The Murder of Meghan Landowski
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4.6 • 532 Ratings
🗓️ 9 March 2026
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
On the 10th of April, 2008, 16 year old Meghan Landowski arrived home from school in Portsmouth, Virginia. She called her mum to say she was back safely - just a normal afternoon for a teenager juggling school, friends, and dance classes.
When Meghan's stepfather walked through the front door later that afternoon, something immediately felt wrong. The house was quiet. The front door had been left open. And in the kitchen, he discovered a scene that would launch one of the most disturbing investigations the community had ever seen.
Meghan had been brutally attacked, restrained with tape, and stabbed dozens of times. The violence suggested a deeply personal crime... but investigators initially had no clear suspect. Police began examining every part of Meghan’s life: her family, her friends, classmates, and anyone who might have crossed paths with the outgoing and very much loved teenager.
Early in the investigation, detectives focused on a man who had previously been accused of assaulting Meghan... a lead that seemed almost too obvious. But as forensic evidence sent the investigating team in a completely different direction.
Over the next few months, detectives conducted dozens of interviews, collected more than 80 DNA samples, and carefully pieced together Meghan’s final hours...
With the case stalled and pressure mounting, one small detail ... and one suspicious interaction with a teenage boy ... would suddenly change everything.
What followed was a bizarre story involving a mysterious masked attacker, a piece of chewing gum, and a lie that investigators would slowly unravel.
In this episode, we explore the tragic murder of Meghan Landowski, the investigation that followed, the evidence that nearly went unnoticed, and the chilling truth that eventually emerged.
This is the Meghan Landowski case.
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| 0:00.0 | 16-year-old Megan Landowski arrived home from school one April afternoon in 2008. |
| 0:11.0 | Earlier that day, her mum had asked her to call and let her know she got home okay, so Megan did just that. |
| 0:17.0 | The call went to voicemail but her mom picked it up a little later. Less than half an hour after |
| 0:22.6 | Megan left that voicemail, however, her stepdad would arrive home to find the front door |
| 0:27.3 | wide open. And there was blood on the door handle. Inside the kitchen was one of the most brutal |
| 0:33.9 | and bloody scenes the Portsmouth Police Department had ever come across. |
| 0:39.1 | The person responsible for this horrific case wasn't a stranger at all. It was someone who had |
| 0:44.2 | been quietly watching her, learning her routine, and knew that no one else would be home. |
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| 1:03.5 | Angela Landowski is mother to three children, Megan, Elizabeth and Corey, and their stepdad Chris, who really did become a father |
| 1:13.1 | figure to all three kids, is very much in their lives. The family spent a year living in |
| 1:19.0 | Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and then they got transferred to Portsmouth, Virginia, where they settled |
| 1:25.0 | down, really immersing themselves in their new community. |
| 1:29.4 | Both Angela and Chris wanted their kids to find their feet and kind of do whatever interested |
| 1:35.2 | them. And for Megan, that was dancing. She loved it and she was really good at it. She made |
| 1:42.3 | friends easily. She became very popular at school. She enjoyed the |
| 1:47.1 | discipline in dancing and she even took up martial arts. Again, another very discipline-heavy thing. |
| 1:54.0 | Our case today revolves around Megan and at this time in her life when she's a teenager, |
| 1:59.1 | she actually transfers schools. |
| 2:01.2 | She goes to this special performing arts school. |
| 2:03.8 | It's because of her interest in dancing. |
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