About this episode

Josh Hallmark reflects on his podcasting journey and the beginnings of his investigation into Israel Keyes.

To celebrate 10 years in podcasting, we're spending the summer going back in time and both highlighting key episodes and telling the stories behind them; you’ll get new behind-the-scenes information about what was happening in life, in various investigations, and in the world that impacted these important episodes and their podcasts. You’ll learn how Josh started podcasting, how he started investigating Israel Keyes, some hilarious and terrifying stories from the road, and some really vulnerable and personal stories. We start our first retrospective at, duh, the beginning. Josh shares how both his podcasting journey and Keyes obsession began. He discusses his time in Seattle and on the Olympic Peninsula, how he ended up on the East Coast, his first deep-dive investigation (not Keyes) and how that led to his second (Keyes). And this kicks off an early episode of his very first show, Our Americana, entitled Van Life. TROVA TRIP to The Galapagos Islands: https://trovatrip.com/trip/south-america/ecuador/ecuador-with-josh-hallmark-jan-2027 Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-bullsh-the-israel-keyes-investigation--3588169/support .

People in this episode

Host: Josh Hallmark

Topics covered

• podcasting journey
• Israel Keyes investigation
• retrospective
• personal stories
• true crime
• behind-the-scenes

Keywords

• podcasting
• Israel Keyes
• true crime
• retrospective
• Our Americana
• personal stories
• Seattle
• Olympic Peninsula

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Our Americana

Places: Seattle, Olympic Peninsula, East Coast, Galapagos Islands

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