As our Best of 2024 selection, we're featuring our three-part series on notorious serial killer Israel Keyes. In 2012, Israel Keyes is arrested and charged with kidnapping and killing an 18-year-old barista. Prior to that, he’d had just one blemish on his criminal record: a DUI. He’s since been called “the most terrifying serial killer you’ve probably never heard of.” Keep up with us on Instagram @serialkillerspodcast! Have a story to share? Email us at [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Chapter 1: What are the warnings viewers should know before listening?
So due to the nature of this killer's crimes, listener discretion is definitely advised. This episode includes discussions of animal abuse, rape, torture, kidnapping, and murder. Consider this when deciding how and when you'll listen.
There is no one who knows me or who has ever known me who knows anything about me, really. They know... They're going to tell you something that does not line up with anything I tell you because I'm two different people, basically. And the only person who knows about what I'm telling you, the kind of things I'm telling you, is me.
How long have you been two different people?
A long time. 14 years.
That's Israel Keys. And this is the story he never wanted to get out. I'm Vanessa Richardson, and this is Serial Killers, a Spotify podcast. You can find us here every Monday. Be sure to check us out on Instagram at Serial Killers Podcast. We'd love to hear from you. If you're listening on the Spotify app, swipe up to share your thoughts.
This is part one of our three-part series on Israel Keys, the serial killer who may have murdered upwards of 11 people across the United States. His spree lasted for over a decade before he was finally apprehended. Over the next three episodes, we'll be welcoming Josh Hallmark, an expert in this case, to lend us his insight. And we'll also be hearing Israel Keys' chilling interrogation by the FBI.
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Before we get into this story, amongst the many sources we used, we found the book American Predator by Maureen Callahan and our interview with Josh Hallmark, host of True Crime Bullshit, extremely helpful to our research. The audiobook edition of American Predator is available for Spotify Premium subscribers in our audiobook catalog, where you can check it out after listening to this episode.
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Chapter 2: What does Israel Keyes mean by being two different people?
which created a lot of tension between him and his parents.
Israel and his family essentially severed ties, though he stayed in contact with his mother and sister over the years. Left to his own devices, Israel was resourceful. He had already built his own cabin and fixed an old pickup truck. He branched off on his own. And you could say he flourished. He enlisted in the army at 20, traveled the country, was stationed in Egypt for a bit.
He was generally liked and respected as a soldier. He held down jobs and relationships. He spent three years in the military before being honorably discharged, then moved to the Macaw Reservation in Washington to live with a girlfriend he'd met online. And in 2002, the couple welcomed a daughter.
He was one of the only white men in town. And when he first got there, people would call him white boy and they didn't respect him much because he was an outsider. But pretty quickly, he was able to endear himself to that community who were quite insular. And he was hired by the tribe and started beautifying the town.
And people really loved him and respected him and thought of him as a stand-up guy. Despite some incidents that occurred there, that probably would have otherwise raised some eyebrows.
Keys was suspected of burglarizing one of the tribal offices at one point, and he got into some heated disputes with his partner. Nothing violent, Josh says. Nothing that couldn't be excused.
He had endeared such great respect from folks that they overlooked a lot of his bad behaviors. People really just were proud of him and the work he had done.
And by 2012, Israel's criminal record included one DUI from when he was in the military, and that's it. But with stories like this, one question always comes up. How did no one notice? Israel wasn't perfect. There were warning signs besides the incidents on the reservation.
He would disappear for periods of time, turn off his phone, not tell anyone where he was. He would occasionally get drunk and brand himself with, like, hangers. He would poke them in the fire and brand various things onto his body. But he was really good at picking partners and picking people in his life.
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