Best of 2024: Israel Keyes Pt. 2
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What warnings do listeners need before hearing this episode?
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I know as time goes by, the longer I'm in the system, the longer the investigation goes on, you're going to keep finding things. You're going to start to connect dots. I'm only going to give you the dots that I know you're going to eventually connect.
That's Israel Keys speaking with the FBI in April 2012. More than a decade later, we still don't know how many dots there are. I'm Vanessa Richardson, and this is Serial Killers, a Spotify podcast. You can find us here every Monday. Be sure to check us out on Instagram at Serial Killers Podcast. And we'd love to hear from you.
What is Israel Keyes's mindset during his FBI interviews?
So if you're listening on the Spotify app, swipe up and give us your thoughts. This is part two of our three-part series on Israel Keyes. Last time, Israel was arrested for the abduction and murder of Samantha Koenig. He's now in FBI custody, and he has a lot more to say. Stay with us.
Before we get into this story, amongst the many sources we used, we found the book American Predator by Maureen Callahan and our interview with Josh Hallmark, host of True Crime Bullshit, extremely helpful to our research. The audiobook edition of American Predator is available for Spotify Premium subscribers in our audiobook catalog, where you can check it out after listening to this episode. Over the course of six months in 2012, Israel Keyes sits down with the FBI about 20 times. Their recorded interviews produce between 40 to 50 hours of tape. After confessing to Samantha Koenig's murder, Israel begins toying with investigators. He says he has more stories to tell and more cards to play.
But in all their time together, Israel only gives officials the names of two other victims, a married couple named Lorraine and Bill Currier from Vermont.
Who were the victims, Bill and Lorraine Currier?
Lorraine and Bill Currier were a middle-aged couple.
You'll remember Josh Hallmark from our last episode. He's been reporting on Israel Keys for more than a decade.
They just were regular people. They didn't have kids. They were described as quiet. They didn't have a huge social network or a lot of friends. Bill spent a lot of time online. Lorraine had some pretty strong political views. But by all accounts, they were just pretty quiet people who were great employees who lived a mundane, unexciting life.
That is until one day they disappeared from their home in Essex.
It's a small bedroom community. You know, there's some big box stores. It's just off several major highways, I guess in Vermont speak. But yeah, it's like a wooded area on the outskirts of the Burlington suburbs.
Shortly after midnight on June 9th, 2011, Israel walks from his hotel room down the road through the dark. According to Israel, he's looking for the right home. Josh says specifically a one-story house with a garage attached. No signs of kids or a dog. That's how he ends up at the courier's place. They just so happen to fit the bill. He cuts their phone line and then waits in their backyard for the right moment to strike. There's a neighbor next door who keeps going outside to smoke cigarettes, triggering an automatic light sensor. Israel smokes cigars as he waits for the neighbor to go to bed, which finally happens around 2 a.m. Israel's dressed in all black. He wears a headlamp, leather gloves, and a backpack.
He ties a cloth to hide the lower part of his face, then begins what he calls a blitz attack.
He broke into their garage, and then when he felt it was safe, he broke through the glass that connected the garage to their house and ran in.
When he turns on his headlamp, he's standing in their kitchen. He races down a hallway, past a birdcage with a cover on it, into Bill and Lorraine's bedroom.
And he pretty quickly subdued them, zip-tied them, and started ransacking their house.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What warnings do listeners need before hearing this episode?
0:01–1:08
2
What is Israel Keyes's mindset during his FBI interviews?
1:08–2:39
3
Who were the victims, Bill and Lorraine Currier?
2:39–5:03
4
What events led to the abduction of the Couriers?
5:03–6:45
5
How did Israel Keyes conduct the attack on the Couriers?
6:45–12:43
6
What were the details of the murders committed by Keyes?
12:43–18:47
7
What mistakes did Israel Keyes make during his crimes?
18:47–23:39
8
How did Israel Keyes develop his criminal habits?
23:39–42:04