The case that shocked the parenting content world. Ruby Franke ran a Mormon family YouTube channel called 8 Passengers with over two million subscribers. Her brand was tough love, natural consequences, and faith-based parenting. Then her son Russel, twelve years old, climbed out of a window in Ivins, Utah — malnourished, with zip ties on his wrists. This episode covers the full arc of the case: the channel's rise, the CPS investigation that was opened and closed, the ConneXions counseling ideology, the abuse, the escape, and the December 2023 guilty pleas. And the thread in Abby's victim impact statement that the public record still hasn't fully answered. Subscribe to The Murder Tape Khronicles.

This full documentary investigation into the killing of Deona Marie Knajdek explores the tragic events of June 13, 2021, at the intersection of West Lake Street and Girard Avenue South in Minneapolis. In this true-crime case study, we provide a chronological reconstruction of the high-speed collision that turned a peaceful vigil into a scene of violent devastation. Through a first-person detective perspective, the narrative examines the forensic evidence, including surveillance footage and vehicle computer data, which confirmed that the suspect, Nicholas Rickie Mearane, was traveling nearly 70 miles per hour in a 25-mile-per-hour zone without applying his brakes prior to impact. This investigation delves into the toxicology reports that revealed the presence of controlled substances in the driver’s system, fundamentally shifting the legal direction of the case from a tragic accident to a criminal act of extreme negligence.

Kouri Richins gave her husband Eric a Moscow Mule on the night of March 4, 2022. He never woke up. The toxicology report found fentanyl in his system at five times the lethal threshold. What happened next is one of the most calculated post-murder performances in recent American true crime history: Kouri published a children's grief book called Are You With Me? — while under active murder investigation for his death. This episode covers the full forensic case: the drug supplier testimony, the financial motive, the search history, the defense's secret-addiction theory, and the Summit County jury that deliberated for approximately three hours before returning a guilty verdict on aggravated murder. The sentencing is set for Eric Richins' birthday. The book is still online. The Murder Tape Khronicles — forensic true crime investigations. New episodes weekly.