Camp Mystic Parents Demanding Accountability
The Dr. Phil Podcast
Dr. Phil McGraw
4.3 • 13.5K Ratings
🗓️ 12 January 2026
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Families of girls killed in the Camp Mystic flood lay out their case: four lawsuits alleging negligence and gross negligence, a history of deadly flooding they say the camp chose to ignore, and emergency instructions that told children to stay in cabins as waters rose. They respond to Camp Mystic’s claim that the flood was “unprecedented,” talk about the new Heaven’s 27 Camp Safety Act and Youth CAMPER Act, and share how their daughters’ legacies are driving a fight for accountability so no other parent endures the same loss.
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| 0:00.0 | Last episode of the Dr. Phil podcast. |
| 0:03.0 | You say that Camp Mystic was completely unprepared. |
| 0:07.0 | Tell me what you mean by that. |
| 0:09.0 | There's 27 people dead. |
| 0:11.0 | I think that's all that needs to be said. |
| 0:14.0 | 25 children and two counselors. |
| 0:17.0 | I'm curious about why some things weren't done that weren't done. |
| 0:21.6 | And I asked some people when I was there about a more sophisticated warning system, |
| 0:29.6 | and I was told that it had been discussed in some council meetings, |
| 0:33.6 | but I think they said it was like $2 million and so they voted it down. |
| 0:39.3 | And I was speechless when I heard that. |
| 0:46.3 | Four lawsuits have now been filed by families of 18 girls and two counselors who died in the catastrophic flooding that swept |
| 0:56.6 | through Camp Mystic, an all-girls Christian camp on the Guadalupe River in the Texas |
| 1:02.4 | Hill Country. |
| 1:04.1 | Some of these families have accused the camp and its owners of gross negligence, saying this |
| 1:09.9 | was not just a freak storm, but a preventable disaster. |
| 1:13.6 | The results of no real evacuation plan, no effective warning system, and decisions that left |
| 1:21.6 | the youngest girls sleeping in the lowest, most dangerous cabins on that river. |
| 1:29.2 | Tonight, I continue my conversation with three of those families. |
| 1:33.4 | They're demanding answers, accountability, and real changes, |
| 1:37.1 | so no other parent ever has to live through what they have and are living through. |
| 1:45.5 | Was this the first time that the girls had been to the camp? |
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