Who Is Jodi Hildebrandts Husband? [Video]

A horrifying case has gradually been unraveling around former YouTube favorite Ruby Franke and her business partner, Jodi Hildebrandt. Franke established herself on the video-sharing site nearly a decade back with the start of YouTube’s 8 Passengers channel, a family vlog that followed her home life as a mother of six.

That channel was the source of Franke’s success, as she posted frequent updates to it detailing her unique punishments and child-rearing methods. Then, in 2020, viewers began to grow concerned over the welfare of Franke’s children. Stories of abuse — from being forced to sleep on a beanbag for months on end to withholding food — started to spread, and longtime Franke fans started to turn against the creator.

The declining popularity of the 8 Passengers channel eventually saw it deleted from YouTube completely, and Franke moved on to ConneXions, where she worked as a mental health coach alongside Jodi …