

With a new Hulu documentary shedding light on his role, Kevin is scrambling to explain his inaction. Was he brainwashed by the cult-like influence of Jodi Hildebrandt and the rigid authority of his faith? Or was he just a man too weak to stand up for his own kids? And now that he's seeking custody, should the courts even consider giving it to him?

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This is Hidden Killers with Tony Brewski.

1:03.4

Here now, Tony Brewski.

1:06.9

Yeah, let's talk about his feelings on the internet, because that's been, like I said, one of his biggest hills that he seems to be dying on right now, of, you know, the dangers, the dangers. Let's get legislation in place stopping people from being able to family vlog or have specific rules on it. And I'm all, I think there should be some sort of oversight to a certain extent,

1:30.6

but there should be oversight on a lot of things.

1:32.6

And then when does that overstep?

1:35.0

This seems just more common-sensey to me,

1:37.3

because there's thousands of people out there who blog personally or vlog or, you know,

1:43.1

put their family out there. And, you know, put their family out there.

1:45.2

And, you know, a majority of them don't have this problem.

1:48.5

The majority of them didn't turn into a cult.

1:50.2

They didn't start abusing their children.

1:52.1

And they didn't start doing horrible, horrible things.

1:55.0

This seemed to be kind of more of a one-off.

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