My Killer Father: The Green Hollow Murders

How it feels

A true crime docuseries about an Iowa man accused of killing dozens of women over decades, including three wives. It follows his daughter's allegations that she and her siblings were forced as children to help bury bodies on the family property, which splits the family and draws renewed police and media attention.

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What happens

My Killer Father: The Green Hollow Murders is an American true crime documentary television series that premiered on Paramount+ on April 28, 2026. The three-part series was directed by Aengus James and produced by See It Now Studios in association with This Is Just a Test Productions. The series examines allegations against Donald Dean Studey, an Iowa man known locally as "The Monster of Green Hollow," who is accused of killing dozens of women over several decades, including three of his wives whose deaths had previously been ruled suicides. The investigation centers on his daughter, Lucy Studey McKiddy, who alleges that she and her siblings were forced as children to help bury bodies in an old well on the family's rural property. Her public allegations divided the Studey family and prompted renewed law enforcement and journalistic interest in long-standing local rumors. In 2022, the FBI was working with the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation to investigate the claims. The docuseries draws on a three-year investigation by the filmmakers, incorporating witness interviews, archival material, forensic reexamination, and on-site excavation footage. All three episodes were released simultaneously at launch. Episode one, "The Women," introduces Lucy's claims and their effect on her family and community. Episode two revisits the deaths of Studey's wives and surfaces additional accusations of abuse from former partners. The third episode, "The Wells," follows the excavation effort and presents a deathbed confession along with new forensic analysis of one wife's death. The series carries a TV-MA rating for its subject matter, which includes domestic abuse, alleged homicide, and discussion of remains. It is available exclusively on Paramount+ in the United States and Canada, with no theatrical or alternate streaming release. The Saunders County Sheriff's Deputy Sheriff Ted Green is on camera, giving a questionable statement to the interviewer: "You don't wanna go down that path with me because I guarantee you, you're going to ruffle the feathers of a big dog, and you will not like that at all." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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