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I Wish You Were Here

Ruby Franke and 8 Passengers: What Really Happened

I Wish You Were Here

Michelle Cuervo

True Crime

4.91.2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Ruby Franke, the face of the "8 Passengers" YouTube channel, built a family brand on discipline and faith—until everything came crashing down. In this episode, we unpack the disturbing charges, the role of Jodi Hildebrandt, and how the warning signs were hiding in plain sight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hi guys, do you guys mind if I get comfy very quickly?

0:03.4

Hi guys, welcome to episode 9 question mark of I Wish You Were Here.

0:08.2

I'm your host, Michelle Cuervo, and I've been waiting all week to chat.

0:11.9

And if you're wondering, oh, Michelle, did you get highlights in your hair?

0:15.4

Did you get your hair colored?

0:17.0

No, what happened was I used a new dry shampoo, it left this beautiful, all natural white cast on my head.

0:25.1

So, no highlight allegations here, all natural, baby.

0:29.0

Anyway, some of you may know what we're talking about today, Ruby Frankie.

0:33.2

Some of you may know because I made a group chat on Instagram, which I didn't even know was a thing

0:37.7

until lately, by the way, but I made a group chat and you could join it. It's for myself and for

0:42.7

whoever decides to join. And it's been so fun. Guys, I've had it for one day and I've sent

0:47.8

too many messages. I think that people that decided to join are probably going to exit out pretty

0:52.7

soon here once they realize that I don't shut up.

0:56.1

But in just one day, it's become my safe place to Yap. So I'm talking way too much in that

1:01.9

group chat, but I told you guys that I was covering this case. And oh boy, the conversation

1:07.3

of parents, whether it be parents who are content creators themselves or parents of, say,

1:13.4

a child actress, the concept of parents making their children, money making machines, has been

1:19.0

very prevalent lately. And for good reason, it's a very valid conversation to have. It's an important

1:24.3

one, the conversation of showing your children's faces online.

1:33.4

And here's the thing. I completely 100% understand both sides because you have side A where you want to record everything, you want to have all the memories to look back on, and you want to be

1:38.2

able to connect with people across the world who are going through very similar things than you

1:42.9

are. And that, there is beauty in that

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