No, this is not a continuation of episode 11, The Smiley Face Murders. This episode is, however, a product of the extensive research Kait did for that episode before realizing that The Happy Face Killer was a completely different topic. To round out 2021, we wanted to finish with a bang - and a bangin' amount of research was done. Who is Keith Hunter Jesperson? How did such an innocent symbol come to signify the horrors of a serial killer? What caused this seemingly average man to take the lives of eight innocent women whom he felt he could control? This week, Creeps & Coffee explores the intricacy of a case that could've been solved before it turned serial, were it not for the intervention of complete strangers. As it turns out, the Happy Face Killer could be closer than you think.

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