Were they fake stories? The Franklin case was not fake (read the books). One of the primary perps in that particular case was also implicated in McMartin.
Two separate grand juries were presented with the Franklin case and neither one believed that there was enough evidence to warrant an indictment. The bar for a grand jury is much lower than what a court will insist upon. And two of the individuals claiming to be victims were themselves convicted of committing perjury.
I’d be curious to learn who this common figure between Franklin and McMartin is. McMartin is the granddaddy of fake SRA cases so I’m not sure why a connection between the two would enhance Franklin.