In the early 1990’s, Keith Hunter Jesreson began in a junk in cross countries, making the lives of at least eight known victims, but later stated that his true body count was much higher. His reign of terror It began in 1990 with the assassination of Taunja Bennett in Oregon; Initially, this was not resolved thanks to a false confession of a couple who had nothing to do with Bennett’s death. Like most serial killers, Jesreson (known as the Happy Face Killer) was a strategist, often strangling his victims before having his bodies in remote areas. This said that their disappearances went unnoticed as long as possible, allowing their twisted games to continue.
Although Jesreson was convicted of eight murders, he has suggested many more, leaving the extension of his crimes surrounded by mystery. For those who hoped to get more information about their haunning history, Happy face to Paramount+ is wearing The true story of the criminal case In life through the eyes of Jepson’s daughter, Melissa Moore.
The first two episodes of “Happy Face” are now transmitted to Paramount+
There are often films, documentaries and even podcasts about the murderers themselves or even their victims. However, it is less common to get a deep immersion to the families of well -known Killers. Although their experience can never be compared to that of the families of the victims, there is something to say about what they happen. Feel as if you met someone and then discovering that they committed a horrible act cannot be easy. This is what the new Paramount+ series is light.
The narrative follows Melissa Moore (Annaleigh Ashford) while reconnecting with his father after years of strangers. When Jesreson (Dennis Quaid) claims the knowledge of a victim not denounced, Melissa, accompanied by a true crime producer, visits him. This encounter is to investigate whether an innocent man is on his death for a crime that his father committed. A personal journey is asked to face the dark legacy of his father, who has kept secret even his own family.
The story of the true story of The Happy Face Killer
The Paramount+ is based on the story of the real murderer of the happy face, shown from the point of view of his daughter, as explained in the 2009 memory, “Shattered Silence: The Untold Story of a Serial Killer’s Daughter”. As Moore says, he had a relatively happy childhood and a loving relationship with his father – Until the age of 15 when he discovered that he was a murderer, just because he was trapped.
“I think it will be upset about some things in the fact that it is not glorified. He is not the hero of this story obviously. So seeing -I think he will feel a feeling of betrayal that is not the hero of this story,” said Moore Parade In an exclusive interview. “This is my story,” he continued, “and I think it will be annoying to be victorious in this story. Victorious in the sense that I close myself in another case. They are only assumptions. I have no idea how it will react. But base -on what I know of him, I think it will be the truth.”
In real life, Moore finally contacted the families of his father’s victims and the families of other authors who helped him deal with the complex shame and emotions he dealt with. “There is no way to share my story, not even giving the flat so that the families of the victims speak without inadvertently paying attention to my father. So there is no way around. I wish there were, but there is no,” he said on the way out.
Despite the harsh emotions he had to navigate, the true host of the crime podcast is finally seized the work he does. “I feel to see that these memories are also reproduced, they gave me a sense of esteem for what I happened and that I am here to tell the story. It really summarized what I was emotionally feeling,” Moore shared. His courage and his inner journey is what inspired Happy face. It provides a new perspective for the fans of the true crime to explore, but not without publicing on a roller coaster of shocking emotions and revelations.
