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8 Passengers is a YouTube vlogging channel that follows the Franke family. The family consists of parents, Kevin and Ruby Franke, along with their six kids - Shari, Chad, Abby, Julie,...
Things can get crazy with six active kids, but we can find true joy in the journey if we love and support each other. Welcome to Eight Passengers!
Oct 22, 2023 · Watch the full 8 PASSENGERS Playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0CEii129OEh8ZSlazbnpXlF5hJ0F9GRRBecome A Channel Member https://ko-fi....
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8 Passengers was an American YouTube channel that was run by Ruby and Kevin Franke. They were well-known for their family vlogs, mainly home-schooling, parenting, and others. Before termination, they had about 2 million subscribers and one billion views.
On August 30, 2023, Ruby Franke and her business partner, Jodi Hildebrandt, were arrested after her 12-year-old son, Russell, climbed out of a window and asked neighbors for food and water. She was charged with 6 counts of aggravated child abuse.
•Ruby Franke (mother, owner of channel)
•Kevin Franke (father, ex)
•Shari Franke (oldest daughter)
•Chad Franke (oldest son)
•Abby Franke
•Julie Franke
Child abuse
In their videos, there were multiple signs of child abuse from Ruby. Those include: •Threatening to behead one of the kids' teddy bear's head for cutting items in the house. •She and Kevin sending the oldest brother in the family to a therapy camp for troubled teens for 10 weeks. •Telling her sons they would lose the "privilege to eat dinner" after horse-playing. •Forcing one of the daughters to sleep on the bathroom floor after "wetting the bed". •Making one of the kids' do push-ups as a punishment for leaving socks outside. •Taking the oldest brother's bed away, making him sleep on a beanbag for 7 months. •Hoping that Eve, her 6-year-old (at the time) daughter goes hungry after forgetting to make her own lunch and doesn't want to grab other people's lunch.
On August 2, 2023, weeks before her arrest, the 8 Passengers channel was terminated for violating YouTube's Terms of Service. Later, on September 1, 2023, the channel for ConneXions, a mental fitness and relationship coaching curriculum, and owned by Ruby Franke, was terminated for the same reason. YouTube confirmed they terminated both channels li...
1.https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/ruby-franke-mom-8-passengers-youtube-channel-arrested-abuse-charges-rcna102852
2.https://web.archive.org/web/20190311004531/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ3FRaHOIwXLOQNeUwVpBUA
3.https://socialblade.com/youtube/c/8passengers
4.https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66719859
5.https://www.yourtango.com/news/times-ruby-franke-openly-abuse-her-kids-8passengers-youtube
6.https://www.tiktok.com/@yung.skyebackupxo/video/7035672799029054726
In Aug. 2022, a clip recorded by Franke and shared to the "8 Passengers" channel went viral, after the mother of six revealed that she refused to bring lunch to school for her then 6-year-old...
Feb 20, 2024 · Millions of people followed the ups and downs of parenting with Franke, a Utah mom of six who created the popular channel “8 Passengers.” Now, Franke has been sentenced to four to 30 years in...
Jun 25, 2020 · Drama YouTube channels and TikTokers used a clip of a recent video where the Frankes' 15-year-old son, Chad, was talking about sleeping on a beanbag to support allegations of child abuse.
