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The Rise and Fall of Ruby Franke

Law&Crime | Wondery

Society & Culture, Ruby Franke, #Jodi Hildebrandt, True Crime

3 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

They call themselves and their YouTube channel the “8 Passengers” — mom Ruby, dad Kevin, and their six kids in tow. By all appearances, they’re your stereotypical American Mormon family, but there’s something simmering under the surface. Loyal fans of the 8 Passengers page have been picking up on something startling over the years, and it’s not long before the genie is out of the bottle.

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0:00.0	Wundry Plus subscribers can binge all episodes of the rise and fall of Ruby Frankie early and ad free.
0:06.4	Join Wundry Plus in the Wundry app or on Apple Podcasts.
0:10.4	This is a law and crime network presentation.
0:14.0	This podcast explores themes of child abuse and trauma.
0:18.0	Please listen with care.
0:19.7	Honestly, my biggest fear ever since I started blogging was, what if I wake up and my children are just staring at a wall all day and there's nothing to film.
0:35.0	My gosh you guys having kids is so much fun.
0:39.0	Hi guys, I'm Kevin.
0:41.0	I'm Ruby.
0:42.0	We're the drivers of the eight passengers.
0:43.3	Let the Magnus begin!
0:46.7	Her rise to fame really started by publishing constantly
0:52.0	about her family
0:53.6	insides and outs on YouTube.
0:56.0	And that is why her channel amassed over 2 million subscribers.
0:59.2	My dream was to be a stay-at-home mom
1:02.2	and to make like dinner for my family and to have lots and lots of babies.
1:07.0	She always have this saying that said motherhood is powerful.
1:11.0	Eve, give it back.
1:13.0	Oh, thank you.
1:15.0	If you're going to come, you got to film that you do that.
1:18.0	It looks like this.
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