Amy Bradley: Vanished At Sea

Mystery and Murder: Analysis by Dr. Phil

Dr. Phil McGraw

True Crime, Society & Culture, News

4.4 • 10.1K Ratings

🗓️ 27 November 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

In part 1 of "Amy Bradley: Vanished At Sea | Mystery and Murder: Analysis by Dr. Phil," a 23-year-old NCAA athlete vanishes from a cruise ship at dawn without her shoes, ID, or a single reason to disappear. Dr. Phil reopens the haunting case of Amy Bradley, exposing early red flags, botched investigative decisions, and the chilling possibility she was targeted from the moment she boarded.

Was Amy targeted? Taken off the ship alive? Or the victim of a crime quickly covered by chaos? Dr. Phil unpacks the contradictions, psychology, missed opportunities, and the chilling detail that shifted the investigation forever.

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0:00.0	Today we begin a three-part investigation into one of the most haunting, perplexing, and unnerving disappearances ever recorded on the open sea.
0:19.0	I'm talking about the disappearance of 23-year-old Amy Lynn Bradley.
0:25.7	Amy was a daughter, a sister, an NCAA athlete, and a young woman who, without a trace,
0:34.2	in 1998, disappeared from a cruise ship.
0:40.5	In the middle of the Caribbean, for the next 27 years, her family has been insisting
0:48.3	this is not a case of someone falling overboard.
0:54.1	This is not a case of someone falling overboard. This is not a case of someone wandering off.
0:58.7	But despite their certainty, their feeling deep in their gut that Amy is still out there,
1:06.7	this is a case where every answer creates three more questions,
1:10.7	a case where every answer creates three more questions, a case where every timeline
1:13.5	has shadows, a case where every eyewitness account seems to contradict the last.
1:22.1	Amy's family has spent more than two decades fighting for answers on land at sea and across international
1:30.8	borders because their daughter disappeared on a ship full of people.
1:37.0	And the world just kept spinning around.
1:42.6	I spoke to Amy's family on an episode of Dr. Phil back in 2005, when this was still a fresh
1:52.5	mystery.
1:53.6	Now, all these years later, her story is back in the spotlight following a documentary
1:59.9	that uncovered new leads.
2:03.9	So today, we're looking at it with fresh eyes.
2:09.1	You're listening to Mystery and Murder Analysis by Dr. Phil.
2:16.5	Amy Bradley vanished at sea. Now in case you're new to this, or even if you're
2:25.5	not, let's go back to the beginning. In March of 1998, the Bradley family took off on a Caribbean
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