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True Crime Bullsh**: The Israel Keyes Investigation

Studio BOTH/AND

Society & Culture, True Crime, Documentary

4.6 • 5.2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Season finale.
TCB will be back in October.

This episode was written, researched, edited, and produced by Josh Hallmark.
With additional research by Michelle Tooker, Shana Wilensky, and Jordan Taylor.

Sources include:
• KARK.com
• 4029TV.com
• The Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette

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Amy Basil, Kendall C., Asch Fish, Heather Horton-Whedon, Sherri D, Kirsten Hoffman, Dale Akstin, Stephanie Taylor, Drew Vipond, Amelia Hancock, Christina Sisson, Nicole & Dennis Henry, Jillian Natale, Lana Halladay, Rural Juror, Tuesdi Woodworth, Kathleen S, Annette L, Casey Jensen-Richardson, SC, Benjamin Cioppa-Fong, Trista, Nichole, Pink, JenJ, Robin, Carol, H Beth Jones, Michelle, Jordan M, Kate Lussier, Sara Cee, John Comrie, Kathy Nation, Virginia Williams, Carrie, Jeff, Jordan T, Bethany, David Begley, Ally, Lauren Ferri, Chris S, Tori Myers, Sabrina Abbott, Meaghan Daigle, Melissa Tracchia, Ashley Kuplin, Michael Randall, DeWayne C, Jen Troccola, Trixie

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This episode included music by:
Whithe, Sero, LaBon, and Sergey Cheremisinov
With featured music by: Sigur Ros

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Transcript

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0:00.0	This is the season 7 finale.
0:03.6	True Crime Bullshit will be back for season 8 this October.
0:16.7	This is a studio both and production.
0:39.3	As time goes on and things change with and across the FBI, local law enforcement, doze and missing persons cases, we're constantly learning more about Israel keys.
0:48.3	We receive new files, new tips, new info from Hala, new sightings, new points of contact.
0:57.7	And each one of those changes what we know and what we thought we knew.
1:03.5	The investigation is ever evolving, which is one of the aspects that has made this podcast
1:09.1	so enduring, for better and worse.
1:14.1	The more we know, the more context changes.
1:18.8	The more our opinions on certain sightings change.
1:22.5	The more that small or ignore details batter.
1:27.0	And ultimately, the less we know. And the less that we realize we know,
1:35.8	the more open we are to changing our minds based on new information. Changing our perspectives,
1:48.2	allowing ourselves to be wrong. If I've learned anything from this investigation, it's that there's no room for dogma or ego. That in order to best
1:56.4	know the world, you have to be willing to know nothing about the world.
2:03.6	About a year and a half ago I wrote an episode that never made it to air.
2:08.6	As I sat down to record it, I started questioning it.
2:12.6	Was its foundation strong enough?
2:15.6	Were the tips and sightings as valuable as they felt?
2:20.2	Could the people involved be trusted?
2:23.9	Was there enough circumstantial evidence to even validate putting the theories and thoughts
2:28.3	out into the world?
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