Happy Face

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Happy Face episodes

September 15, 2020 Diane
Just four days after the shooting Diane participated in a reenactment of the night of May 19th for the police. Her affect throughout the reenactment caused the police and community to look at her as a suspect.

Melissa G. Moore: IG @melissag.moore; Tik Tok @melissa.g.moore

Lauren Bright Pacheco: www.LaurenBrightPacheco.com

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35 min
September 08, 2020 The Night of May 19th, 1983
Could Diane’s obsession with a married man be the possible motive? We explore her former marriage and life leading up to the shooting of the Downs children.

Melissa G. Moore: IG @melissag.moore; Tik Tok @melissa.g.moore

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29 min
September 01, 2020 Truth and Lies
After many attempts to speak with Diane's family members, Diane's brother, James, finally agrees to sit down with Becky.

Melissa G. Moore: IG @melissag.moore; Tik Tok @melissa.g.moore

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33 min
August 25, 2020 The Secret
After a viewing of a TV movie revealed to Becky what her biological mother had done, her life took a turn towards rebellion. Now, twenty years later, she's still dealing with the consequences of that discovery

Melissa G. Moore: IG @melissag.moore; Tik Tok @melissa.g.moore

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29 min
August 18, 2020 Hidden in Plain Sight
In 1984, Diane Downs was convicted for the murder of her daughter and attempted murder of her other son and daughter. Shortly before her admission to prison, she gave birth to a girl. Now that daughter, Becky Babcock, begins the journey to accept the connection to who her biological mother is, and what that means for her life going forward.

Melissa G. Moore: IG @melissag.moore; Tik Tok @melissa.g.moore

Lauren Bright Pacheco: www.LaurenBrightPacheco.com

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22 min
August 05, 2020 Happy Face Presents: Two Face
Melissa G. Moore: IG @melissag.moore; Tik Tok @melissa.g.moore

Lauren Bright Pacheco: www.LaurenBrightPacheco.com

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4 min
December 21, 2018 Aftermath
How has this journey changed Melissa’s life? And were she and her father tormented by his ghosts or their shared inner demons? Melissa now has an answer.

Melissa G. Moore: IG @melissag.moore; Tik Tok @melissa.g.moore

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30 min
December 14, 2018 Psychopathy
After getting a PET Scan, Melissa meets with a neuroscientist who believes brain patterns can identify psychopaths. Dr. James Fallon also happens to be a psychopath. He shares his incredible personal story before revealing her results.

Melissa G. Moore: IG @melissag.moore; Tik Tok @melissa.g.moore

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30 min
December 07, 2018 Ghosts and Letters
Melissa is conflicted by how her father’s crimes have shaped her life and her career. She’s also conflicted about the paranormal ‘gift’ they both share-- seeing and feeling ghosts. Does this bolster Sam’s psychopath argument? And has she passed this trait to her son as well?

Melissa G. Moore: IG @melissag.moore; Tik Tok @melissa.g.moore

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30 min
November 30, 2018 Normalcy
Melissa married her husband Sam hoping to find stability and distance herself from her father’s crimes - but her inability to open up emotionally is destroying their marriage - and it leads them both to question whether Melissa is capable of feeling compassion - a psychopathic trait she and her father seem to share.

Melissa G. Moore: IG @melissag.moore; Tik Tok @melissa.g.moore

Lauren Bright Pacheco: www.LaurenBrightPacheco.com

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37 min

About Happy Face

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For Melissa Moore, 1995 was a nightmare. That’s the year the teenager learned her father, Keith Hunter Jesperson, was a serial killer. It’s also the year Melissa Moore’s doubt spiral began: When you look like your father, and you share his intelligence and charisma, how do you know you’re not a psychopath, too? Happy Face is the story of Keith Hunter Jesperson, his brutal crimes, and the cat and mouse game he played with detectives and the media. But it’s also the story of the horrific legacy he gifted his children. Join Melissa Moore as she investigates her father’s crimes, reckons with the past, and wades through her darkest fears as she hunts for a better future.