579 // Andy Puglisi w/ Melanie Perkins McLaughlin - Part 1

Missing

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🗓️ 11 September 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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In this new episode, Crawlspace Media's Tim Pilleri and Lance Reenstierna speak with Melanie Perkins McLaughlin about the disappearance of her childhood friend, Andy Puglisi, from Lawrence, Massachusetts on August 22nd, 1976. Melanie made an Emmy award winning documentary called, "Have You Seen Andy?". Check out the site here: https://haveyouseenandy.com/watch/. Check out Melanie's excellent podcast, Open Investigation. Like and subscribe below: Official site: https://openinvestigationpodcast.com/. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4Sy0KXwSqQueq1GmjFDgKp. Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/open-investigation/id1757196345. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/openinvestigation. Main podcast theme by Kevin Macleod. Check out his work at ⁠⁠https://incompetech.com/⁠⁠. Additional music by David Williams. See his work at ⁠⁠http://williamsflutes.com⁠⁠. Follow Missing: IG: https://www.instagram.com/MissingCSM/. TT: https://www.tiktok.com/@missingcsm. FB: https://www.facebook.com/MissingCSM. X: https://twitter.com/MissingCSM. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0yRXkJrZC85otfT7oXMcri. Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/missingcsm. Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/missing/id1006974447. Follow Crawlspace: IG: https://www.instagram.com/Crawlspacepodcast. TT: https://www.tiktok.com/@crawlspacepodcast. FB: https://www.facebook.com/Crawlspacepodcast. X: https://twitter.com/crawlspacepod. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7iSnqnCf27NODdz0pJ1GvJ. Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/crawlspace. Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/crawlspace-true-crime-mysteries/id1187326340. Check out our entire network at http://crawlspace-media.com/. Follow Private Investigations For the Missing and please donate if you can: https://investigationsforthemissing.org/. http://piftm.org/donate. https://twitter.com/PIFortheMissing. https://www.facebook.com/PIFortheMissing/. https://www.instagram.com/investigationsforthemissing/. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The Today on missing, we are joined by filmmaker Melanie Perkins McLaughlin to discuss the disappearance of her childhood friend Andy Puglisi.
0:46.6	Melanie is also an Emmy-winning documentarian for her work on the documentary, Have You Seen Andy?
0:52.6	And Andy Puglisi disappeared from a swimming pool in Lawrence, Massachusetts on August 22,
0:59.4	1976.
1:01.8	Lance, what did you think of this conversation?
1:03.4	It's always tough getting into these conversations when we're talking about any missing person,
1:08.0	but it makes it even more difficult when the missing person
1:10.9	is a 10-year-old. And I feel like Andy Puglisi was a name that we've heard several times
1:16.8	just in this business that we do. And the right person at the right time had to come along to
1:22.6	talk to us about it. And I'm really, really grateful that Melanie joined us to talk about her
1:26.8	friend. It's really heart-w joined us to talk about her friend.
1:31.0	It's really heart-wrenching to hear her say that even though they were young,
1:36.6	like they loved each other. You know, they were very good friends. There was this adolescent,
1:42.1	this like childish type, like affection for each other. And my heart was kind of breaking,
1:45.9	just imagining what their relationship would have turned into had this not happened.
1:53.3	But she did the right thing as she grew up, as she matured, as she started to understand the circumstances of the disappearance,
1:58.8	turning that into what she's turned it into. So I love this conversation. I can't wait to have her back on the show again,
2:01.1	hopefully with some updates. Yeah, absolutely.
2:03.1	We should definitely do that.
2:09.5	And Melly is also producing the Open Investigation Podcast that delves deep into the story as well.
2:11.0	And it is fascinating.
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