Impact X Nightline Menu About Episodes Photos Releases Deadly Smile: The Happy Face Killer - Releases May 7, 2025 IMPACT x Nightline: Deadly Smile: The Happy Face Killer (5/8) THURSDAY, MAY 8 IMPACT x Nightline: “Deadly Smile: The Happy Face Killer” (329) – Streaming Only on Hulu Logline: The tragic story of Patsy Skiple, one of the Happy Face Killer’s Jane Doe victims, is finally uncovered decades after her disappearance. Skiple’s family and the Happy Face Killer’s daughter share the painful fallout of his crimes. The Inside Scoop: ABC News Studios’ “IMPACT x Nightline: Deadly Smile: The Happy Face Killer” begins streaming on Thursday, May 8, only on Hulu. “Nightline” co-anchor Juju Chang reports on the notorious “Happy Face Killer,” who went on a killing spree throughout the United States in the 1990s, and the recent identification of one of his “Jane Doe” victims, Patsy Skiple. This episode showcases news-making “20/20” interviews about the case, which ABC News has been following for over a decade, and features new interviews with Skiple’s family members, the police lieutenant who spearheaded the DNA investigation into identifying Skiple’s remains, and M Press Release - Series
May 7, 2025 IMPACT x Nightline: Deadly Smile: The Happy Face Killer (5/8) THURSDAY, MAY 8 IMPACT x Nightline: “Deadly Smile: The Happy Face Killer” (329) – Streaming Only on Hulu Logline: The tragic story of Patsy Skiple, one of the Happy Face Killer’s Jane Doe victims, is finally uncovered decades after her disappearance. Skiple’s family and the Happy Face Killer’s daughter share the painful fallout of his crimes. The Inside Scoop: ABC News Studios’ “IMPACT x Nightline: Deadly Smile: The Happy Face Killer” begins streaming on Thursday, May 8, only on Hulu. “Nightline” co-anchor Juju Chang reports on the notorious “Happy Face Killer,” who went on a killing spree throughout the United States in the 1990s, and the recent identification of one of his “Jane Doe” victims, Patsy Skiple. This episode showcases news-making “20/20” interviews about the case, which ABC News has been following for over a decade, and features new interviews with Skiple’s family members, the police lieutenant who spearheaded the DNA investigation into identifying Skiple’s remains, and M Press Release - Series
