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The Perfect Father
- The True Story of Chris Watts, His All-American Family, and a Shocking Murder
- Narrated by: Shaun Grindell
- Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
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In the early morning hours of August 13, 2018, Shanann Watts was dropped off at her Frederick, Colorado, home by a colleague after returning from a business trip. It was the last time anyone would see her alive. By the next day, Shanann and her two young daughters, Bella and Celeste, had been reported missing, and her husband, Chris Watts, was appearing on the local news, pleading for his family's safe return.
But Chris Watts already knew that he would never see his family again. Less than 24 hours after his desperate plea, Watts made a shocking confession to police: He had strangled his pregnant wife to death and smothered their daughters, dumping their bodies at a nearby oil site. Heartbroken friends and neighbors watched in shock as the movie-star handsome, devoted family man they knew was arrested and charged with first degree murder.
The perfect mask Chris had presented to the world in his TV interviews and the family's Facebook accounts was slipping - and what lay beneath was a horrifying image of instability, infidelity, sexual ambivalence, and boiling rage.
In this first major account of the case, best-selling author and journalist John Glatt reveals the truth behind the tragedy and constructs a chilling portrait of one of the most shocking family annihilator cases of the 21st century.
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- bookworm77
- 28-07-20
Well written
I’m an avid true crime reader and found this book a good source of facts. Heart breaking facts 😞.
Such a harrowing tale of a family devastated. I cried several times listening and felt guilty that my hobby of true crime reading is actually 2 families real life tragedy. Think I will stick to old crime tales.
Well narrated and written.
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- Mohammed
- 15-10-20
the most detail I ever had on this shocking event
the detail puts everything together. rip shannan..bella..cece and nico....Will chris ever tell the truth one day
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- madbmad
- 09-02-21
A very true encapsulation of the Watts case.
I have followed this case since the day it began in August 2018 and read many books, seen movies and videos, I have also read the Discovery files. This book is expertly written and narrated and does a great job of portraying all those involved, a gripping listen/read.
Great job!
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- Kevin Wells
- 30-01-21
Nothing we don’t already know, but very well told.
This audiobook will tell you the full story of the Watts murders as it is known publicly. Very sad.
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- jane james
- 18-01-22
Good read
Well written book and just the right amount of information about a huge case
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- Amazon Customer
- 06-01-24
Well delivered
This is a good synopsis of the case and story. Well narrated and well written. I’ve seen some reviews highlighting victim blaming with regards to Shanann - if you read the case papers and do a little digging there is no victim blame nor shaming. Chris watts is a monster. No excuse. This is a very good book if you have some detail background on the case. If you don’t have a background on the case then do your digging, listen to the interviews and interrogations as well as search/watch the social media posts - then listen to this book. Horrible situation.
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- rosemaryk2006
- 24-07-20
Accurate Well Written Account
The narrator has a, good voice but his reading, at the beginning, is hesitant and jerky but he improves. The is a factual account of the Watts family murders and the author doesn't put forward any psychological theories or opinions.
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- Claire
- 22-01-21
so sad heartbreaking but could not put it down
heartbreaking Chris watts how could u hurt your family RIP Shannan Bella CE CE and babey nico
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- Leeds_lassie
- 17-02-24
true crime
narrator wasn't great would have preferred an American voice. blah blah blah blah blah
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- SHANE CANNING
- 01-12-23
Not nice hearing bad storyies about shanann
Seems to be one sided and listening to this shanann is not a good person while chris is the evil one good narratation and great book otherwise
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