| Machelle Hackney Hobson | |||||||
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| Personal information | |||||||
| Born | Machelle Hobson ca. 1969-1971 | ||||||
| Died | November 12, 2019 (aged 48–50) Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S. | ||||||
| Origin | Maricopa, Arizona, U.S. | ||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||
| Occupation(s) | YouTube personality, comedian, director | ||||||
| YouTube information | |||||||
| Channel | |||||||
| Years active | 2012–2019 | ||||||
| Genre | Comedy | ||||||
| Subscribers | Channel terminated (800,726 at peak)[1] | ||||||
| Total views | 250,405,180[1] | ||||||
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Last updated: March 20, 2019 | |||||||
The Fantastic Adventures scandal was a 2019 scandal involving the YouTube channel Fantastic Adventures, run by Machelle Hackney Hobson of Maricopa, Arizona, in the United States. The scandal began when one of Hobson's biological children contacted the police after witnessing her adopted siblings being systematically abused by her mother.[2][3][4] Hobson and the channel garnered worldwide media attention, given the degree of Hobson's child abuse.[5][6][7]
- ^ a b "About Fantastic Adventures". YouTube.
- ^ "A YouTuber Who Earned Thousands from Videos of Her Kids Performing Was Charged with Child Abuse". BuzzFeed News. 21 March 2019. Archived from the original on 20 August 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
- ^ Nadeau, Barbie Latza (20 March 2019). "Cops: YouTube Mom Pepper-Sprayed 'Fantastic Adventure' Kid Stars to Force Them to Perform". The Daily Beast. Archived from the original on 24 September 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2019 – via www.thedailybeast.com.
- ^ Colburn, Randall (20 March 2019). "YouTube's popular Fantastic Adventures channel terminated after reports of child abuse". News. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
- ^ "Enfants battus : La mère interpellée, YouTube ferme leur chaîne "Fantastic Adventures"". CNews (in French). 21 March 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-03-26. Retrieved 2019-09-18.
- ^ Sarah Duhieu (2019-03-21). "États-Unis : elle maltraitait ses enfants pour gagner des vues sur Youtube" (in French). Rtl.fr. Archived from the original on 2019-03-30. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
- ^ "US mum 'starved YouTube channel kids'". BBC News. 2019-03-20. Archived from the original on 2022-08-20. Retrieved 2019-09-18.