Rotten Mango

2 people are rushed into the emergency room. The doctors and nurses don’t ask questions - they have one objective in mind. Save these people.    Both are suffering from stab wounds. Sadly, only 1 of them will make it. 8 year old, Haneul, is deceased from multiple stab wounds to her neck, back, and chest.    The 48 year old woman however, is alive.    The nurses try to piece together what might have happened with the little information they have. The older woman is a teacher. The 8 year old girl was attacked in her elementary school.    Perhaps, a knife wielding madman snuck into the school and attacked the little girl. Perhaps, the teacher tried to protect her student but was stabbed in the process. It will be difficult to tell the teacher that her student that she presumably tried to protect - did not make it.    But when the teacher wakes up - the nurses don’t know how to handle the situation anymore. Because… she is laughing.    She is giggling.    She killed 8 year old Haneul and she is seemingly happy. Content. Giddy with excitement.            Full show notes at rottenmangopodcast.com [http://rottenmangopodcast.com]

“I don’t do naughty things, I’m a really good girl.”   That is what Ruby Franke tells her husband Kevin in a recorded jail call. She’s a really good girl - that almost killed 2 of their youngest children.    She kept them locked away in her marriage counselor/“lovers” mansion basement - torturing them for months. Soon, all the evidence will come out - their abuse diaries, the alleged romantic relationship, and the grim detail that they were planning on buying a 500 acre property in the middle of nowhere to carry out more extreme abuse.    But the question on many people’s minds is - how was nobody else involved and how did nobody else know what was happening?   Kevin Franke, Ruby’s devoted husband, has become the center of conspiracy theories. With people wondering just how much he knew, just how much he’s covering up now, and if he should be charged. Also, why did he try to sue his oldest daughter after his wife was arrested?   What about the mysterious woman - Pam? Two Franke teenage girls were found deep cleaning her home the day of the arrests. How come she doesn’t appear that shocked to find out what Ruby had been doing? Is it because she knew all along?   And what will Ruby and Jodi do to each other in prison? Will they turn on each other to save themselves - or do they still believe everyone is working with the devil?       Full show notes at rottenmangopodcast.com [http://rottenmangopodcast.com]

It was the most viewed home on realtor websites for weeks. It’s a curious looking house. As you swipe through the photos of the 15 foot tall ceilings, the grand glass windows, the $5M price tag starts to make sense.    But what is that? There is an entire concrete bunker like structure underneath the house with its very own panic room. A bank vault door - leading to a room with a toilet and sink.    To keep people out - and to keep people in.  This is the home that Ruby Franke & Jodi Hildebrandt tortured Ruby’s 2 youngest children in. There are detailed diaries left behind by Ruby Franke describing how she tortured them with cactuses, pouring cayenne pepper and honey into their wounds, and all the unique punishments she came up with.    All the while posting podcast episodes - giving advice to other moms.  How to be a perfect mom.  Just like her.       Full show notes at rottenmangopodcast.com

Jodi is one of the most recommended marriage therapists in the area but there’s something about her that feels - wrong.    “Every relationship needs to die in order to be reborn.”   Her pattern is simple yet effective.  Find the husband’s addiction. Each husband has one. It’s usually watching too many explicit videos, staring too long at his female coworkers, or just having too many inappropriate thoughts.    Find the addiction. And stomp. It. Out.  Shame the husband for how he’s ruining the family and give the wife strength and power to run away from him… straight into Jodi’s arms.    It almost seems like that is her intention.  And it seems to work like a charm - every single time.  And just maybe - if Jodi really tries… maybe the men will even end up in prison. Then the wife will have nobody but Jodi.    Youtuber / family blogger, Ruby Franke, should be very familiar with this. Because now all she has - is Jodi.        Full show notes at rottenmangopodcast.com [http://rottenmangopodcast.com]

It’s the middle of the desert and the pavement is scorching hot. If you dare to step barefoot on it, it’s the equivalent of sticking your foot on a cast iron pan on high heat. Enough to cause instant blisters.   But the 12 year old boy has no choice. He has once more chance to escape and he needs to make it to a neighbors house for safety. He crawls out the window and starts pacing. If nobody is home - that could be the end. There are only 3 homes in this part of the desert.   The 1 he’s been locked up and tortured in. The 1 where nobody would answer the door. And 1 last chance.   If he can make it there before they catch him. Or if the duct tape around his ankles don’t melt into him.   August 30, 2023 - this little boys escape will kick start an investigation into one of the biggest family vloggers on YouTube.   This is the case of Ruby Franke - the woman who has been vlogging herself abusing her 6 kids for years, and has locked away the two youngest in a windowless safe room - to be tortured.       Full show notes at rottenmangopodcast.com [http://rottenmangopodcast.com]