'Monster In My Family' SNEAK PEEK: WATCH Compelling New Docu-Series Following Family Members Of Serial Killers & Victims Meeting Face-To-Face [VIDEO]
For the first time, those gripped and captivated by the stories of some of the most famous serial killers in America will be given a unique perspective about the people involved in the crimes with Lifetime's new docu-series Monster in My Family.
The show, which follows the journey of various family members of convicted serial killers as they meet face-to-face with the family members of the victims. The journey begins with Melissa Moore, the daughter of Keith Hunter Jesperson (also known as the Happy Face Killer, who murdered eight women over a five-year period in the early 1990s), as she first reveals a behind-the-scenes account of growing up with Jesperson, before she then meets with one of his victims' family members to apologize for what he did.
The series then continues with Moore facilitating meetings between other families as those who knew completely different sides to some of the world's now most reknown murderers, come forward and speak up about their lives--and also take steps to try and provide some sense of closure to the family members of those who were killed.
The series will look into the stories behind the following crimes:
The Happy Face Killer:
Keith Hunter Jesperson, who killed eight women in the early 1990s, usually by brutally beating, raping and strangling them. His only fully identified victims were Taunja Bennett, Angela Surbize, Julie Ann Winningham. He was convicted and is serving three consecutive life sentences.
The Killer Clown:
John Wayne Gacy, who killed, raped, and sexually assaulted at least 33 teenage boys and young men between 1972-1978 in Chicago. After his conviction, Gacy spent 14 years on death row before his execution by lethal injection in 1994.
The DC Sniper:
A tag team consisting of John Allen Muhammed and then teenaged Lee Boyd Malvo. Together, the two killed ten and critically injured three others in along the D.C. metro area in 2002. Malvo was sentenced to six consecutive life sentences in prison with no possibility of parole. Muhammed received the death penalty and was executed by lethal injection in 2009.
Dale Hausner:
Known along with Samuel Dieteman as the Serial Shooters, he was responsible for at least eight murders and 29 other shootings in the Phoenix, Az. area from May 2005-August 2006. Hausner committed suicide in prison in 2013.
Bobbie Joe Long:
Long kidnapped, sexually assaulted and murdered at least ten women in the Tampa Bay area in 1984. He is serving several consecutive sentences in a Florida prison.
Robert Lee Yates:
Yates murdered 13 female prostitutes in Washington State from 1996-1998. He is on death row at the Washington State Penitentiary.
Monster in My Family premieres Wednesday, July 1 at 9 p.m. on Lifetime.
