
Besides images not seen of Ruby FrankeThe archives, Hulu’s documents on youtuber, presented their older children who broke the silence over the beatings that happened before they were arrested for childhood abuse.
During the three -part documents of Hulu Devil in the familywhich premiered on Thursday, February 27, the eldest daughter and the son of Ruby, Shari and Chad, provided the producers with a archive of more than 1,000 hours of non -viewed footage. They also opened on experiences that were not shot, including the alleged physical abuse.
“There were times when he broke out of the camera,” Chad recalled. “She would dirty (me), take the belt and throw my pants and beat me.”
Shari said he witnessed his injured brother while some of Franke Images never before seeing to her leaving her camera to hurt her children.
“I always felt bad when he had trouble. He would get a bloody nose and bring him toilet paper,” Shari shared in the document. “I really didn’t know what to do. He hit very badly once and helped clean the blood from the walls. “”
Ruby and husband Kevin Franke they pushed to the spotlight With their 8 passengers YouTube Channel, who launched in 2015. Initially the content appeared to the couple and their six children before Ruby’s friend Jodi Hildebrandt entered the picture. Ruby and Hildebrandt eventually marked Moms of Truth to share more content based on faith.
By 2023, Ruby and Jodi were arrested and accused of six accusations of childhood abuse. The arrest took place after Ruby’s younger son, who was 12 years old, escaped from Hildebrandt’s house and asked a neighbor for help. Authorities realized that the child was malnourished and had a conductive tape on the ankles and wrists.
Devil in the family set up a timeline – Based on the individual accounts of Shari, Chad and Kevin: by Ruby’s Rise to Fame and the subsequent online reaction that caused its pivotation of its content and, finally, to leave the network before its arrest. (Hulu said at the beginning of the special in three parts that the identity of Franke’s four younger children were hidden to protect their privacy.)
“Looking back, I don’t think he was a good person. I think she was already an abusive mother before and obviously she climbed dramatically in the last two years, “said Shari. “And the fact that Ruby came to her, would not blame Jodi. She just put things in Ruby who were already in her heart.”
Ruby finally found himself guilty of four allegations of children’s abuse in December 2023 and admitted that he tortured his children. As part of his plea agreement, he agreed to fulfill a prison sentence and agreed Your sentences could be running consecutively. He also agreed to testify against Hildebrandt, who was found guilty.
Devil in the family He said that Ruby and Hildebrandt did not respond to a request for comments on new complaints made to the docuseries. Continue to move -you for a breakdown of Shari, Chad and Kevin’s revelations, including images that are not seen of Ruby:
Tension from the first moment

Ruby Franke
Courtesy of Moms_of_TRUTH/InstagramAccording to several videos that Ruby never uploaded to his channel, the problems that surrounded his family’s filming began soon. Was seen arguing with Kevin when he would not relate to her on the screen.
“It was suddenly not enough to interact with her,” Kevin recalled. “I had to interact with the camera. And she would bring her away and say, “Kevin, this camera is millions of people who see us.” I really wanted her to be the perfect husband. “
Kevin revealed that his first salary After they were viral, it was less than $ 100. But from there, the money went from “2,000 to 8,000 to 20,000 to 20,0000 to $ 100,000 or more a month”. Shari referred to the business with Ruby considering the CEO while the “children were all employees.”
Another video showed Ruby trying to record before listening to his family out of the door.
“Hey, I’m still recording! Come on!” He called on the footage. “Why do I listen to all this noise?”
See a change

Kevin Franke
Disney/Kai Pfaffenbach“We have seen changes in children accumulating -us,” said Kevin. “Children began to complain about everything. It really started to worry about Ruby. She would describe it as if they lost the light. “”
While on a family trip, Kevin told Chad that he was “terrible”, adding: “The reason we are here is because of our work and that the boys act like this is stupid.”
Ruby was seen in another video telling Txad everyone gets $ 10 the video If they help to do it. He admitted that he fought with the new normality, saying -Doc’s producers: “I was shit. I hated it. There was a year, or maybe even more time, where I hated it.”
He continued: “But when it were brand bids and sponsorship, I found it controlled. I said on purpose the wrong lines and tried to do it as angry as it could possibly (be). I did the hard things for her and I don’t know why. I really didn’t like to tell me what to do. “
Shari had a similar experience. “All our schedule revolved around YouTube and I think that’s where I started to have problems,” he said. “We always had to keep the house clean and changed all the light bulbs in a yellow shadow to a bright white that made it feel more like a set than a house.”
Pulling back the curtain

Chad Franke
Disney/Kai PfaffenbachBefore Ruby published a video in 2020, which received a great setback, about removing Chad’s bed, the mother-son relationship went through great challenges. The Chad recalled performing at school, which finally paved the way for Hildebrandt to be his therapist.
YouTube pictures never added to Ruby Canal showed her frustrated With Chad when he would not film with her.
“If I will leave you Vlog and if I will spend all the time helping -you will help me,” he took -he answered, “I don’t know what to do.”
Ruby was distracted by shouting his other children to be quiet before saying -in Chad: “Be excited to say where your name came from, even if you have to fake it. False being happy.” Admitted, “I don’t know if I can right now.”
In his own confessional, Kevin Welcomed about Ruby’s behavior.
“(I didn’t know) to this point,” he said. “But she knew she was how she was shaped for her. Love is obedience, but at the time you disobey me, you will be scared.”
Ruby apologized to his children before his judgment in 2024. “I pulled out of you all that was soft and safe and good,” he told the room room. “I took off your mother from you. How terrifying it must be for you. I will never stop crying to hurt your tender souls. You are so precious to me. I’m sorry. “
Ruby headed directly to her strange husband, adding: “You are the love of my life. The end of our marriage is a tragedy. “”
Trying to move on

Shari Franke
Disney/Kai PfaffenbachShari, who has now become a defender of family blocs, cut off links with Ruby, saying: “I will never talk to her again, whether he is the most apologetic person or not. This does not change anything for me. We have a childhood and a mother and that was mine. “
Chad, meanwhile, admitted that he missed the “mother figure” in the past.
“I miss as I used to be when he was very young, but I think he deserves what is happening,” he said. “I don’t think he has to go out until all children meet the 18 years. But that doesn’t mean he has no love for her.”
Kevin had a similar perspective when it came to his love continued by Ruby. “I have always loved it,” he admitted, despite the fact that he was currently undergoing divorce procedures. “The actions he did are atrocious. But I still feel a longing and I miss her.”
To denounce children’s abuse, see the Infant Welfare Information Gate of the United States Department of Health and Human Services for state -specific information telephone numbers.




