Keith Hunter Jesperson murdered eight women and confessed his crimes in letters signed with a smiley face Jessica Sager is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023.

Jesperson became known as the Happy Face Killer because he drew smiley faces on the anonymous letters he wrote to media outlets and police departments confessing to his crimes. He murdered at ...

He earned his moniker after sending letters with smiley faces to law enforcement and the media, and has claimed to have killed as many as 160 people. Moore’s story is now the subject of a new ...

Moore, whose father was the serial killer known as the Happy Face Killer. The series' title originates from the taunting notes with smiley faces that Jesperson left for authorities at crime scenes.

He earned his nickname after the smiley faces he drew on letters baiting the media and authorities. In addition to her iHeartPodcasts series, Moore has also hosted the series Monster in My Family ...

and who gained his ominous moniker from his habit of leaving smiley faces on letters to the authorities. He’s currently serving a sentence of life without parole at Oregon State Penitentiary.

His moniker, the Happy Face Killer, came from the smiley face he would sketch when signing letters or notes about his heinous acts. In 1990, Laverne Pavlinac falsely confessed that her live-in ...

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He earned his nickname for the smiley faces he included in letters sent to authorities. According to Rolling Stone, in the 1990s, the father of three killed at least eight women over a span of ...

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But have you ever watched one about a serial killer's daughter? Happy Face, Paramount+'s newest thriller, does exactly that, and you're not going to want to miss an episode. And we're here to make ...

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