Episode S3 · Ep 4 August 17, 2026 49 min 26s

Chris Watts Unmasked Pt.4 - Mind of a Murderer: How an Apparent Family Man Became a Monster

Murderer Chris Watts could have divorced his wife. He could have moved on to the bachelor existence he was hiding from her in the months before her 2018 death.

Instead, he strangled her in their home and smothered their preschool-aged daughters Bella and Celeste.

It defied logic and it was cruel beyond imagination.

In the final episode of this series, Crime Desk reporter Rachel Sharp joins Kayla Brantley to break down her reporting on Chris Watts’s possible thinking. Rachel spoke to forensic psychologist Dr.Gary Brucato and behavior analyst Scott Rouse to better understand Watts’s behaviors before and after he killed his family.

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Presenter: Kayla Brantley

Producer: Shayna Jacobs