Introducing Mind of a Monster: The Cross-Country Killer

Mind of a Monster: The Hollywood Ripper

Warner Bros. Discovery

True Crime

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2026

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

2000s Anchorage, Alaska: a beautiful city with vast wilderness and a sparse, spread-out population. It's the perfect hiding ground for a deadly predator to remain off the radar. In its midst is Israel Keyes - a family man and construction worker who doubles up as a master murderer, covering his tracks with precision. His family doesn’t think twice when he leaves for long road trips, during which he methodically plans and carries out incredibly brutal murders with victims selected at random.

In this 6-part series, hear through recorded interviews how one of the US's most prolific, but not widely known, serial killers, perceived himself and how he committed some of the horrific killings he is responsible for. Criminal psychologist Dr. Michelle Ward investigates through talking with friends and colleagues of Israel Keyes, investigators and detectives from the case, all to uncover the dark world of The Cross-Country Killer.

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0:00.0	I'm criminal psychologist Dr. Michelle Ward, and this is season eight of Mind of a Monster,
0:07.2	the cross-country killer.
0:09.0	Israel Keys is the most prolific serial killer you've never heard of.
0:12.6	You would have no idea because he seemed like such a normal guy, but he was the face of evil.
0:19.5	The whole thing is just so disturbing,
0:21.8	something that you'll never forget.
0:23.6	Israel Keys is a deadly predator.
0:26.3	In recorded interviews, he reveals how he secretly hunted
0:29.3	and brutally murdered his victims,
0:31.7	covering his tracks so efficiently
0:33.4	that he remained off the radar for years.
0:36.7	There's the person that everybody knows and loves,
0:39.1	the family man, the army buddy,
0:40.7	the construction worker,
0:41.8	and then there's the guy who spends every waking hour
0:44.9	planning on how he's going to kill someone.
0:47.1	There is no one.
0:48.3	Who knows me?
0:49.2	Because I'm two different people.
0:52.4	Most people, when they confess to crimes, they leave out details.
0:57.0	He left no details out.
0:59.0	There's not a body, not any witnesses, but I probably won't ever be questioned about it.
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