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Murder: True Crime Stories

SOLVED: The Watts Family Murder 1

Murder: True Crime Stories

Crime House

True Crime

4.6766 Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

To the outside world, Chris and Shanann Watts had it all — a beautiful home, two adorable daughters, and a baby boy on the way. But behind the smiling family photos, cracks were forming.


When Shanann and the girls vanish without a trace, Chris’s pleas for their return ignite a nationwide search. Yet, as investigators look closer, they uncover secrets that turn a picture-perfect marriage into one of the most chilling crimes of the decade.


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0:00.0

Hi, Crime House Community. It's Carter Roy, and if you love digging into the most gripping true crime stories, then you need to listen to another crime house original.

0:10.9

Crimes of with Sabrina Deanna Roga and Corinne Vienne. Crimes of is a weekly series that explores a new theme each season,

0:21.3

from crimes of paranormal, unsolved murders, mysterious disappearances, and more.

0:27.4

Sabrina and Corinne have been covering the true stories behind Hollywood's most iconic horror villains,

0:33.9

and this month they'll be diving into the paranormal.

0:37.5

Listen to Crimes of every Tuesday on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, or wherever you listen to podcasts.

0:49.0

This is Crime House. This is Crime House.

0:59.4

From the outside, the Watts family looked like the picture of happiness.

1:05.2

Their social media was filled with smiling photos, videos of kids playing, and posts about family milestones. It was the kind

1:13.7

of curated lifestyle that suggested stability and love, but appearances can be deceiving. And behind

1:22.1

the stage smiles and carefully crafted captions, and the truth was far more complicated. The marriage between Chris

1:31.0

and Shanan was strained, finances were tight, and Chris was living a secret life no one else knew about.

1:39.5

What looked like a happy family was starting to crack in ways that would soon become impossible to hide.

1:47.1

And it was just a matter of time before the whole thing shattered.

2:03.1

People's lives are like a story. There's a beginning, a middle, and an end.

2:06.1

But you don't always know which part you're on.

2:08.5

Sometimes the final chapter arrives far too soon, and we don't always get to know the

2:14.0

real ending.

2:15.3

I'm Carter Roy, and this is Murder True Crime Stories,

2:19.4

the Crime House original powered by Pave Studios that comes out every Tuesday and Thursday.

2:24.4

At Crime House, we want to express our gratitude to you, our community for making this possible.

2:30.5

Please support us by rating, reviewing, and following Murder True Crime Stories wherever you get your podcasts.

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