Why Green Hollow Parents Warned Their Kids About Don Studey
About this episode
This episode explores the dark legacy of Don Studey and the chilling stories shared by the community of Green Hollow.
Parents in rural Iowa warned their children for decades — don't go back into the hollow, stay away from Don Studey. He was the boogeyman of Green Hollow. And when criminal defense attorney Bob Motta went into the small towns of Tabor and Thurman to start interviewing locals about the alleged Green Hollow Killer, he found out the legend ran deeper than anyone knew. A deputy on the fence line at the dig site casually mentioned that John Wayne Gacy's first known victim — Tim McCoy — was from Green Hollow and related to the Studey family. Bob had produced thirty-six episodes on the Gacy case and had been talking to Lucy Studey-McKiddy for months about her father. She never mentioned it. In town, Bob was welcomed with open arms. The mayor invited him to dinner. Everyone had a story. People who knew Don Studey personally said they believed Lucy's claims. The older generation had firsthand accounts of who Studey was. The younger generation had grown up hearing the warnings. And then the intelligence got darker — alleged connections between Don Studey and motorcycle clubs, reported ties to the Kansas City mob, and a direct connection to an unsolved supper club robbery where people were…
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