15 days before the murder. 

“Hello, I would like to report a dispute. I saw a gentleman slapping the woman.”

The police chase after the van life YouTuber couple in their white, sprinter van. By the end of the hour long investigation of questioning both Gabby and Brian - the two police officers step off to the side to figure out what to do next. One officer tells the other - 

“Too many times women who are at risk want to go back to their abuser. They don’t want him charged. They don’t want him to go to jail. Then they end up getting worse and worse treatment and then they end up getting killed.” 

The officers decide not to press DV charges….against Gabby. They believe she is the primary aggressor. 

In 2 weeks Gabby Petito will be murdered. 

And the only person that might know where she is - goes missing.

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2 people are rushed into the emergency room. The doctors and nurses don’t ask questions - they have one objective in mind. Save these people. 

Both are suffering from stab wounds. Sadly, only 1 of them will make it. 8 year old, Haneul, is deceased from multiple stab wounds to her neck, back, and chest. 

The 48 year old woman however, is alive. 

The nurses try to piece together what might have happened with the little information they have. The older woman is a teacher. The 8 year old girl was attacked in her elementary school. 

Perhaps, a knife wielding madman snuck into the school and attacked the little girl. Perhaps, the teacher tried to protect her student but was stabbed in the process. It will be difficult to tell the teacher that her student that she presumably tried to protect - did not make it. 

But when the teacher wakes up - the nurses don’t know how to handle the situation anymore. Because… she is laughing. 

She is giggling. 

She killed 8 year old Haneul and she is seemingly happy. Content. Giddy with excitement. 

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“I don’t do naughty things, I’m a really good girl.”

That is what Ruby Franke tells her husband Kevin in a recorded jail call. She’s a really good girl - that almost killed 2 of their youngest children. 

She kept them locked away in her marriage counselor/“lovers” mansion basement - torturing them for months. Soon, all the evidence will come out - their abuse diaries, the alleged romantic relationship, and the grim detail that they were planning on buying a 500 acre property in the middle of nowhere to carry out more extreme abuse. 

But the question on many people’s minds is - how was nobody else involved and how did nobody else know what was happening?

Kevin Franke, Ruby’s devoted husband, has become the center of conspiracy theories. With people wondering just how much he knew, just how much he’s covering up now, and if he should be charged. Also, why did he try to sue his oldest daughter after his wife was arrested?

What about the mysterious woman - Pam? Two Franke teenage girls were found deep cleaning her home the day of the arrests. How come she doesn’t appear that shocked to find out what Ruby had been doing? Is it because she knew all along?

And what will Ruby and Jodi do to each other in prison? Will they turn on each other to save themselves - or do they still believe everyone is working with the devil?

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It was the most viewed home on realtor websites for weeks. It’s a curious looking house. As you swipe through the photos of the 15 foot tall ceilings, the grand glass windows, the $5M price tag starts to make sense. 

But what is that? There is an entire concrete bunker like structure underneath the house with its very own panic room. A bank vault door - leading to a room with a toilet and sink. 

To keep people out - and to keep people in. 

This is the home that Ruby Franke & Jodi Hildebrandt tortured Ruby’s 2 youngest children in. There are detailed diaries left behind by Ruby Franke describing how she tortured them with cactuses, pouring cayenne pepper and honey into their wounds, and all the unique punishments she came up with. 

All the while posting podcast episodes - giving advice to other moms. 

How to be a perfect mom. 

Just like her.

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Jodi is one of the most recommended marriage therapists in the area but there’s something about her that feels - wrong. 

“Every relationship needs to die in order to be reborn.”

Her pattern is simple yet effective. 

Find the husband’s addiction. Each husband has one. It’s usually watching too many explicit videos, staring too long at his female coworkers, or just having too many inappropriate thoughts. 

Find the addiction. And stomp. It. Out. 

Shame the husband for how he’s ruining the family and give the wife strength and power to run away from him… straight into Jodi’s arms. 

It almost seems like that is her intention. 

And it seems to work like a charm - every single time. 

And just maybe - if Jodi really tries… maybe the men will even end up in prison. Then the wife will have nobody but Jodi. 

Youtuber / family blogger, Ruby Franke, should be very familiar with this. Because now all she has - is Jodi. 

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It’s the middle of the desert and the pavement is scorching hot. If you dare to step barefoot on it, it’s the equivalent of sticking your foot on a cast iron pan on high heat. Enough to cause instant blisters.

But the 12 year old boy has no choice. He has once more chance to escape and he needs to make it to a neighbors house for safety. He crawls out the window and starts pacing. If nobody is home - that could be the end. There are only 3 homes in this part of the desert.

The 1 he’s been locked up and tortured in.

The 1 where nobody would answer the door.

And 1 last chance.

If he can make it there before they catch him. Or if the duct tape around his ankles don’t melt into him.

August 30, 2023 - this little boys escape will kick start an investigation into one of the biggest family vloggers on YouTube.

This is the case of Ruby Franke - the woman who has been vlogging herself abusing her 6 kids for years, and has locked away the two youngest in a windowless safe room - to be tortured.

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Police find 10 year old Victoria’s body completely dismembered. Her arms, legs, and organs were severed off and the rest of her body was lit on fire.

When they bring in Victoria’s mother, Michelle, the pieces of the puzzle start coming together.

Michelle states that her boyfriend, Fabian, had been sexually assaulting Victoria.

Michelle states that she liked to watch. But that night in particular it got a bit too wild. Fabian accidentally chokes and kills Victoria during the assault.

Michelle states she sat there and watched Fabian and his cousin dismember Victoria.

Then she went to the kitchen to prepare dinner and soon after had sex with Fabian. This thing is normal for her. She had been going online to find predators to come assault her kid so this is what she wanted.

That’s what Michelle tells the authorities but two years later - she takes it all back. She says it was a false confession.

But that doesn’t explain - what happened to Victoria?

Is there any truth at all to this false confession?

And who is the unknown male DNA they found on Victoria?

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A woman walks into the Pavena Foundation.

“You have to help me!! Please!”

She frantically tells the nonprofit that she has just escaped from the country of Georgia. She had been held hostage by an organized crime group that forced her to do unspeakable things. Not only that - there are 100 more girls trapped there.

“What did they make you do?”

They wanted her eggs. Her human eggs. She says the 100 girls were forced to take hormone injections, forcibly go through the IVF process, so the traffickers could take and harvest their eggs.

This is the case - of the human egg farm.

The conspiracies and questions of - who are they selling the eggs to? Where are they getting the victims? Is there a larger industry that we don’t know about? Is this the only organization doing this?

And… is this is the start of the real life “Handmaid’s Tale?”

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The man is walking alone in the rain. He’s not pacing, or trying to cover his face with his arm, he is just slowly walking in the rain. He looks like he’s in the middle of a k-drama scene.

To his left there is a whole wall of reporters just silently recording him. Waiting to see what he’s going to do next. He gives them what they want. He collapses onto the ground and cries out to the skies.

“My wife!”

This is not just a random man having a mental breakdown. This is billionaire Fei. One of the “Young Masters of Beijing.” A group of billionaire boys who are known to be party playboys.

His ex wife, Barbie, has just passed away.

But why is he crying in the rain?

Wasn’t he the one that cheated on her? The one that was accused of being violent towards her?

And why won’t his billionaire mom stop trash talking Barbie on her livestreams - even after her death?

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In Brazil, this specific prison is known as the “real dungeons.”

Because once you get in - you feel like you’re trapped in hell until they let you out. That is - if you can even get out alive.

BBC reporters are there to interview one of the most high profile prisoners. Every single prisoner in there has been deemed a dangerous criminal - this one even more so.

She walks out. Thin frame. Short blonde hair.

She used to be a model in NYC and was reported to have dated Leonardo DiCaprio. What is she doing in here?

“Why are you in here?” - they ask her.

“They say I can control people minds. Change their brains.” - she responds.

“Can you?”

“What do you think? Can I? I hope so… when I get out you will see the power that I have and if it is real or not.”

“Is that a threat”

Did the prisoner just threaten the BBC reporters?

This is the case of Kat Torres - the Brazilian Instagram “influencer” with over 1 million followers that has been charged with human trafficking and slavery charges.

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