7.055 minSeason 1 • Episode 8
LatestMelissa solves the case. Keith suffers an attack. Ben faces consequences for his actions.
The story of Melissa Reed, daughter of Keith Jesperson, aka the Happy Face Killer. After decades of no contact, Keith forces his way back into his daughter’s life, and Melissa must find out if an innocent man is going to be put to death for a crime her father committed. In the process, she must face a reckoning of her own identity.
Acting
Annaleigh Ashford carries impossible weight in every scene.
Writing
Refuses easy catharsis—messy, human, unflinching.
Creator
Jennifer Cacicio
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Melissa Moore's actual podcast and memoir—she really did help exonerate a wrongfully convicted man her father framed.
Dennis Quaid's casting sparked debate: should charming actors humanize real killers, or does it expose how predators hide in plain sight?
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