They went before live TV begging for help… while hiding an evil secret: Why monsters face the camera, revealed in The Crime Desk
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Susan Smith sobbed on camera and begged the mystery man who she claims kidnapped her sons, three-year-old Michael and 14-month-old Alex, to bring them home safely after she drowned them in the lake.
Chris Watts has given several media interviews where he strangled his pregnant wife Shanann hours earlier before taking his four-year-old daughters Bella and three-year-old Celeste from the family home to an oil field where he also killed them.
Scott Peterson met with TV crews and appealed to the public for information about the disappearance of his pregnant wife, Laci Peterson, after dumping her body in the San Francisco Bay on Christmas Eve.
All three performed for the cameras. And all three were arrested and convicted of murdering their loved ones.
So why do killers parade on television and appeal to the public while keeping such chilling secrets?
So, what are the clues and behaviors that reveal feelings of guilt?
Chris Watts on the porch of the family home, where he plays a caring husband and father
Susan Smith gives a tearful press conference (left), pleading for the return of her two sons. Scott Peterson met with TV crews and made a public appeal for information about the disappearance of his pregnant wife, Laci Peterson (right)
Three leading experts in body language and behavioral analysis have forensically analyzed public appeals and television appearances for Crime Squad by some of America’s most notorious killers and uncovered signs that all is not as it seems.
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