The Reason True Crime Fans Are Obsessed With Chris Watts

According to Film Daily, the Watts family murders have been the subject of quite a few true crime documentaries, television shows, podcasts, YouTube specials, and more. Most notably, the tragic events have been covered by Dr. Phil, Dr. Oz, and ABC's 20/20, and they have been adapted into a Netflix documentary called American Murder: The Family Next Door, released in September 2020. Lifetime produced a feature film about the murders called Chris Watts: Confessions of a Killer, released in January 2020.

Watts's chilling aloofness has kept the lurid murders in the public eye for years now. As Insider reported in December 2018, Shanann's mother, Sandra Rzucek, told 20/20 that Watts didn't seem worried in the slightest when his wife and kids were first reported missing. "He didn't give a flying flip," Rzucek said. In an interview (posted on YouTube) with the Denver ABC affiliate two days after the murder, Watts said, "I hope that she's somewhere safe right now and with the kids." His facial expressions and tone of voice, however, convey a complete lack of concern for Shanann and their daughters. "When I came home and then walked in the house, nothing. Vanished. Nothing was here. My kids are my life. I mean, those smiles light up my life," he said with equal frigidity. In addition to his coldness, another mysterious element in the story keeps people wanting to know why Watts did it.

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