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244: Cultfluencer: The Dark Side of YouTube’s ‘Perfect’ Mom

2025/2/24
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This chapter details the Franke family's journey from a successful YouTube family vlog to their downfall. It explores the increasing concerns about their parenting styles and the controversial content they shared online, ultimately leading to the channel's demise.
  • Eight Passengers channel's rapid rise to 2.5 million subscribers
  • Controversial parenting techniques and punishments featured on the channel
  • Demonetization of children's content on YouTube and the importance of sponsorships
  • Growing criticism and concerns about the children's well-being

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Exposing all the unheard details and unseen footage about Ruby Franke. Ruby was a well-known YouTube creator with millions of followers, who shared her life as a mom of six children and documented every single detail. It wasn’t long before the dark truth of what really went on in the Franke home when the camera wasn’t rolling, was exposed…

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