Dennis Quaid and Annaleigh Ashford star in the Paramount+ true-crime series “Happy Face,” about the real-life Happy Face killer Keith Jesperson, which premieres with two episodes this week.

NEW YORK — The new Paramount+ series “Happy Face” has all the elements of a gripping true-crime yarn: A serial killer, his estranged daughter, a race to get an innocent man off death row.

The platform recently threw another log on the fire with the premiere of Jennifer Cacicio’s true crime drama Happy Face. Starring Annaleigh Ashford, Dennis Quaid, James Wolk, and Tamera Tomakili ...

He was ready to change the subject. Moore was 15 when Jesperson, a prolific serial killer infamous for drawing smiley faces in letters to the media and prosecutors, was captured. The case is now ...

Some would not be identified for decades. In 1995, the man behind the killings, identified as divorced father-of-three Keith Hunter Jesperson, would turn himself in as the man dubbed “The Happy Face ...

Happy Face' is awesome! That was my first time working with King Size Productions. Jen [Cacicio] and Liz [Glotzter] were the two executives that I worked on the most, and it's a cool show.

Dennis Quaid plays the serial killer and Annaleigh Ashford his conflicted daughter in “Happy Face,” the new series based on the true, gruesome story. Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here.