Scorched Earth: Chris Watts and the Family Annihilator

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True Crime, Society & Culture, History

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🗓️ 26 February 2021

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

In the summer of 2018, the whole country was riveted to the story of a young, pregnant mom named Shan’ann Watts. Shan’ann and her two little daughters, Bella and Cece, went missing from their comfortable Colorado home one morning. And as the story unfolded, it became increasingly obvious that Shan’ann’s husband Chris was responsible for their disappearance. As bad as we all thought it might be at the time, we had no idea how bad it really was. Turned out, Chris had murdered his wife and two daughters, in pretty much the most appalling way imaginable. The Chris Watts case has been a national obsession ever since, but Chris is by no means the only example of this kind of horror. There have been many others, and sadly, there will probably be many more. And when we start to unravel these cases, a chilling pattern begins to emerge. What could possibly motivate a person to murder their whole family?

Sources:
https://www.insider.com/chris-watts-murder-timeline-2018-12
https://www.biography.com/news/chris-watts-wife-daughters-murder-mistress-confession-timeline
Live Abuse Free, Chris Watts playlist (multiple videos): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyndzKXJdMA&list=PLbXDQtH_u9kxjZVPzIFFbmyx5YP3FlSGp
Investigation Discovery's "Family Man, Family Murderer," documentary about the Watts case
One Last Kiss by Michael W. Cuneo
Investigation Discovery's "American Monster," Episode "Live By the Sword"
https://www.bcu.ac.uk/news-events/news/characteristics-of-family-killers-revealed-by-first-classification-study
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/nov/22/christopher-foster-news-crime
https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/neil-entwistle-sex-lies-how-2480709
British television show "Faking It: Tears of a Crime," Episode "Neil Entwistle"
True Story by Michael Finkel
https://www.laurarichards.co.uk/what-are-the-signs-of-coercive-control/

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0:00.0	Hello campers, grab your marshmallows and gather around the true crime campfire.
0:04.9	Wear your camp counselors, I'm Katie, and I'm Whitney.
0:08.4	And we're here to tell you a true story that is way stranger than fiction, or roasting
0:12.5	murderers and marshmallows around the true crime campfire.
0:22.8	In the summer of 2018, the whole country was riveted to the story of a young pregnant
0:27.8	mom named Shanan Watts.
0:30.5	Shanan and her two little daughters, Bella and C.C. went missing from their comfortable
0:34.6	Colorado home one morning.
0:37.0	And as the story unfolded, it became increasingly obvious that Shanan's husband, Chris, was responsible
0:43.7	for their disappearance.
0:46.3	As bad as we all thought it might be at the time, we had no idea how bad it really was.
0:54.1	Chris had murdered his wife and two daughters in pretty much the most appalling way imaginable.
1:00.4	The Chris Watts case has been a national obsession ever since.
1:04.9	But Chris is by no means the only example of this type of horror.
1:09.6	There have been many others, and sadly, there will probably be many more.
1:15.2	And when we start to unravel these cases, a chilling pattern begins to emerge.
1:21.0	It could possibly motivate a person to murder their whole family.
1:26.1	This is Scorched Earth, Chris Watts and the family annihilator.
1:45.3	So campers were in Frederick, Colorado, Monday, August 13, 2018.
1:51.0	A woman named Nicole Atkinson called police.
1:54.1	She was worried about her friend Shanan Watts.
1:56.3	She hadn't been able to reach her all day.
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