RUBY FRANKE/ JODI HILDEBRANDT CASE: Answering your questions, including: "Were Jodi and Ruby in a romantic relationship?" "Is Kevin Franke Responsible?"

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🗓️ 20 February 2024

⏱️ 83 minutes

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August 30, 2023--a brave 12-year-old boy escapes a house of torture in Southern Utah --rescuing himself and his 10-year-old sister. A neighbor feeds the emaciated boy and calls 911. The children's mother YouTube Celebrity Ruby Franke, and Ruby's therapist Jodi Hildebrandt, are arrested and charged. This episode was originally recorded live in September, 2024. In this episode WE ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS: Is Kevin Franke, the children's father, responsible? Were Jodi and Ruby in a romantic relationship? Dr John Matthias leads the discussion. Dr John is a clinical and forensic psychologist. Dr John Matthias and reporter Lauren Matthias, who are husband and wife, have been covering this story since the arrests, and will continue to bring you the very latest in this heartbreaking story. Thank you for subscribing to our podcast and to our YouTube channel HIDDEN: A TRUE CRIME PODCAST is: CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGY REINVENTED. Join us on a journey into the darkest recesses of the human mind and the unconscious motivations that drive human behaviors in order to understand the world and ourselves. WEBSITE: https://hiddentruecrime.com/ TO SUPPORT: https://www.patreon.com/hiddentruecrime https://paypal.me/hiddentruecrime Our Sponsors:* Check out Acorns: https://acorns.com/HIDDENTRUECRIME* Check out Acorns: https://acorns.com/HIDDENTRUECRIME* Check out Armoire and use my code HIDDENTRUECRIME for a great deal: https://www.armoire.style* Check out Effecty and use my code HIDDENTRUECRIME for a great deal: https://www.effecty.com* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code HIDDENTRUECRIME for a great deal: https://happymammoth.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/hidden-a-true-crime-podcast1836/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I am actually in front of right now the house of Jody Hildebrandt in southern Utah
0:05.5	Ivan's Utah. This is where a 12-year-old boy escaped out of a window with duct tape
0:10.0	around his wrists and around his ankles ran to a neighbor's house and asked for food and water because he was
0:17.2	malnourished. This is the house where Ruby Frankie's two children were being held, a 10- girl and a 12 year old boy a very brave 12 year old boy I'm gonna flip around so you can see this house and so I can tell you a little bit more about what went on here. The 12 year old boy escaped, ran to a
0:35.9	neighbors simply asking for water and food because of the boy's condition
0:42.0	so he had severe deep lacerations.
0:45.0	He had long-term medical stay.
0:46.9	By the way, this happened August 30th because of the depth of his lacerations,
0:50.6	not from the duct tape, from rope being tied around him.
0:53.5	So they mentioned that he has duct tape on his wrists and on his ankles.
0:59.6	But then they state in the probable cause that because of deep lacerations from rope being tied up that he had a longer medical stay.
1:07.2	Now when they got to the house, police got to the house, they found the 10 year old girl, the Frankie's little girl, Ruby's little girl.
1:14.0	She was also malnourished.
1:16.1	The reason that Jody Hildebrandt was charged with six counts of aggravated child
1:21.3	abuse is because they saw that the children were in her direct care.
1:25.9	In her house, back here, her $3 million house.
1:28.5	Did I mention this house was worth $3 million?
1:30.5	I can't even remember if I did.
1:32.0	Three million dollar home, it's listed.
1:33.0	Hidden, a true crime podcast. A forensic psychologist and a journalist
1:41.5	explore the hidden motives behind unthinkable crimes
1:45.0	while examining our deepest fears along the way. We have a lot to talk about when it comes to Jody Hildebrandt in Ruby Frankie, some tea.
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