The Don Studey Green Hollow Case That Won't Die

The Don Studey Green Hollow Case That Won't Die

Author: Hidden Killers Podcast April 30, 2026 Duration: 59:54

Bob Motta has been sitting on this story for three years. He's telling it here first — and it's one of the wildest firsthand accounts in true crime. The criminal defense attorney drove to Green Hollow in the middle of the night, infiltrated an FBI dig in a rental car that looked like a cop cruiser, went viral on TikTok while local deputies watched his content in real time, and spent sixteen months investigating the allegations that Don Studey was the Green Hollow Killer. 

He spent over a hundred hours on the phone with Lucy Studey-McKiddy vetting her claims. He got waved past a federal checkpoint. He scaled a dirt wall to reach the fence line. He heard the feds working in the area Lucy described. A deputy told him Gacy's first victim was from Green Hollow and related to the Studeys — something Lucy never mentioned despite Bob talking about Gacy constantly. In the nearby towns, everyone had a story. 

The mayor invited him to dinner. Locals shared firsthand accounts of Don Studey — the boogeyman their parents had warned them about. Bob uncovered alleged mob connections and an unsolved robbery. Lucy's sister Susan spent the investigation drunk-texting that it was all a lie. Retired FBI Special Agent Robin Drake analyzes the behavioral evidence. The feds closed the case after three days. Lucy says wrong well. Bob says the story is far from over.

Tony Brueski, Robin Drake, and Bob Motta — the full conversation, uncut, first time anywhere.

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