DeepSummary
The transcript is about a controversial Mormon influencer family called 'The Frankies' or 'eight passengers' whose mother Ruby Franke was extremely strict in her parenting approach. Ruby became close with a family therapist named Jodi Hildebrandt who promoted unorthodox and abusive methods of disciplining children and husbands accused of watching pornography.
Jodi's 'therapy' involved punishing husbands by separating them from their families for perceived indiscretions like watching porn. She also encouraged mothers like Ruby to harshly punish and discipline their children, even claiming children could be 'full of evil.' Ruby seemingly followed Jodi's advice, resulting in a neighbor finding one of Ruby's emaciated and abused sons seeking help.
The excerpt is promoting an episode of the podcast 'Infamous' which is covering the story of Ruby Franke and Jodi Hildebrandt's secret therapy group that ruined lives within the Mormon community through severe disciplinary practices on families.
Key Episodes Takeaways
- Ruby Franke was a strict Mormon 'influencer' mom who adopted abusive disciplinary practices toward her children on the advice of a therapist named Jodi Hildebrandt.
- Jodi Hildebrandt promoted fringe beliefs that children could be 'full of evil' and severe punishment and deprivation were needed to 'fight' this, even claiming to be demonically possessed at times.
- Jodi's unethical methods extended to punishing husbands accused of pornography consumption by separating them from families.
- The abuse Ruby inflicted on her children following Jodi's advice led to neighbors finding one of her emaciated, neglected sons seeking help.
- The story is being covered by the podcast 'Infamous' to explore this dangerous influencer culture and abusive practices occurring under the guise of therapy within the Mormon community.
- The transcript serves as advertisement for the 'Infamous' podcast episode delving into Ruby Franke and Jodi Hildebrandt's story.
- Despite portraying a 'picture perfect' family image online, the Frankie household was rife with abuse justified through religious extremism.
- The story highlights how social media influencer culture can obscure and enable abusive behavior occurring behind closed doors.
Top Episodes Quotes
- “She would go into possession mode. She would talk in, like, different voices. The voices would say, she's ours. She is Satan's bride.“ by Speaker B
- “Adults have a really hard time understanding that children can be full of evil and what that takes to fight it.“ by Speaker G
- “I'm only going to say it one more time, and then you're going to lose the privilege to eat dinner.“ by Speaker C
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Fallen Angel
Audacy Studios | Campside Media
6/13/24