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On a hot Australian summer’s day in January 1965, two teenage girls set out for a trip to Wanda Beach, expecting maybe some sun, some sand, and time with a few siblings. But somewhere between the shoreline and the dunes, something happened. A Person. Someone watching. Someone waiting. What followed would become one of Australia’s most haunting and enduring criminal cases.
In this episode, we unravel the timeline of that day, piece by piece from the girls’ final movements to the disturbing discoveries that sent shockwaves through the country.
As the investigation unfolded, hundreds of individuals were questioned, and various suspects emerged. Some names would come up again and again, and in this episode, I'll take you through each of them.
I outline the evidence, the missed opportunities, and the fragments that may mean something IMPORTANT. Join me, and let me know your thoughts.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanda_Beach_murders
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In June 1998, 11 year old Wesley Neailey left his home in Newcastle and cycled off to meet someone he believed he could trust. For Wesley’s family, it was supposed to be a normal afternoon. But when he didn’t come home, panic quickly set in. A missing child search began across the city... and what investigators would eventually uncover would shock the entire community. The person Wesley had been taken by was Dominic McKilligan, an adult who lived nearby. What most people didn’t realise at the time was that Dominic already had a deeply troubling past. Just months earlier, he had been released from a young offenders’ institution after committing a series of assaults against young boys. Despite those warnings, he was now living in this new community - close enough to cross paths with Wesley. On the day Wesley disappeared, he was lured by Dominic to his home. Inside his garage on Wingrove Road, the situation turned violent. For weeks, the case remained a mystery. Posters went up across Newcastle. Searches were carried out across fields and streets as Wesley’s family pleaded for information about where their son might be. As detectives pieced together what had happened, the case raised deeply troubling questions... not just about the crime itself, but about how someone already known to pose a serious risk to children had been able to get close enough to take another young life. For Wesley’s family, the loss was unimaginable. And for the wider public, the case would become a haunting reminder of the consequences when dangerous warnings are missed. REDRUM questionnaire to tell me about you: https://redrumtruecrime.lnk.to/feedback Sign up for the free REDRUM newsletter, full of all things true crime, as well as a run down of all the latest REDRUM cases. This will only ever come to you once a month... I'm no fan of spam. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/W79H87S Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/redrumtruecrime/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/redrumtruecrime/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/redrumtruecrime You can email me: [email protected] COOKIES to look! : https://www.instagram.com/thiccbakess/ SHOP MERCH: redrumtruecrime.myshopify.com Podcast versions of all episodes if you prefer to listen on the go: https://open.spotify.com/show/1FCoeRZQeDkEJ5i8bGuFpy?si=ec5c7c4c945c4952 If you're able, please support me on Patreon/buymeacoffee/YouTube membership to continue bringing REDRUM content to YouTube. Thanks, Grace x Patreon monthly subscription- www.patreon.com/redrumtruecrime A one off donation- www.buymeacoffee.com/redrumhumans Youtube monthly membership levels- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvGzDaluex7D_hPe7exgKhQ/join Thanks, Grace x
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In the early hours of July 14th, 1966, police were called to a quiet townhouse on Chicago’s South Side. Inside lived a group of student nurses- young women who had moved to the city to train at South Chicago Community Hospital, sharing the home while they studied, worked long shifts, and built lives dedicated to caring for others.
But that morning, the house was eerily silent...
Inside, investigators would uncover one of the most shocking mass murders in American history.
8 young nurses had been brutally killed over the course of a single night. The crime scene was chaotic... But even more incredible was one detail investigators discovered later.
Somehow… one woman inside that house had survived.
For hours, she had hidden silently, under one of the beds. And the testimony she would eventually give would become the key to identifying the man responsible.
The suspect who emerged would soon become one of the most infamous killers in American criminal history: Richard B. Speck.
But as the investigation unfolded, disturbing details about that night began to surface... including what Richard claimed happened inside the house, and the version of events he would later give from prison decades later...

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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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In Cannock, Staffordshire, what began as a turbulent relationship quietly spiralled into something far more dangerous. Friends noticed the warning signs long before the police ever did - the volatility, the repeated 999 calls, the fear Louis Price confided in those closest to him. By Christmas Eve 2024, jealousy, obsession and alcohol collided in the early hours of the morning, setting into motion a chain of events that could never be undone. CCTV cameras would capture the truth....
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