WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Daddy O Five’s Mike Martin is back as a SoundCloud rapper
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Daddy O Five’s Mike Martin is back as a SoundCloud rapper

ByAmelia Cunningham

Mike Martin, the dad from the infamous DaddyOFive and FamilyOFive YouTube channels that pranked their own children to the point of abuse for views, is back again on YouTube and the Internet at large with a new persona as SoundCloud rapper “Mikey M.” His original family prank channel DaddyOFive was shut down and he and…

DaddyOFive YouTube parents get probation for child neglect
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DaddyOFive YouTube parents get probation for child neglect

ByBilly Devon

The controversial parents of a YouTube pranking channel were sentenced to five years of probation in a Frederick County, Maryland Circuit Court on Monday. Heather Martin and Mike Martin had a large following on their DaddyOFive YouTube channel that featured scores of videos of them “pranking” their own children. The content of the videos, especially…

DaddyoFive parents charged with child neglect
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DaddyoFive parents charged with child neglect

ByDaphne Manderlay

Earlier this year DaddyoFive’s Mike and Heather Martin lost custody of two of their kids, Cody and Emma, over incidents involving their popular prank channel. It’s now been revealed that the consequences for their emotionally and physically damaging prank videos do not end there. Both Mike and Heather were charged with two counts of child…

Police Report: DaddyOFive allegedly threatened Emma and Cody’s mom Rose Hall and family
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Police Report: DaddyOFive allegedly threatened Emma and Cody’s mom Rose Hall and family

ByDaphne Manderlay

DaddyOFive and MommyOFive returned to YouTube almost two weeks ago, but new records reveal that their return to vlogging coincides with a violation of a protective order and multiple threats on the live of his ex-wife Rose Hall and her family. Rose Hall is the mother of DaddyOFive Mike Martin’s two younger children Emma and…

DaddyOFive is coming back to YouTube: MommyOFive gives video update on the family
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DaddyOFive is coming back to YouTube: MommyOFive gives video update on the family

ByDaphne Manderlay

This past April a scandal erupted over the “prank” videos on the channels DaddyOFive and MommyOFive (Mike and Heather Martin) that showed was appeared to be severe emotional child abuse. The channels had grown to be incredibly popular and lucrative before the mother of two of the children realized what was happening to her children….

VIDEOS YouTube pranksters DO5 and MO5 lose custody of two kids
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VIDEOS YouTube pranksters DO5 and MO5 lose custody of two kids

ByDarren O

Two parents who received backlash over videos they posted to their popular YouTube channels featuring vicious pranks against their own children have temporarily lost custody of two kids. Michael and Heather Martin received hundreds of thousands of views for the videos posted to their YouTube channels “DaddyOFive” and “MommyOFive.” But things came undone quickly after…