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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

🗓️ 24 June 2024

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Nearly 6 months after Ruby and Jodi were arrested and charged with four counts of aggravated child abuse, the two finally face sentencing. We learn how much time each woman could spend in prison, hear from mental health professionals about how the Franke children can heal, and explore ethical questions surrounding family vlogging.

A note from our Executive Producer: This episode was intended to be the final episode of The Rise and Fall of Ruby Franke. However, in the early morning hours of Friday, March 22nd, 2024, as we were putting the final touches on this episode, the Washington County Attorney’s Office in Utah released police reports, body cam footage, investigative photos, and interviews as well as portions of Ruby Franke and Jodi Hildebrandt’s recorded phone calls made from the Washington County Correctional Facility. The Law&Crime team is carefully reviewing all the materials and we’ll be back with a deep-dive bonus episode on April 8th exclusively on Wondery+. We thank you for your patience.

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0:00.0	This is a Law and Crime Network presentation.
0:03.3	This podcast explores themes of child abuse and trauma.
0:07.3	Please listen with care.
0:09.5	A note from our executive producer.
0:11.7	The following was intended to be our final episode of the rise and fall of Ruby
0:16.0	Frankie.
0:17.0	However, in the early morning hours of Friday, March 22nd, 2024, as we were putting the final
0:22.7	touches on this episode, the Washington County Attorney's Office in Utah released police reports,
0:28.7	body cam footage, investigative photos, and interviews, as well as portions of Ruby Frankie and
0:34.4	Jody Hildebrand's recorded phone calls made from the Washington County Correctional Facility.
0:39.6	The Law and Crime team is carefully reviewing all the materials and will be back with a deep dive bonus episode on April 8th.
0:46.6	We thank you for your patience.
0:48.7	Now, here's episode seven.
0:54.2	She's going to say and do whatever she can to try to make it better for her.
0:59.3	Her acting remorseful doesn't help anybody but her, period.
1:04.0	I was in a deep undercurrent that led us to danger.
1:07.6	I would never lend you to darkness knowingly. I was so disoriented that I believed dark was light and right was wrong.
1:16.6	In this case, you terrorized children and the results have been tragic.
1:22.6	What happened to these children and your philosophy in dealing with them frankly seems detached
1:30.3	from reality or any objective standard of decency or even common sense.
1:36.3	And the court finds that it is appropriate that you serve a prison sentence.
1:40.3	We live in a society where people talk about abuse more, but they don't really understand it.
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