There are only a few ways of getting out of it alive. The one rule - no matter how good it feels - DO NOT let sleep whisk you away.

The only options are as follows:

1. Cover yourself completely in plastic and only stick your head out to breathe when necessarily.

2. Crawl into a cardboard box and try your best to stay awake.

3. Take the frozen goods and stick them into your clothing.

That is how you stay alive if you are trapped inside of a commercial walk in freezer. Or at least that’s what they say but the odds of survival do not look good.

The police are concerned that, that is where 5 year old, Ashley, is going to be. Maybe she accidentally locked herself in the freezer with no way out?

The officers look through the freezer bins, cardboard boxes filled with packaged meats, and grocery bags…

She’s is not there.

But that’s the thing about humans - we all have a blind spot.

They looked left, right, under the tables of the restaurant… but have they looked up?

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The hardest part to understand is - you know that they’re dead but you still expect them to start moving around. That’s what the CSI techs say is the strangest part of their jobs. Well - that and the photographs that they have to take.

The evidence log for the case is extensive. There are pictures of the green door that leads into the unit. Unit #1707.

Pictures of the thick trail of blood leading from the living room couch, into the hallway, and straight into the bedroom.

Pictures of the bloody claw hammer.

Pictures of the brain matter scattered all over the carpet.

But the two pictures the investigators really are intrigued by are the two letters left behind by the killer.

One left for the police. Taunting the police.

“Chase me oh - and sorry for the mess.”

And another one that reads -

“Don’t lose your head. She may yet live (although I doubt it).

Hurry Desirae.”

Desirae is the 23 year old daughter of the murder victim.

Why would they kill Desirae’s mom?

Why are they targeting Desirae now?

And will the killer get to Desirae before the police can?

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Where is the first place she goes after being released from prison? The investigators and reports want to know…

They start following her - into the mountains?

The first place she visits has an unsettling feeling. It’s in the middle of the mountains and there is a giant stone monument at the entrance that reads - “final resting place for souls.”

What is that pink building?

It’s a square baby pink shade colored building with NO doors. Just two tiny prison style windows. That’s it.

Outside the building there are all sorts of “offerings” for the spirits…

Whoever built this “temple” built it to feed off the energy of dead spirits. Whoever did this - is using dark magic to their benefit.

When reporters look into it - they realize the pink home allegedly belongs to the President of South Korea and the First Lady of the nation.

The ones accused of using shaman magic to win the election, change the trajectory of the nation, and ultimately lock down the country to take control. 

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The story starts on TikTok. First, with all the things that don’t make sense. 

After Gabby goes missing - the only person that knows where she might be is her fiancé Brian Laundrie. But he’s now missing. 

He goes missing for a month straight - before his body is found in a local park in Florida… by his parents. The FBI have been searching for over a month, reportedly spending over a million taxpayer dollars - and his parents find his remains within an hour?

What about his mom’s “Burn After Reading” letter?

She writes that if he needs to bury a body she will bring a shovel. 

Or the fact that his remains are completely skeletonized?

These are the things that lead people to believe…there is no way Brian Laundrie is actually dead. 

The conspiracy being that he faked his death and is now getting away with murdering his fiancee. But how could that even be possible? 

Could he really be living in a bunker under his protective parent’s house? How would they be able to pull something like his off? Is there any truth to the conspiracy? What does the Laundrie family know? 

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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