S8 Ep.4: Samantha
Mind of a Monster: The Hollywood Ripper
Warner Bros. Discovery
4.8 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 3 February 2026
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
In Anchorage, Alaska, 18-year-old Samantha Koenig is abducted while working at a coffee stand, sending panic through the city. Police initially struggle to find a solid lead – until the kidnapper delivers a ransom note. Following the trail down to Texas, FBI agents finally catch up with the suspect – a man called Israel Keyes. But he claims to know nothing about the girl’s disappearance.
Speaking with witnesses and detectives, Dr. Michelle Ward explores the search for Samantha – and investigates how this crime differs from the typical Israel Keyes MO.
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| 0:00.0 | This podcast explores themes of murder. Listener discretion is advised. |
| 0:07.0 | Previously, on Mind of a Monster, the Cross Country Killer. |
| 0:11.8 | How would you identify a victim? |
| 0:15.2 | I would let them come to me. |
| 0:17.5 | I've had some confessions in my history, but nothing to that detail. |
| 0:21.9 | The whole thing is just so disturbing and something that you'll never forget. |
| 0:26.8 | From ID and Arrow Media, I'm criminal psychologist Dr. Michelle Ward, |
| 0:31.3 | and this is Mind of a Monster, the Cross Country Killer. |
| 0:35.6 | Chapter 4, Samantha. |
| 0:40.1 | So he's driving around planning crimes, psyching himself up to commit them. |
| 0:44.4 | There's not a body and not any witnesses, then I probably won't ever even be questioned about it. |
| 0:49.7 | Israel Keys is a deadly predator who strikes from the shadows, brutalizes and butchers his victims, |
| 0:56.3 | and then covers his tracks so efficiently that no one knows he's out there, getting away with it. |
| 1:01.6 | I don't think he ever wanted people to know about his crimes. |
| 1:04.9 | I think the power for him was sustaining those two lives and being remembered as a great father and a great |
| 1:11.6 | construction worker and a great boyfriend and a great son. |
| 1:18.6 | It's been six months since Israel Keys visited family on the East Coast and took a detour |
| 1:24.6 | to kidnap and murder Bill and Lorraine Courier. |
| 1:29.6 | Back in Anchorage, he's Mr. Reliable. |
| 1:31.8 | His daughter now lives with him in Kimberly, |
| 1:34.3 | and Keyes Construction has a five-star rating. |
| 1:40.6 | After the Courier thing in Vermont, |
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