How Deranged Serial Killer Israel Keyes Finally Got Caught - Crime Week Continues with Maureen Callahan | Ep. 1219

The Megyn Kelly Show

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4.6 • 32.8K Ratings

🗓️ 30 December 2025

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Megyn Kelly is joined for Crime Week by Maureen Callahan, host of "The Nerve" and author of the book "American Predator," to talk about her reporting on the serial killer Israel Keyes, why the FBI originally cooperated with her book on Keyes but then suddenly stopped, the shocking story behind the "final victim" of Keyes Samantha in Alaska, how Keyes was finally caught after more than a decade, the shocking police interrogation that happened next, what cops found in Keyes' car, the twist in Keyes' confession, what police would learn about various victims of Keyes, what we know about psychopathy and true evil, the strange moment in the interrogation of serial killer Israel Keyes when he stops cooperating, other potential victims of Keyes from around the country, how women can and should protect themselves, and more. Subscribe to Maureen's show The Nerve: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-nerve-with-maureen-callahan/id1808684702 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4kR07GQGQAJaMNtLc9Cg2o YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thenerveshow?sub_confirmation=1 Substack: https://thenerveshow.com/ Pendragon Cycle (Daily Wire+): Discover The Pendragon Cycle: Rise of The Merlin—a bold retelling of the King Arthur legend where Merlin’s vision sparks a civilization’s rebirth; watch the full trailer now at https://pendragonseries.com. Riverbend Ranch: Visit https://riverbendranch.com/ | Use promo code MEGYN for $20 off your first order.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Megan Kelly Show, live on Sirius XM Channel 111 every weekday at New East.
0:12.1	Hey everyone, I'm Megan Kelly. Welcome to the Megan Kelly show. Today we are examining a serial killer that some in law enforcement have called unlike any other in a modern American
0:23.9	history, a predator who was meticulous, methodical, unpredictable, and for years completely
0:30.7	undetected. His name, Israel Keys. Keys had no victim type, no geographic pattern, and an MO, the FBI described to be as,
0:42.5	quote, unique as a fingerprint. Our very own Maureen Callahan, host of the nerve, spent years uncovering
0:51.5	how Keys operated. Her investigation led her to write the best-selling book,
0:57.9	American Predator, the hunt for the most meticulous serial killer of the 21st century.
1:05.2	Maureen also appears in the ABC True Crime documentary Wild Crime, 11 skulls on Hulu, which traces the disappearance
1:14.2	of Samantha Koenig, the crime that finally exposed Keyes' double life. Watch.
1:22.3	He was taking trips. He was killing people. He buried victims all over the continental United States.
1:29.3	Underneath his bed.
1:31.3	There was 11 skulls drawn using a finger in blood.
1:35.3	All of these victims sold belong to him.
1:38.3	They're mine.
1:39.3	This guy is evil genius.
1:42.3	I'm more sane than most Americans. He's the best serial killer that ever existed.
1:47.8	Wow. Maureen is one of the foremost experts on Keys, and she joins me now.
1:53.7	Every once in a while, something comes along that reminds us of the power of storytelling.
1:58.9	Something bold, meaningful, and grounded in faith. The Pendragon cycle rise of the power of storytelling. Something bold, meaningful, and grounded in faith. The Penn Dragon cycle,
2:04.4	Rise of the Merlin, is a new seven-part series from The Daily Wire, based on the novels by Stephen R.
2:11.0	Lawhead. In the series as pagan gods fall silent and empires collapse, one man's faith lights the spark of a civilization
2:19.3	reborn. It's a story about courage, order, and moral clarity. It's the kind of story Hollywood
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