Melissa, you can't hide forever.
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.
DramaCrimemanipulationidentity crisistalk showinterviewserial killerrape and murderbased on memoir or autobiographytrue crimeteenage daughterautobiographicalshamebased on podcastParamount+
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Character
Grave, earnest, contemporary and overwhelming.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- contemporarynostalgic
- cooloverwhelming
- warmbleak
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Cast
- Annaleigh AshfordMelissa Reed
- Dennis QuaidKeith Jesperson aka 'Happy Face Killer'
- James WolkBen Reed
- Tamera TomakiliIvy Campbell
- Khiyla AynneHazel Reed
- Benjamin MackeyMax Reed
Crew
- Jennifer CacicioCreator
- Ariel MarxOriginal Music Composer
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Seasons
- Season 18 eps · 2025
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