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Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski | True Crime News & Commentary

Shari Franke On Surviving Ruby Franke

Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski | True Crime News & Commentary

True Crime Today

News, True Crime, News Commentary

3.3907 Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

This podcast episode, based on Shari Franke's memoir, The House of My Mother, explores the dark side of the "8 Passengers" YouTube channel and the Franke family's unraveling. We examine how the family's life became a performance for the internet, the increasingly controlling parenting of Ruby Franke under the influence of Jodi Hildebrandt, and the resulting abuse and neglect suffered by her children. We discuss the family's estrangement, the eventual arrests of Ruby and Jodi, and Shari's journey of healing and call for accountability. This is a story about the dangers of unchecked authority, the pressures of internet fame, and the importance of speaking out against injustice.
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0:00.0

On True Crime Today, more startling revelations in the case of mommy blogger Ruby Frankie, as her daughter Sherry Frankie reveals her memoir to the world.

0:13.7

This is True Crime Today, here now, Tony Bruske.

0:19.8

Thanks for joining us. Today, we're diving into the revelations from Sherry Frankie's memoir,

0:25.9

The House of My Mother, a daughter's quest for freedom.

0:30.2

Of course, we're talking about Ruby Frankie, her mother, the mommy blogger that went down in flames as allegations of abuse proved to be fact.

0:41.9

Sherry isn't just giving us a peek behind the curtain.

0:44.9

She's tearing the whole thing down.

0:47.4

The story has it all.

0:49.1

The family crumbling under the weight of internet fame, a manipulative business partner, and cult-like ideologies,

0:59.2

and the heartbreaking realities of children thrust into the public eye.

1:04.7

We're going to break down some of the most shocking allegations that come out of this book.

1:09.8

Sherry opens up her memoir by laying it bare.

1:12.5

The family vlogging wasn't just a career for Ruby Frankie. It was an obsession. Sherry's

1:18.7

childhood was traded for clicks and sponsorship deals. Every moment, from birthdays to punishments,

1:27.1

it was up for grabs. Privacy, that was a

1:29.2

foreign concept. According to Sherry, their eight passengers' YouTube channel became a gilded cage,

1:37.0

trapping the entire family in a never-ending performance. There need to deliver content to an audience

1:43.1

of millions overshadowed the family's real-life dynamics, turning intimate milestones into public spectacles.

1:49.7

The dysfunction ran deeper than the camera lens. Sherry describes a household where control reigns supreme.

1:56.7

Ruby wasn't just a matriarch. She was a tyrant. Sherry recalls punishments that ranged from ear tugs to being denied food,

2:06.3

all justified under Ruby's warped parenting philosophy.

2:10.5

The line between discipline and cruelty blurred as Ruby wielded power over her children

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