meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Cold Case Files

NCIS / Exhuming The Past

Cold Case Files

A&E / PodcastOne

Society & Culture, True Crime

4.18.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2026

⏱️ 48 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

After U.S. Navy sailor Andrew Muns disappears in 1968, the Navy claims that Muns went AWOL from his ship. But his sister works tirelessly for over 30 years to prove that Muns was really killed. And DNA surreptitiously gathered from a cigarette butt helps detectives to unravel a 20-year-old case of rape and murder.


Angi - Download the free Angi too today or visit Angi.com


Apartments.com - To find whatever you’re searching for and more visit apartments.com the place to find a place.


Mint: To get the new customer offer and your new 3-month premium wireless plan for just $15 a month, go to Mintmobile.com/coldcase


Progressive: Multitask right now. Quote your car insurance at Progressive.com to join the over 28 million drivers who trust Progressive.


Quince: Go to Quince.com/coldcase for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns


Shopify - Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period at Shopify.com/coldcase and take your retail business to the next level today!

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

This program contains subject matter that may be disturbing to some listeners.

0:04.3

Listener discretion is advised.

0:08.5

There are over 100,000 cold cases in America.

0:12.8

Only 1% are ever solved.

0:15.9

This is one of those rare stories. Well, we're going to go up the hill to my brother's gravesite.

0:29.6

It's always hard to find it because there are so many.

0:33.6

It's 2006 in Arlington National Cemetery,

0:36.6

and Mary Lou Taylor walks past row after row of headstones.

0:42.3

Each marks the resting place of an American hero.

0:46.1

In at least one case, the headstone memorializes a murder victim.

0:51.2

This is it.

0:52.9

In memory of Andrew L. Munn's, Ensign, U.S. Navy, Vietnam, October 12th,

0:59.2

1943, January 17, 1968. Andrew Munn's was Mary Lou's brother. He was serving on a Navy ship

1:08.6

in the Philippines when he disappeared without a trace.

1:12.6

Well, from 1968 to 2000, we had no answers whatsoever.

1:17.9

We just had a lot of suspicions and questions.

1:21.0

The cold case of Andrew Munn's dates back to 1968 and the height of the Vietnam War.

1:28.3

Well, in January, 1968, I was assigned as a special agent with the Naval Investigative

1:33.3

Service at Subic Bay. And my boss gave me a call and told me that he needed me aboard the USS Kakapon.

1:42.3

In the winter of 1968, a refueling vessel named the Kakapon, docks in the Philippines.

1:49.4

There's trouble aboard, as Special Agent Ray McGady of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service

1:54.4

quickly learns.

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from A&E / PodcastOne, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of A&E / PodcastOne and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.