Jun 2025

Bonus: Andy Puglisi & The Failed Children of Massachusetts OI + Crime of the Truest Kind crossover (part two)

Melanie guests on the Crime of the Truest Kind podcast with Anngelle Wood to discuss updates in Andy Puglisi's case and new information learned since Have You Seen Andy? A one on one conversation that is part 2 of 2 in this bonus episdoe. Text the showFollow: @openinvestigationSu ... Show More

1h 26m

Oct 2024

Ep 8 Advocacy and Call to Action

In this powerful season finale, host Melanie Perkins McLaughlin takes listeners through an emotional journey, recounting her own experiences as a child advocate and revealing how survivors transform their trauma into a force for change. We hear directly from survivor and advocate ... Show More

56m 16s

Oct 2024

Episode 7 Connections

In this episode of Open Investigation, host Melanie Perkins McLaughlin continues the journey into the chilling connections between child disappearances, abuse, and organized crime networks. Episode 7, "Connections," unearths disturbing details surrounding the missing and murdered ... Show More

39m 20s

Sep 2024

Andy Puglisi: Open Investigation

In the early days of the show, I came across a website called haveyouseenandy.com. The website focused on the case of Andy Puglisi, a 10-year-old boy who disappeared from a pool in Lawrence, MA, in August 1976. Andy's friend, Melanie Perkins McLaughlin, created and maintained the ... Show More

47m 2s

Nov 2023

S03 E06: The Believers Part 1

In today’s episode, Andrea seeks an outside perspective on the controversial Maya Kowalski case. Laura Richards, host of Crime Analyst and cohost of the Real Crime Profile podcast, joins Andrea to talk through the complexities and contradictions of the Netflix documentary. The co ... Show More

57m 34s

Jun 2023

Avaya | EP 4 | Ashley's Story

<p>Jason learns his sentence. Avaya reveals the struggles she faced at home after Jason was arrested. Ashley, at her most vulnerable, faces Avaya to express her regrets. Then, experts explain how child sexual abuse material has become ubiquitous. </p> <p> If you would like to re ... Show More

31m 34s

Dec 2020

Virginia McMartin

Ep 34: In the 1980s a prominent 76-year-old owner of a family-run preschool was named as the head of a child molestation ring. The accusations eventually extending to her children and even her grandchildren. But was this preschool a front covering the most egregious child abuse s ... Show More

39m 44s

Mar 2024

Revisiting Season One: What's in the Water in Tarrant County?

We take a look back at the third episode of the show. At the end of the episode, we catch up with Detective Mike Weber, friend of the show and expert in the investigation of Medical Child Abuse. *** Andrea speaks to Deanna Boyd, the crime reporter who broke the Hope Ybarra case a ... Show More

1h 25m

Nov 2019

5. Depravity

The search for Mike's killer leads to a woman whose dysfunctional upbringing in Salem's drug scene was closely linked to corruption in Corrections. And the staggering violence and trauma she experienced is peppered with names closely tied to the Francke murder investigation. Lear ... Show More

36m 20s

Aug 2020

Wayfair and Human Trafficking Statistics

In another "mini" episode that accidentally turned mega, Mike tells Sarah about the Wayfair conspiracy theory and the sketchy statistical screenshots that have shown up in its wake. Digressions include "Inside Llewyn Davis," Miranda Priestley and (sigh) Jeffrey Epstein. This epis ... Show More

57m 22s

Nov 2023

Episode 5: Overseeing Outcries

<p>Every day children are abused both physically and sexually. Every day they have to tell someone about what happened to or is still happening to them. So, whose job is it to interview that child and learn the dark details of their outcry? We're finding out in this episode of D ... Show More

28m 54s

Bonus: New Discoveries In The Unsolved C...