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Crime stories with Nancy Grace.

Were these young YouTube stars tortured and abused to get them to perform for the camera?

Those are the shocking claims being made against their adoptive mom.

A woman who adopted seven children and used them to make social media videos is now under arrest.

The seven kids are the stars of a popular YouTube channel called Fantastic Adventures.

The channel has over 250 million views.

Now let's go get some cookies.

In this episode, one boy does a mission impossible style stunt to grab cookies off the kitchen counter.

But police say behind the scenes, the youngsters were being subjected to a nightmare of abuse.

Michelle Hackney, who adopted all seven kids, allegedly sprayed them with pepper spray.

Beat them with a belt or clothes hanger and lock them in a closet for days at a time.

She also allegedly withheld food and water if they didn't recall their lines or performance directed for the YouTube channel.

In the police paperwork, it says they were malnourished.

Looks like they weren't sleeping.

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Did Mommy star beat lock up pepper spray, her seven adopted children, forcing them to perform in YouTube videos that got millions of views and millions of dollars?

I'm Nancy Grace.

This is Crime Stories. Thank you for being with us.

If this is true, she can rot in hell.

I'll just start with that.

Let's take a listen to these children, a clip from YouTube.

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