Fantastic Adventures scandal
| 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. | ||||||
| Occupation(s) | YouTube personality, comedian, director | ||||||
| YouTube information | |||||||
| Channel | |||||||
| Years active | 2012–2019 | ||||||
| Genre | Comedy | ||||||
| Subscribers | Channel terminated (800,726 at peak) | ||||||
| Views | 250,405,180 | ||||||
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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. Hobson and the channel garnered worldwide media attention, given the degree of Hobson's child abuse.