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id="cite_ref-YouTubeStatsFantastic_Adventures_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-YouTubeStatsFantastic_Adventures-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Total views</th><td class="infobox-data">250,405,180<sup id="cite_ref-YouTubeStatsFantastic_Adventures_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-YouTubeStatsFantastic_Adventures-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><table class="ib-youtube-awards mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"> <tbody><tr><th colspan="3" class="ib-youtube-awards-color"><div><a href="/wiki/YouTube_Creator_Awards" title="YouTube Creator Awards">Creator Awards</a></div></th></tr><tr><td><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/YouTube_Silver_Play_Button_2.svg/32px-YouTube_Silver_Play_Button_2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="32" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/YouTube_Silver_Play_Button_2.svg/48px-YouTube_Silver_Play_Button_2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/YouTube_Silver_Play_Button_2.svg/64px-YouTube_Silver_Play_Button_2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="358" /></span></span></td><td>100,000 subscribers</td><td>2018</td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below ib-youtube-below"><hr /><i>Last updated:</i> March 20, 2019</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Fantastic Adventures scandal</b> was a 2019 scandal involving the <a href="/wiki/YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a> channel Fantastic Adventures, run by Machelle Hackney Hobson of <a href="/wiki/Maricopa,_Arizona" title="Maricopa, Arizona">Maricopa, Arizona</a>, in the United States. The scandal began when one of Hobson's biological children contacted the police after witnessing her adopted siblings being systematically <a href="/wiki/Child_abuse" title="Child abuse">abused</a> by her mother.<sup id="cite_ref-buzzfeednews1_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-buzzfeednews1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hobson and the channel garnered worldwide media attention, given the degree of Hobson's child abuse.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fantastic_Adventures_scandal&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On June 17, 2012,<sup id="cite_ref-Socialblade_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Socialblade-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Machelle Hackney Hobson created a <a href="/wiki/YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a> channel, Fantastic Adventures, which would feature videos starring her seven adopted children.<sup id="cite_ref-CNN_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CNN-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The channel ultimately attracted more than 800,000 subscribers,<sup id="cite_ref-Socialblade_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Socialblade-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> more than 350 million views,<sup id="cite_ref-CNN_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CNN-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and netted at least tens of thousands of dollars in revenue.<sup id="cite_ref-Buzzfeed_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Buzzfeed-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2017, one of the children involved in Hobson's videos was seen running naked through the neighborhood, raising suspicion among the neighbors as to some sort of impropriety.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the Arizona Department of Child Safety (DCS), Hobson was investigated by DCS on nine separate occasions, but no definitive evidence of abuse was found.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2019, after receiving a tip from Hobson's biological adult daughter, Megan Hobson,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> police arrived at the Hobson home for a <a href="/wiki/Welfare_check" class="mw-redirect" title="Welfare check">welfare check</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Buzzfeed_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Buzzfeed-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On seeing the children, police noted that they appeared to be malnourished, and several of the children reported that Hobson had subjected them to physical abuse. One daughter stated that, on one occasion, Hobson had applied <a href="/wiki/Pepper_spray" title="Pepper spray">pepper spray</a> to her vagina, and a son reported that Hobson had subjected him to beatings and pinched the tip of his penis with her fingernails until it bled.<sup id="cite_ref-Buzzfeed_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Buzzfeed-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The children reported that Hobson would frequently abuse them when they refused to perform in "Fantastic Adventures" videos and when their performances did not meet Hobson's standards.<sup id="cite_ref-CNN_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CNN-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Buzzfeed_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Buzzfeed-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Hobson and her two adult biological sons, Logan and Ryan Hackney, were arrested.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hobson was charged with 30 felony counts related to the abuse,<sup id="cite_ref-:1_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and her sons were charged with failure to report their mother's abuse.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fantastic_Adventures_scandal&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In May 2019, Hobson suffered a non-trauma-related brain injury at Pinal County Jail, and she was transferred to a local hospital.<sup id="cite_ref-AZ_Central_Death_Report_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AZ_Central_Death_Report-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her health subsequently deteriorated, and a judge declared her "incompetent to stand trial but restorable"<sup id="cite_ref-AZ_Central_Death_Report_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AZ_Central_Death_Report-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>—a designation that gave state officials 15 months to restore Hobson to legal competency.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Instead, Hobson died in a <a href="/wiki/Scottsdale,_Arizona" title="Scottsdale, Arizona">Scottsdale</a> hospital on November 12, 2019, and the charges against her were dismissed as a result of her death.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aftermath">Aftermath</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fantastic_Adventures_scandal&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In April 2019, the charges filed against Hobson's adult sons for failure to report child abuse were dismissed,<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but in May 2023, prosecutors filed charges against the two Hackney brothers for multiple counts of sexual misconduct with minors.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Their indictments were sealed, and the identity of the victim (or victims) was not initially made public.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reactions">Reactions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fantastic_Adventures_scandal&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Reactions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Torrie Taj, CEO of Child Crisis Arizona, called the mother behind the scandal a "master manipulator" and stated that Hobson did not have the qualification to adopt children.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>YouTube announced that it would be working with the <a href="/wiki/National_Center_for_Missing_and_Exploited_Children" class="mw-redirect" title="National Center for Missing and Exploited Children">National Center for Missing and Exploited Children</a> to find any users who were abusing children and that anyone who was convicted would have their channel terminated.<sup id="cite_ref-buzzfeednews1_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-buzzfeednews1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fantastic_Adventures_scandal&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ruby_Franke" title="Ruby Franke">Ruby Franke</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fantastic_Adventures_scandal&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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