0701 | The Death & Life of Israel Keyes

True Crime Bullsh**

Studio BOTH/AND

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.6 • 5K Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

In the season 7 premiere, Josh goes over a long list of significant new evidence, answers a few big questions, and asks plenty more new questions. A picture of a woman found in Keyes's car paints a very clear picture of some of his activity. New maps, journals, writings, and more set the stage for an eye-opening season.

This episode was written, researched, edited, and produced by Josh Hallmark.
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0:00.0	Consider supporting Studio Both and on Patreon.
0:04.0	Patrons have access to ad-free and early episodes, bonus content, file access, event discounts, and more.
0:11.5	And all Patreon support goes directly into our investigations.
0:15.7	To support the show, go to patreon.com slash studio both and. This past spring marked nine years that I've been working on this podcast.
0:52.9	Nine years that Israel Keys has been living rent-free
0:55.9	in my head. Nine years of living inside Keys' life, posthumously. So when we received over
1:06.2	1,000 new documents directly linked to his case, I found myself completely dumbfounded when one
1:14.6	of the first images I clicked on was of Israel Keese's dead body, laying face down in his
1:22.7	prison cell bed.
1:29.6	This is true crime bullshit.
1:32.6	The serialized investigation into Israel Keys.
1:37.1	Season 7, Episode 1.
1:40.6	The Death and Life of Israel Keys.
1:55.6	Obviously, Keyes has been very much dead throughout the making of this podcast, and my awareness of and investigation into him and his crimes.
1:59.5	But he's also been very much alive in all the work we've done,
2:03.7	the conversations we've had,
2:06.0	the time we've devoted to his case.
2:09.1	He's been a ghost living in the walls of my home and office,
2:12.8	sitting next to me on long flights to Anchorage,
2:15.2	Seattle, Los Angeles, and so on.
2:18.5	He's been as much alive to me as he has been dead,
2:22.4	so seeing his lifeless body was incredibly sobering.
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