A widely followed YouTube creator, Michael David Booth, known online as 'Mr Crafty Pants', is at the centre of a criminal child exploitation investigation that has shocked both his followers and his local community.
Booth, 39, from the Norton Commons area of Kentucky in the United States, built an audience of almost 600,000 subscribers by posting arts and crafts tutorials and family-friendly content. His sudden arrest in August 2025 has raised concerns about online safety, the reliability of content sharing platforms and the blurred boundaries between creators and their audiences.
