The Fantastic Adventures scandal was a 2019 scandal in involving the
YouTube channel Fantastic Adventures, run by Machelle Hackney Hobson
of Maricopa, Arizona, United States. The scandal began when one of
Hobson's biological children contacted the police after witnessing her
adopted siblings (Felipe, Summer, Elijah, Hailey, Jacob, Grayson and
one unidentified child) being systematically abused by her mother.
Fantastic Adventures gained worldwide media attention because of
Hobson's motive of abuse towards the adopted children.Machelle Hackney
Hobson's YouTube channel, Fantastic Adventures, was created on June
17, 2012, and ultimately gained 800,726 subscribers. In 2011, Hobson's
former husband had stated that she pulled their daughter Megan from
school in order to take care of her adopted children. In 2017, a child
that was involved in Hobson's videos was seen streaking through the
neighborhood, raising suspicions among the neighbors.On March 13,
2019, Megan reported her mother to police. The report came after many
of Hobson's neighbors had reported suspicious activity regarding
Fantastic Adventures and called the Department of Child Safety (DCS)
more than fifteen times to her house. According to Hobson's Instagram
account, one of her adopted daughters, Hailey, was legally
blind.Hobson died in a Scottsdale hospital on November 12, 2019,
having been released from jail in June and declared not competent to
stand trial in August.All seven children were removed from the home
and placed into foster care after Hobson's death, and Fantastic
Adventures's earnings were sent to the children who had appeared on
the channel.
YouTube channel Fantastic Adventures, run by Machelle Hackney Hobson
of Maricopa, Arizona, United States. The scandal began when one of
Hobson's biological children contacted the police after witnessing her
adopted siblings (Felipe, Summer, Elijah, Hailey, Jacob, Grayson and
one unidentified child) being systematically abused by her mother.
Fantastic Adventures gained worldwide media attention because of
Hobson's motive of abuse towards the adopted children.Machelle Hackney
Hobson's YouTube channel, Fantastic Adventures, was created on June
17, 2012, and ultimately gained 800,726 subscribers. In 2011, Hobson's
former husband had stated that she pulled their daughter Megan from
school in order to take care of her adopted children. In 2017, a child
that was involved in Hobson's videos was seen streaking through the
neighborhood, raising suspicions among the neighbors.On March 13,
2019, Megan reported her mother to police. The report came after many
of Hobson's neighbors had reported suspicious activity regarding
Fantastic Adventures and called the Department of Child Safety (DCS)
more than fifteen times to her house. According to Hobson's Instagram
account, one of her adopted daughters, Hailey, was legally
blind.Hobson died in a Scottsdale hospital on November 12, 2019,
having been released from jail in June and declared not competent to
stand trial in August.All seven children were removed from the home
and placed into foster care after Hobson's death, and Fantastic
Adventures's earnings were sent to the children who had appeared on
the channel.
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