As the temperatures drop nationwide, it's the perfect time to throw on some chilling true crime. Watch With Us has one true crime documentary in particular that we think you should check out before 2025 is over. Earlier this year, Hulu released Devil in the Family: The Fall of Ruby Franke. It's a terrifying yet sensitive exposé on a prominent Mormon family YouTuber, whose matriarch was subjecting her children to abuse. Family influencers are a highly controversial topic, and Devil in the Family will make you question everything about them. We break down why it should be at the top of your watchlist this month. 9 Best True Crime Documentaries to Watch on Netflix and More (November 2025) It Exposes the Truth Hidden Underneath the Perfect Facade of Social Media To her many, many subscribers, Ruby Franke and her family seemed to have the perfect life - until one of Franke's young children turned up on a neighbor's doorstep, requesting to be taken to the police, clearly injured and malnourished. This began the unraveling of the 8 Passengers YouTube channel, a "slice of life" vlog surrounding Ruby and Kevin Franke and their six children. Hidden behind the smiles on social media was a family that was anything but perfect, as Ruby inflicted brutal, hardline punishments on her children to get them to perform. The thousands of hours of behind-the-scenes footage that the filmmakers were able to access reveal the truth of what we don't see on YouTube. It goes beyond reminding viewers that influencers don't really lead perfect lives, but that the influencer industry - particularly family influencers - is inherently exploitative. It's Honest About the Child Labor and Exploitation Inherent to Family Vlogging While filming your child for social media might seem like an innocent activity, that all changes when the act becomes monetized. In fact, states have begun stepping up to protect the rights of children who are involved in family vlogging, with one such bill having already passed in New York. The fact of the matter is that children are effectively working when they are helping their parents to create content for social media, and in many cases, such as that of the Franke family, it becomes brutal and unfair. When your children are seen as your personal cash cows, there is less interest in parenting them than in coaching them, as evidenced by Ruby Franke and her abusive treatment of her children. Ultimately, children's lives become less of a true childhood and more of a never-ending social media performance in which they are trapped. In Devil in the Family, vlogging ends up seeming less wholesome and more of another method in which parents can assert domineering control over their children. 'Devil in the Family' Allows Franke's Children to Speak for Themselves One of the most crucial aspects of Devil in the Family is that it allows the victims of Ruby Franke's abuse, her own children, to talk about their own experiences. The series features the full participation of Shari and Chad Franke, Ruby's two eldest children, in addition to Ruby's husband, Kevin (who filed for divorce), and notably obscures the identities of the younger Franke children. Thus, Devil in the Family avoids the stereotypical true crime pitfall of being exploitative in its exploration of exploitation. 17 Must-Watch True Crime Documentaries on Netflix Right Now (November 2025) Instead, Devil in the Family is a sensitive, shocking and heartbreaking look at abuse, control and extreme religious beliefs alongside fame and performance specific to YouTube. In Shari and Chad's interviews, they are candid about the abuse they endured from Ruby and what it did to them, and Kevin's honesty is sobering as he admits his shame in that he doesn't really know why he stood by his wife while she abused his children. Stream Devil in the Family: The Fall of Ruby Franke now on Hulu.