#128: Honoring the Victims of a Serial Killer

Real Crime Profile

Real Crime Profile / Wondery

True Crime, Society & Culture, Exhibit C, Documentary

4.2 • 10.5K Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2018

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Laura Richards and Lisa Zambetti interview Melissa Moore, the daughter of Keith Jespersen, whose terrible moniker was “The Happy Face Killer”.

He murdered at least 8 women during the early 1990s and at least one victim, Daun, survived.

We ask difficult questions of Melissa about her life: what was going on behind closed doors; were there any warning signs that he was a danger to women and girls, and highlight the lessons to be learned.

We re-balance the narrative by talking about the victims, honouring their names and lives, remembering them and learning from their deaths:

#HerNameWasTaunjaBennett

#HerNameWasClaudia

#HerNameWasCynthiaLynRose

#HerNameWasLaurieAnnPentland

#HerNameWasJane

#HerNameWasSusanne

#HerNameWasAngelaSubrize

#HerNameWasJuliaAnnWinningham

#HerNameISDaunRichert-Slagle

@MelissaGMoore

Melissa’s show “Monster in my Family”

https://youtu.be/7ugV8zPHgH8

Melissa’s book “Shattered Silence”

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Shattered-Silence-Untold-Killers-Daughter/dp/1599552388

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0:00.0	Hey, Prime members, you can listen to Real Crime Profile ad-free on Amazon Music. Download the app today.
0:10.0	The old concaus of death was manual stimulation.
0:14.0	He decked tape my mother and threw her off the side of the mountain.
0:17.0	He played God. That's what he did.
0:24.0	But once he was standing in front of us at the courthouse, I thought, cat, there's no way she could have got away from him.
0:33.0	You know, she fought too the nail, I know my sister.
0:37.0	I'm ashamed that he's my friend.
0:41.0	I'm ashamed that he has no remorse. I'm ashamed of how he treated your sister and what he did to your sister.
0:48.0	And I didn't hear time to story. Her story has been told.
0:53.0	No. It's all about your dad, all about your dad, all about your dad.
1:00.0	Hi everyone. I'm well-consuming.
1:04.0	I'm Laura Riches, former New Scotland Yard Criminal Behavioral Analyst, co-creator and executive producer of the case of Kaylee Antony,
1:11.0	which is currently airing an oxygen. And with me today in the booth is...
1:16.0	Lisa Zambetti, I'm the casting director for CBS's Criminal Minds, where I cast Psychopaths and Victims and FBI agents and everything in between.
1:23.0	And I have a real interest in real crime and the minds that solve the risk of being a criminal.
1:31.0	And I have a real interest in real crime and the minds that solve those crimes.
1:35.0	And today we have a very special guest who's also in the booth with Lisa and I.
1:40.0	And that is Melissa Moore and the true crime correspondent for Dr. Oz.
1:45.0	Jim isn't here with us today. He's taking a much-needed vacation and break.
1:50.0	So we hope he's having a great time. We do miss him.
1:53.0	But we had a great opportunity to talk to Melissa, who is going to tell us a little bit more about herself.
1:59.0	Well, I mean, Lisa and I actually met Melissa on...
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