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 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,

what kind of things I'm telling you, is me.

How long have you been two different people?

Well, I'm telling you.

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.

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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,

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