Killer Thriller Docu: Buried Secrets: The Father Who Made His Daughter Help Dispose of Bodies
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4.3 • 824 Ratings
🗓️ 16 May 2026
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, we discuss the disturbing documentary My Killer Father: The Green Hollow Murders, which investigates allegations that a man may have been responsible for multiple suspicious deaths tied to his family over several decades, including claims that he murdered his wife and secretly buried her in a remote area known as Green Hollow.
We’re joined by the film’s director, Aengus James, who shares the shocking discoveries uncovered during production, the personal money he invested into the case — including helping fund the exhumation of the victim’s body — and the difficult relationship he and his crew had with the family at the center of the story.
This episode dives into the dark secrets, manipulation, and emotional toll behind one of the most unsettling true crime documentaries in recent years.
And he reveals breaking news about the case that just might give viewers the ending they were hoping for!
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed human. |
| 0:17.7 | Hi, you guys. |
| 0:18.8 | So welcome back to Killer Thriller Dacu Edition. I'm your host, Jennifer Fessler. So today, we are talking to filmmaker and director Angus James. So he's the director behind the haunting true crime docucus series, My Killer Father, The Green Hollow Murders. Guys, this one is creepy a F. I mean, it's a lot. The series explores the |
| 0:42.3 | shocking allegations surrounding Donald Dean Studeley, who is an Iowa man, accused by several of his |
| 0:49.4 | children, of abuse, violence, possibly multiple murders connected to a remote property known as Green Hollow. |
| 0:55.8 | So for years, family members claimed victims were buried in abandoned wells on the land. |
| 1:01.2 | And there were allegations that led investigators to conduct excavations. |
| 1:05.3 | Decades after the crimes were said to have happened. |
| 1:09.6 | So this is a crazy, |
| 1:12.3 | whacked out story about murders that happened years ago and discovering |
| 1:19.2 | the truths and this this family that just has been through so much. And I will tell |
| 1:26.8 | you that something comes out in the course of our |
| 1:30.5 | interview there is some news that you will not want to miss some news that really just kind of |
| 1:39.7 | turned the whole story around but anyway I'm not going to keep teasing you. |
| 1:44.6 | Let's bring in Angus James. |
| 1:46.4 | Hi, Angus. |
| 1:47.7 | Hi, thanks for having me. |
| 1:48.9 | Thank you so much for joining us. |
| 1:50.3 | Really, really appreciate it. |
| 1:52.0 | Your work is fascinating. |
| 1:55.2 | This documentary is fascinating. |
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