Case Update: Megan Foglesong

The Vanished Podcast

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True Crime, Society & Culture, Cold Case, Investigative, Find The Missing, Vanished, Missing Persons, Documentary, News, Disappeared, Exhibit C

4.5 • 15K Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2022

⏱️ 106 minutes

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Summary

21-year-old Megan Foglesong disappeared from Alden, Kansas, around the end of November 2015. When we first covered Megan’s story in 2016, nearly everyone pointed to Megan’s on-again, off-again boyfriend, David Madden. Megan attempted to leave him in the past and told others around Thanksgiving of 2015 that she was leaving him again. Several days later, Megan sent a message to a friend indicating that she was back at David’s, then she went silent. Around this time, David texted the local undersheriff to inform him that Megan had stolen from him and ran off. In hindsight, that story about Megan stealing seems rather convenient, possibly a way to explain her absence. But at that time, no one thought much of it. They figured Megan would pop up somewhere soon. Maybe she left David and was hiding? Time passed, and Megan’s loved ones became more concerned. David didn’t seem interested in finding Megan. Despite rumors and suspicions swirling around town about David’s involvement, Megan’s case went cold. As the years went by, David went on to commit a series of other crimes that left the community convinced that he was responsible for Megan’s disappearance.

If you have any information regarding the disappearance of Megan Foglesong, please contact KBI at 316-337-6100 or the Rice County Sheriff’s Office at (620) 257-7876. You can follow the search for Megan on social media at Bring Megan Home.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey, Prime members, you can listen to the vanished ad-free on Amazon Music. Download the app today.
0:15.0	We first brought you Megan Fogel's song's story nearly six years ago on October 2, 2016, in the early months of the show.
0:24.0	In order to refresh your memory, we're including the original episode with the update at the end.
0:28.0	If you remember this episode well, you can fast forward to around the 52 minute mark where the update begins.
0:37.0	When I took her to be with her dad and we met her dad and her sister in the parking lot, when she went up and hugged her dad and her little sister, I just...
0:48.0	It made me feel so good because I knew she was safe and she was going home where she belonged.
0:53.0	And I just... that picture is stuck forever in my mind.
0:59.0	And we stayed in touch while she was out in the middle of the noise and she seemed to be doing really good.
1:05.0	And I don't know what made her decide to come back. I... I don't know. She... she was young, but she hasn't.
1:15.0	I don't know. She hasn't experienced life and I knew that she would go back to him. You know, I could be with an abuser myself.
1:24.0	You know, it's a statistics show that, you know, you leave a total of eight times before you find out you leave in a body bag or you make it out.
1:35.0	The rumor has it has people too scared to talk.
1:39.0	I know that I think God what if, what if, what if, you know, is she... she still lies as he dwarfs her, you know.
1:50.0	I mean, that's enough to just drive her person crazy.
1:57.0	I know who she was with last. I did my own investigating before the police would even touch it.
2:04.0	I keep asking why aren't you searching the house? They tell me that just because she was with him last doesn't give him probable cause to search the house.
2:18.0	Which makes no sense to me at all.
2:25.0	Hello and welcome to episode 48 of The Vanished.
2:29.0	November 30th, 2015, was the last time that anyone heard from 21 year old Megan Fobosong.
2:37.0	She sent a Facebook message to a friend that day, saying that she was back at her boyfriend's house in Alden, Kansas.
2:43.0	No one has heard from her since and no trace of Megan has ever been found. This is Megan's story.
2:58.0	The cover story from New York magazine is back. I'm Hannah Rosen, host of season two, seed money. This season...
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