My Daddy Is a Hero
How Chris Watts Went from Family Man to Family Killer
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Tanya Eby
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Lena Derhally
About this listen
A husband. A father. A killer.
Chris Watts was a family man. Everybody, including his family, believed that. Yet, on August 13, 2018, he murdered Shanann, his pregnant wife, and two young daughters.
As terrible as his story is, it is also a warning because to this day, living behind bars, Watts is still acting out the character traits that made him kill in the first place.
In this, the first and only psychological exploration of the Watts family murders, psychotherapist Lena Derhally has pieced together the crime, the events leading to it, and most of all, her beliefs about the "why". She explores the childhoods, families of origin, meeting, and early relationship of Shanann and Chris Watts. She also examines Watts's double life and duplicity regarding his well-publicized affair with a coworker.
The audiobook includes an in-depth look at community psychopaths, the different subtypes of narcissism, how to prevent this type of violence, and interviews with a neuroscientist, a criminal psychologist, and a journalist. Using her knowledge of attachment theory, Imago relationship theory, and psychopathology, Derhally draws a profile of the real Chris Watts and - just as important - she warns listeners that he is still a danger today.
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- Jane W
- 06-11-20
An truly sad and unbelievable listen. Narrator spoils it.
I watched the Nexflix documentary An American Murder: The Family Next Door. I watched it more than once, as I was in absolute disbelief at how it all ended.
I bought this book to get a more rounded understanding of the The Watts, and events leading up to the murders.
Now the book does deliver this, plus the fact I couldn’t stop listening. However, what is most irritating is the female narrator’s voice. She feels the need to change her voice tone an octave lower when reading the words of the men within the text. Ridiculous to say the least. Spoils it really.
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- Mum2Fletch
- 26-07-23
Narration let the book down
Whilst the story is absolutely devastating, the book is well written based on the evidence to hand at the time and the authors professional input. But the narration was awful! I struggled so much and burst out laughing when she would deepen her voice to a ‘male voice’ or quite literally a pathetic attempt at over emotional emphasis whilst reading various text messages written by Shannan. It was a hard enough listen with out the distraction of bad narration.
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Devastating story😢💔but written excellently and narrator was really great 💯
First of all the narrator tanya was very good, I turned the speed down to 0.8 and it was perfect! I actually really really enjoyed her reading💯i have followed this story religiously and i still found out so much more in this book than i had read or seen. I was so devastated about this and just can’t get my head round how or why he done this awful evil thing😢💔but as far as the book is concerned it was definitely worth the credit as it was very well written and the narrator was really really good too. It maybe takes a few chapters to get used to her voice but once you slow it down shes great and i never found myself drifting away and she kept my attention throughout it all and every single word. Thank you for insight to this horrible tragedy, its hard to say I enjoyed the book without sounding terrible 😢but it was very well written, great narration too.💯❤️thank you audible too💜Xxxxxxxxxxx
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- A Reader
- 10-04-24
The psychological analysis was very helpful to me in evaluating my own experience
It’s a good read that strikes a balance between what we know and what we should know. I especially found the psychology in discussing narcissistic personality disorder, Asperger syndrome and psychosis useful.
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- PC
- 08-12-22
Some answers
Very thorough and provided some insight and answers to what is just so incomprehensible. I have found it so hard to understand this case from when it first broke and being someone with anxious attachment style, it certainly triggered by deepest fears. The author does an amazing job of showing how Chris’s “nice guy” persona was and is a part of his narcissism.
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- Frog's Porn
- 28-03-21
Disturbing Story
Could have done with a male voice to play the Chris Watts part. Other than that, really good
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- Emma blakemore
- 03-01-21
five stars
fantastic book nicely read. so sad rest in peace girls and Niko. thank you 💗
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- Wilma Start
- 08-01-22
The enegma of Christopher Watts
I thought the narrator wasn't the voice for such a disturbing and horrific crime.it should have been a male .It deserved more information and did not convey the unique question of why it happened and the absolute baffling evil of this man. There were were a lot of questiond
that were not answered. And there are things the police know but will not release it is a difficult
malevolent subject.Because Chris Watts is such an enegma and an accomplished liar
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- Amazon Customer
- 20-06-21
finally an answer to this man
if you have been following this case this book will help you finally understand why this monster done what he done.
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- Amazon Customer
- 23-11-20
Excellent once speed is changed
This a very good appraisal of the Watts case & the possible psychological causes that led to the crime. I found the narrator off putting as she sounded a bit hysterical but when I changed the reading speed to 0.7/0.8 it was perfect. I’m not sure if this was a technical glitch in the original recording.
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