Happy Face: Book vs. Series
Paramount+’s 2025 series Happy Face is inspired by Melissa Moore and M. Bridget Cook’s memoir Shattered Silence, Moore’s true story, and her podcast. Both center on a daughter confronting the legacy of her serial-killer father.
About the book and the series
- Author
- Melissa Moore and M. Bridget Cook
- Year
- 2015
- Pages
- 256Buy book
- Audiobook length
- 9 hr 34 minGet audiobook
- Narrator
- Krystal Hammond, see all
Melissa Moore recounts growing up with Keith Hunter Jesperson, the man later identified as the Happy Face Killer, and learning the truth about his crimes when she was fifteen. She describes years spent hiding her connection to him and her eventual decision to speak publicly, confront his legacy, and reclaim her own identity.
- Creator
- Jennifer Cacicio
- Writer
- Bam Johnson
- Year
- 2025
- Episode
- 54 minWatch on Amazon
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 8
- Network
- Paramount+
- Cast
- Annaleigh Ashford, Dennis Quaid, James Wolk, Tamera Tomakili
- Genre
- Drama, Thriller
- IMDb
- View on IMDb
Melissa has spent decades hiding that her estranged father is the imprisoned serial killer known as Happy Face. When he claims an innocent man faces execution for one of his crimes, he forces his way back into her life and sends her searching for the truth while confronting the damage he caused.
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