Two weeks before Ruby Franke pleaded guilty to four counts of child abuse in December 2023, she shared her shifted ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ruby Franke used to run the successful “8 Passengers” YouTube channel, where she posted videos about life with six children. Now ...

Ruby Franke used to run the successful “8 Passengers” YouTube channel, where she posted videos about life with six children. Now she’s in prison for child abuse. The former mom influencer, 43, was ...

Ruby Franke, creator of the popular family YouTube channel 8 Passengers, has been arrested on serious child abuse charges. Once a source of parenting tips and family content, her channel is now under ...

This case explores how six siblings endured years of abuse behind the scenes of a seemingly wholesome family YouTube channel. What appeared online as discipline and parenting advice later unraveled ...

Jodi Hildebrandt’s niece Jessi Hildebrandt contacted police as a teen in 2009, long before Jodi and Ruby Franke were arrested ...

In 2023, Hildebrandt and Franke became internationally known when they were arrested and plead guilty for aggravated child ...

In December 2025, Kevin Franke got remarried to Becca Bevan ...

In one of the most sickening revelations, Jodi Hildebrandt admitted to forcing Franke’s nine-year-old daughter to “jump into ...

After the beanbag incident, concerned viewers contacted Child Protection Services to alert them of Ruby’s controversial parenting tactics. This did actually result in the Utah Division of Child and ...

Kevin Franke married Becca Franke in November 2025 — eight months after finalizing his divorce from Ruby Franke ...