For years, millions of people worldwide tuned in to watch Ruby Franke, the reigning queen of family vlogging, present a pristine life built on unflinching structure and unwavering discipline. Her massive digital empire was a sanctuary of order, her children the models of a perfectly managed home. But behind the camera, the sanctuary was a meticulously constructed psychological cage.This book reveals the untold, chilling true story of how that facade of perfection dissolved into a nightmare of absolute control. Driven by an insatiable hunger for moral authority, Franke abandoned her digital stage and forged a toxic, isolating partnership with spiritual counselor Jodi Hildebrandt. Their shared ideology-cloaked in the language of ConneXions-warped into a radical, cult-like dogma, systematically severing the family from their loved ones, their community, and reality itself.Within the walls of a remote Utah residence, 'discipline' became a pretext for aggravated torture. Drawing on exclusive legal documentation, harrowing court testimonies, and forensic evidence-including the children's compelled journals, the physical restraints used for confinement, and the clinical proof of systematic starvation-this narrative exposes the full, terrifying architecture of their delusion: the psychological violence, the deliberate dehumanization, and the chilling belief that their young victims were 'evil' and required violent 'purification.'The truth was finally revealed by a 12-year-old child's desperate, frantic escape-an extraordinary act of courage that brought a two-year reign of terror to a crashing, public end.From the shockwave of the criminal arrests and the final, damning courtroom sentences to the urgent ethical reckoning it forced upon the multi-billion-dollar family content creation industry, Ruby & Jodi is more than a true crime exposé. It is a meticulous, professional examination of how unchecked spiritual and digital influence can metastasize into atrocity, and a powerful testament to the resilience of the young survivors who fought their way out of the darkness.You thought you knew the story from the headlines. Now, read the horrifying truth that was hidden from the world.