New ‘DEVIANT’ podcast tells stories about people who do ‘very bad things’ including Utah-born serial killer Israel Keyes

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IDAHO FALLS — A caller existent crime podcast launched this week promises to show “good stories astir bad group who do very bad things” and nan first section focuses connected a serial slayer cipher knew existed until he was arrested.

It’s called DEVIANT and is hosted by Dan Szematowicz and Andrew Iden. The journalists person spent years reporting connected crime and are bringing their talents to nan podcast.

“We are going to delve into group who do bad things and effort to research nan psychology down it, nan behaviour and why group do nan things they do,” Iden told EastIdahoNews.com.

Andrew Iden speaks pinch EastIdahoNews.com newsman Nate Eaton | Zoom screenshot

The creators are down nan celebrated award-winning ‘Down The Hill: The Delphi Murders’ podcast. DEVIANT will characteristic different group successful each bid pinch nan first being Israel Keyes.

Keyes was calved successful Utah successful 1978 and was nan 2nd of 10 children. Their family lived successful a one-room compartment without energy aliases moving water.

He went connected to murder astatine slightest 3 people and is suspected of sidesplitting galore more. He besides committed dozens of felonies including equipped robbery, arson, rape, and burglary crossed nan state betwixt 2001 and 2012.

“The communicative of Israel Keyes is 1 of a feline who hid successful plain show for years. He was arrested successful 2012 for nan execution and abduction of a woman named Samantha Koenig successful Anchorage, Alaska. Upon his arrest, erstwhile he started talking to authorities astir what he had done to her, he really spilled nan beans and outlined for investigators that he was really a feline who had been committing heinous crimes for years,” Iden explains.

Keyes committed his crime successful “one of nan astir meticulous ways rule enforcement aliases nan American nationalist has ever seen,” according to Iden.

For example, Keyes flew to Chicago successful 2009, drove to Vermont and buried a “kill kit” successful nan woods. He returned to Alaska and 2 years later, flew backmost to Vermont, dug up nan termination kit and picked group astatine random to murder.

Once abducted, Keyes outlined for investigators nan specifications of his crimes.

“We’re going to do arsenic galore episodes arsenic it takes to show his communicative and past we’re going to move astir and person a caller communicative nan adjacent week,” Iden says.

You tin study much and perceive to DEVIANT here.

Watch our full question and reply pinch Andrew Iden successful nan video subordinate above.