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Hidden: A True Crime Podcast

RUBY FRANKE/JODI HILDEBRANDT: Shocking new evidence -Criminal Psychologist Reacts

Hidden: A True Crime Podcast

Hidden True Crime

True Crime, Society & Culture, News Commentary, Documentary, News

4.81.9K Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2024

⏱️ 116 minutes

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Summary

Dr John Matthias, forensic psychologist, breaks down videos, interviews and body cam footage in a massive document dump this week in a case we've been following from the beginning.

THE CASE: August 30, 2023--a brave 12-year-old boy named "R" escapes a house of torture in Southern Utah, rescuing himself and his 10-year-old sister "E". The children's mother YouTube Celebrity Ruby Franke, and Ruby's therapist Jodi Hildebrandt, are arrested and charged with 6 counts of aggravated child abuse.

JOHN MATTHIAS is a licensed clinical and forensic psychologist with 30 years’ experience. He serves as an expert witness for the federal government and consults on high-profile cases for District Attorney’s offices and defense attorneys in several states. In the forensic area, Dr. Matthias has developed expertise in personality assessments, hidden behavioral motivations, complex trauma and criminal psychology. In the clinical realm, he has worked with numerous victims. He received his Master’s degree in Marriage, Family and Child counseling, as well his doctorate degree, from the University of Southern California.

Dr. Matthias graduated with honors in philosophy from Princeton University, and he won the prestigious McCosh Thesis prize while there. In high school he graduated valedictorian from a large public high school in Chicago where he was chosen to participate in a ground-breaking valedictory study that continues to this day.

LAUREN MATTHIAS worked as an anchor and reporter for a decade in Utah and Idaho. Most recently, she reported for Salt Lake City’s ABC affiliate News4Utah. In 2015 she received the Idaho State Broadcaster’s Association Best Reporter award and is a regular contributor on News Nation. She left the reporting world to produce the Hidden True Crime Podcast along with her husband Dr. John Matthias.

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0:31.6

All right so when the news first broke that

0:33.4

U.Tuber Ruby Frankie and herself help guru Jody Hildebrand

0:37.7

had been arrested and charged with abusing two of Frankie's children,

0:41.0

some people thought that it was just a case of strict parenting

0:44.1

that maybe crossed the line a little, but now we know it was so much worse than

0:49.9

that. There are these disturbing photos and videos that have just been released by Utah prosecutors showing the extent of the horrendous injuries that were inflicted on those poor children.

1:01.0

And there you see that her there,

1:02.8

acting like some parenting guru

1:05.0

when we know what was actually happening behind the scenes.

1:07.5

They're so graphic, I want to warn you

1:10.0

before we show them, they're very very disturbing.

1:12.8

In the photos, you see the emaciated victims

1:16.1

with infected cuts on their legs, sores on their feet,

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