They went earlier than dwell TV begging for assist… whereas hiding an evil secret: Why monsters face the digital camera, revealed in The Crime Desk

Susan Smith sobbed into the cameras and begged a mystery man she claimed had abducted her sons, three-year-old Michael and 14-month-old Alex, to bring them home safe after she herself had drowned them in a lake.

Chris Watts gave several media interviews from the family home where he had strangled his pregnant wife Shanann hours earlier – before driving their daughters Bella, four, and Celeste, three, to an oil field where he killed them too.

Scott Peterson sat down with TV crews and publicly appealed for information about the disappearance of his pregnant wife Laci Peterson, after he had dumped her body in the San Francisco Bay on Christmas Eve.

All three put on a show for the cameras. And all three ended up being arrested and convicted of their loved ones’ murders.

So why do killers parade on TV and make public appeals while harboring such chilling secrets?

And what are the clues and behaviors that give away their guilt?

Chris Watts on the porch of the family home where he played the concerned husband and father

Susan Smith gives a tearful press conference pleading for the return of her two sons (left). Scott Peterson sat down with TV crews and publicly appealed for information about the disappearance of his pregnant wife Laci Peterson (right)

Three leading experts in body language and behavioral analysis have forensically examined the public appeals and TV appearances made by some of America’s most infamous killers for The Crime Desk – and are revealing the telltale signs that all was not what it seemed. 

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