Press release - ABC News Studios
November 26, 2024
ABC NEWS STUDIOS ANNOUNCES FOURTH SEASON OF HIT TRUE-CRIME SERIES ‘WILD CRIME,’ STREAMING DEC. 5 ONLY ON HULU
‘Wild Crime: Eleven Skulls’ Details a Disappearance on the Edge of Alaska’s Wilderness, Sparking a Nationwide Search and Exposing the Most Chilling Serial Killer You’ve Never Heard Of
ABC News Studios popular true-crime docuseries returns for a new season with, “Wild Crime: Eleven Skulls,” which delves into the haunting 2012 disappearance of Samantha Koenig, an 18-year-old Anchorage barista last seen leaving her place of work with an unknown man on a dark winter night. The search for Koenig leads FBI and police from Alaska’s wilderness to the remote forests of Washington’s Olympic National Park and all the way to rural Vermont, exposing a killer’s terrifying trail of crimes. As investigators follow the twisted clues of this case, they uncover the identity of Israel Keyes, a psychopathic serial killer with a hidden life of violence and a dark path he forged while growing up off the grid. Ultimately, a search of Keyes’ prison cell reveals what investigators believe to be the chilling truth. “Wild Crime: Eleven Skulls” begins streaming Thursday, Dec. 5, only on Hulu.
The four-part docuseries features never-before-seen footage and in-depth interviews with notable figures in the Israel Keyes case, including FBI lead investigators, officers from the Anchorage Police Department, expert profilers from the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit and more. Through personal accounts from friends and relatives of Keyes’ victims, the docuseries provides an intimate look at the devastating impact of his crimes and the complex investigation that unraveled his dark, hidden life.
With hundreds of millions of visitors to America’s wildlands every year, bad things are bound to happen. ABC News Studios’ original series “Wild Crime” chronicles notable crimes committed in and around America’s most majestic wilderness and the elite detectives who investigate them. Seasons one through three of “Wild Crime” are available to stream on Hulu. “Wild Crime” is produced for Hulu by ABC News Studios and Lone Wolf Media. Lisa Q. Wolfinger is executive producer and director, and Rushmore DeNooyer is executive producer. Beth Hoppe serves as executive producer, and David Sloan serves as senior executive producer for ABC News Studios.
About ABC News Studios
Winner of four News and Documentary Emmy Awards, ABC News Studios is inspired by ABC News’ trusted reporting and is an award-winning, premium news and documentary original production house and commissioning partner of series and specials. ABC News Studios champions untold and authentic stories driving the cultural zeitgeist spanning true-crime, investigations, pop culture and news-adjacent stories. ABC News Studios’ original titles include critically acclaimed documentaries “Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields,” “BRATS,” “Sound of the Police,” “The Lady Bird Diaries,“ “Aftershock,” and “Patrice: The Movie,” and popular docuseries and documentaries, including “After Baywatch: Moment in the Sun,” “Betrayal: A Father’s Secret,” “Killing County,” “Wild Crime,” “Mormon No More,” “The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump” and “Jelly Roll: Save Me.”
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