30/04/2025
The “8 Passengers” family YouTube channel was created in 2015 by mother Ruby Franke, who documented the Frankes’ journey as a large Mormon family. She started off by creating fun and loving content despite not having a large following. But over the course of seven years, she was able to obtain 2.5 million followers and over 1 billion views. The channel consisted of Ruby, her husband Kevin and their six children. During the peak of their career, many controversies arose such as rumors of child neglect, child abuse and unfair treatment to their kids. However, none of them would be uncovered until years later.
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Story by Audrey Baldwin & Nasiha Az-Zubair, Photo submitted by Disney / Kai Pfaffenbach, Illustration by Darby Mostaffa
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