Ruby Franke posted popular videos about her seemingly idyllic family life before she was imprisoned for child abuse. A documentary has put her back in the spotlight.

The story of Ruby Franke, once a popular YouTube family vlogger, took a dark turn in 2023 when she was convicted of child abuse. Known for her 8 Passengers channel, which documented life with her six children, Franke's strict parenting methods drew increasing scrutiny over the years.

A year after former YouTube family vlogger Ruby Franke was sentenced to prison for child abuse, a new Hulu docuseries is shedding light on what happened behind the scenes before the criminal case made headlines across the nation.

Motherhood has been the topic of several conversations in recent years, but no one expected to see the rise of the popular "mom-fluencer" — or the stark decline of them á la Ruby Franke. The mom-fluencer is sometimes been portrayed as the mom who's always smiling with her kids in pictures or as the mom who doesn't have it all together.

Since her mother's arrest, Ruby Franke's oldest child, Shari, has been outspoken about the abuse her siblings faced.

Ruby Franke’s oldest children and estranged husband are speaking out about their lives with the Mormon YouTuber-turned-convicted child abuser.