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All the Disturbing Takeaways From Devil in the Family: The Fall of Ruby Franke
Hulu’s docuseries dives into how the seemingly perfect family devolved into a home of chaos and abuse.
When Ruby Franke’s 12-year-old son managed to escape from counselor Jodi Hildebrandt’s Utah house in August 2023 by crawling out a window and ringing a neighbor’s doorbell, the wounds on his hands and feet were covered with bloody duct tape. The discovery of the abuse shocked the internet — at the time, his mother had amassed almost 2.5 million followers on her YouTube channel, 8 Passengers, which was dedicated to her life as a Mormon mommy blogger raising six kids in Springville, Utah’s “Happy Valley.” After the video posted of Chad talking about being made to sleep in the basement on a bean bag for seven months, the public turned on the Frankes, and the family started to lose brand deals and followers.
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