The HORRORS of Cruises | missing people, crimes, & cover ups at sea

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TLDRIn this video, Tony Brienne delves into the unsettling realities of cruise ships, particularly focusing on the mysterious disappearances of passengers. She highlights the case of Amy Bradley, who vanished in 1998, and discusses various theories surrounding her disappearance, including abduction and trafficking. The video also covers other cases, such as Rebecca Cororeium and George Smith IV, emphasizing the lack of accountability and safety measures on cruise lines. Brienne warns viewers about the legal loopholes that protect cruise companies and the potential dangers of cruising, urging caution for those considering a cruise vacation.

Takeaways

  • 🛳️ Cruise ships are not just floating hotels; they are floating cities with blurred legal lines.
  • 🔍 Over 200 people have gone missing on cruise ships since 2000, raising serious safety concerns.
  • 🚨 The case of Amy Bradley highlights the potential for abduction and trafficking on cruises.
  • ⚖️ Cruise lines operate under flags of convenience, limiting U.S. jurisdiction and accountability.
  • 👮‍♀️ Many crimes on cruise ships, especially sexual assaults, go unreported or inadequately investigated.
  • 🛑 Passengers should stay in groups and be aware of their surroundings to enhance safety.
  • 📉 Cruise lines often prioritize their reputation over passenger safety in cases of missing persons.
  • 📸 Evidence in missing persons cases can be quickly lost or destroyed by cruise ship staff.
  • 🧳 Legal loopholes at sea create a dangerous environment for passengers and crew alike.
  • 💔 Families of missing persons often face dismissive responses from cruise line authorities.

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  • 00:00:00 - 00:05:00

    The video begins with Tony Brienne introducing the topic of cruise ship dangers, particularly in light of the recent Netflix documentary about Amy Bradley's disappearance. He emphasizes the need for positivity before diving into the dark realities of cruising, highlighting the importance of subscribing to his channel and promoting his podcasts.

  • 00:05:00 - 00:10:00

    Tony discusses the misconception that cruise ships are merely floating hotels, explaining that they are more like floating cities where laws can be ambiguous. He reveals that over 200 people have gone missing on cruise ships in the past 25 years, setting the stage for a deeper exploration of the dark side of cruising.

  • 00:10:00 - 00:15:00

    The focus shifts to the case of Amy Bradley, who went missing in 1998 during a family cruise. Tony outlines the timeline of events leading to her disappearance, including her last known activities and the odd behavior of cruise ship staff when her family reported her missing.

  • 00:15:00 - 00:20:00

    Tony details the family's frantic search for Amy and the cruise ship's delayed response, which raised suspicions. He highlights the unsettling behavior of crew members and the mysterious circumstances surrounding Amy's last known moments, including missing photos and conflicting accounts from witnesses.

  • 00:20:00 - 00:25:00

    The video presents various theories regarding Amy's disappearance, including accidental drowning, voluntary disappearance, and abduction. Tony emphasizes the troubling nature of the cruise ship's response and the lack of accountability, leaving Amy's fate uncertain even after many years.

  • 00:25:00 - 00:34:27

    Tony transitions to discuss other cases of missing persons on cruise ships, including Rebecca Cororeium and George Smith IV, illustrating a pattern of negligence and cover-ups by cruise lines. He concludes by urging viewers to be cautious when considering cruises, highlighting the legal loopholes and safety concerns associated with them.

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Video Tanya Jawab

  • What happened to Amy Bradley?

    Amy Bradley went missing in 1998 while on a cruise with her family. Despite extensive searches, she has never been found.

  • What are some theories about Amy's disappearance?

    Theories include accidental drowning, voluntary disappearance, and abduction or trafficking.

  • How many people have gone missing on cruise ships?

    Over 200 people have gone missing on cruise ships since 2000.

  • What is the legal jurisdiction on cruise ships?

    Cruise ships registered in countries like Panama or the Bahamas operate under those countries' laws, which can limit U.S. jurisdiction.

  • What are the safety concerns on cruise ships?

    Safety concerns include weak security, lack of accountability, and potential for crimes like sexual assault.

  • What happened to Rebecca Cororeium?

    Rebecca Cororeium went missing in 2010 while working on a Disney cruise, and her case remains unsolved.

  • What happened to George Smith IV?

    George Smith IV disappeared during his honeymoon cruise in 2005, with evidence suggesting foul play.

  • What is the role of cruise lines in reporting crimes?

    Cruise lines have discretion over when to report crimes and often prioritize their reputation over passenger safety.

  • What are flags of convenience?

    Flags of convenience refer to ships registered in countries with less stringent regulations, affecting legal jurisdiction.

  • What should passengers do to stay safe on cruises?

    Passengers should stay in groups, avoid wandering alone, and be aware of their surroundings.

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    guys, let's get straight into today's
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    video.
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    When you first think of cruises, you
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    just think of absolute fun. Midnight ice
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    cream runs, late night pizza stops, live
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    shows, casinos, dance parties, swimming
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    pools, liquor. It all sounds like
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    absolute vibes. But if you zoom out and
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    actually look just a bit closer, you
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    will quickly realize that cruises aren't
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    just floating hotels. Instead of
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    floating hotels, they're actually
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    floating cities, but in the middle of
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    nowhere, meaning once you're out at sea,
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    a lot of lines get very blurry. And some
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    of those lines are the law. Security is
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    weak. Laws don't always apply. And if
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    something just so happens to you, there
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    is an extremely high possibility that no
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    one will be held responsible. Now, this
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    isn't just some spooky rumor or
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    conspiracy theory meant to scare you.
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    This is real life. I mean, literally 200
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    people have gone missing on cruise ships
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    in the past 25 years. Welcome to the
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    absolute dark side of cruising. So, like
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    I stated, over 200 people have gone
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    missing on cruise ships since 2000. And
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    it's not like they just went missing and
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    were found. They literally just vanished
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    in thin air. And that is absolutely
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    terrifying. And it's terrifying for the
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    obvious reasons, but also just with all
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    the mysteries of the sea, thinking that
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    people just vanish while they're in the
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    middle of the ocean. That is what really
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    scares me because I don't know what goes
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    down underneath the sea. There are lots
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    of theories. I mean, we know a very
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    small percentage of the ocean. Okay, we
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    don't know a lot about what's going on
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    down there and that creeps me out in
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    y'all want that. Okay, a case that has
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    recently gone viral discussing cruise
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    guests going missing is the Amy Bradley
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    case. Netflix just dropped a three-part
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    docue series discussing the strange and
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    bizarre missing case of Amy Bradley. And
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    if you have not seen the documentary or
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    have not heard of her story, here is a
  • 00:03:52
    little summary of what happened to Amy.
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    Back in 1998, a woman by the name of Amy
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    Bradley went missing while she was on a
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    cruise with her family. At the time, Amy
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    was a 23-year-old graduate student from
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    Virginia, and she had her whole entire
  • 00:04:06
    life ahead of her. But before she went
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    ahead to go and start that life, she and
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    her family decided to go on a cruise. It
  • 00:04:12
    was her mom, her dad, and her younger
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    brother. The cruise was meant to be a
  • 00:04:15
    celebratory vacation as Amy was about to
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    begin a new job and just got a new
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    apartment. Amy was described to be
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    athletic, confident, had a smile that
  • 00:04:24
    lit up the entire room, and definitely
  • 00:04:26
    not the type to disappear without
  • 00:04:29
    telling anybody. So, here's the timeline
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    of events and how Amy seemingly
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    disappeared while on her celebratory
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    cruise trip. So, on March 23rd, 1998,
  • 00:04:38
    the night before Amy disappeared, Amy
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    goes to the ship's disco, which is
  • 00:04:43
    basically like a club, with her brother
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    Brad. Like I said, Amy was very
  • 00:04:47
    confident. She had a vibrant
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    personality, so she made a lot of
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    friends during her stay on the cruise.
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    So, along with her brother Brad, she
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    also went to the disco with some crew
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    members, including a man by the name
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    Yellow. So, this man's name was not
  • 00:04:59
    actually Yellow. He went by that name.
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    His name was actually Alistar Douglas.
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    During the night, they were seen
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    dancing, vibing, having a grand old
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    time. And Amy was reported to have some
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    drinks. I mean, she was at the disco.
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    She was having a good time. She was
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    having fun. Not a crime at all. And then
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    her and her brother were turned back to
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    their cabin at 3:30 a.m. approximately.
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    So, according to Amy's brother, Brad, he
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    said that Amy was complaining about
  • 00:05:24
    being a little sick. So, they were out
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    on the balcony just talking and catching
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    up. Brad ended up going back inside the
  • 00:05:30
    cabin to go to sleep while Amy stayed
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    out on the balcony. Around 5:30 a.m.,
  • 00:05:35
    Amy's father wakes up in the middle of
  • 00:05:37
    the night for some reason. And he
  • 00:05:39
    glances over at the other bed where Amy
  • 00:05:42
    and her brother Brad would be sleeping
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    in and he saw that Amy was missing. But
  • 00:05:45
    as he looked around the room, he glanced
  • 00:05:48
    over and then he saw the balcony and he
  • 00:05:50
    saw Amy sleeping on it allegedly. So
  • 00:05:52
    he's like, you know, she's safe. She's
  • 00:05:54
    home. I'm going back to sleep. Then he
  • 00:05:57
    wakes up again at 6:00 a.m. just 30
  • 00:06:00
    minutes after he last woke up when he
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    saw Amy sleeping on the balcony.
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    However, this time around there was no
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    Amy. Her cigarettes and lighter were
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    left behind along with her shoes and a
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    yellow shirt she was wearing that night.
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    So her father just assumed that, you
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    know, maybe she went downstairs to go
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    and get coffee because they were about
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    to dock at the next island. He said Amy
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    enjoyed taking photos, so maybe she
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    couldn't sleep. got up, got some coffee,
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    got her pictures in, so he thought
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    really nothing of it. But when he went
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    to go and find Amy, he could not find
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    her and immediately alerted his wife,
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    and they both went to go look for Amy.
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    Very quickly, they both saw that Amy was
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    indeed not on the cruise, at least to
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    their knowledge. No one saw her leave
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    her room. She left her passport. She
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    left her keys and all of her belongings.
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    So, of course, like any normal family
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    would, they went ahead and alerted the
  • 00:06:54
    cruise ship members. But their reaction
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    was very odd. They didn't alert
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    passengers about Amy missing until the
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    ship docked, which literally gave
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    endless hours for someone to take Amy
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    off the ship if they indeed did, or gave
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    Amy the time to get off of that ship if
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    she wanted to get off on her own. And
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    what is so odd about this is that when
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    you're on a cruise ship, you would think
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    that your safety matters or at least
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    your family member safety. So, I found
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    it quite odd that the cruise ship team
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    did not even want to alert the entire
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    cruise ship that there was a missing
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    passenger because they said it was too
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    early to make an announcement on the
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    loud machines because it was 7:00 a.m.
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    Are you kidding me? And not only that,
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    like I said, when they said their
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    daughter was missing, they still went
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    ahead and docked that boat and opened up
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    those doors to let anybody get off that
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    dock, which is incredibly crazy to me.
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    Quite frankly, if that was me and I went
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    missing, I know my mother would have
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    caused hell on that cruise ship. If it
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    was me and my mother was missing, I
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    would have caused hell because what do
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    you mean that you are not going to make
  • 00:07:56
    an announcement that my family member is
  • 00:07:58
    missing because it is too early? Excuse
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    me. If I was on a cruise ship, and I
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    have been on a cruise ship before, and
  • 00:08:05
    there was somebody missing, I don't care
  • 00:08:06
    if it's 5:00 in the morning and I'm
  • 00:08:08
    sleeping, you should make that
  • 00:08:09
    announcement so that we can make sure
  • 00:08:11
    that person gets back with their family
  • 00:08:13
    safely and as soon as possible. But that
  • 00:08:16
    wasn't the only odd thing with these
  • 00:08:17
    cruise ship members. Okay, Amy vocalized
  • 00:08:20
    to her family members that the cruise
  • 00:08:22
    ship members were making her
  • 00:08:23
    uncomfortable from the start of the
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    trip. Amy allegedly stated that one crew
  • 00:08:28
    member even asked her to get off the
  • 00:08:30
    ship in Aruba with him. She politely
  • 00:08:32
    declined. Another red flag was with the
  • 00:08:34
    crew member Yellow we discussed earlier.
  • 00:08:37
    When questioned, Yellow claimed that he
  • 00:08:39
    went straight to bed that night.
  • 00:08:41
    However, conflicting evidence showed
  • 00:08:43
    that he was indeed not in bed and he was
  • 00:08:46
    in fact dancing with Amy that night. And
  • 00:08:49
    eyewitnesses said that they saw Amy and
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    Yellow get on an elevator together in
  • 00:08:54
    the wee hours in the morning. So, why
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    are you lying about what time you went
  • 00:08:58
    to bed if you claimed you were not
  • 00:09:00
    guilty? Another very odd component was
  • 00:09:03
    that Amy's photos went missing. So, you
  • 00:09:06
    guys know when you guys are on a cruise
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    ship, this probably isn't as common now
  • 00:09:09
    because we all have our own cell phones
  • 00:09:10
    and cameras, but a lot of the times, and
  • 00:09:13
    even still to this day, people will take
  • 00:09:15
    photos on the cruise ship. So, you'll
  • 00:09:16
    get your photos in and then you'll come
  • 00:09:18
    and pick them up later. Well, that
  • 00:09:20
    wasn't the case with the initial photos
  • 00:09:22
    that Amy and her brother Brad took.
  • 00:09:24
    cruise ship photos of Amy mysteriously
  • 00:09:27
    went missing when her mother went to go
  • 00:09:29
    and pick the photos up. And it was quite
  • 00:09:31
    strange because none of the other family
  • 00:09:33
    members went and picked the photos up.
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    So why would a stranger want a photo of
  • 00:09:37
    another stranger? Due to this, Amy
  • 00:09:40
    retook the photo with her brother that
  • 00:09:42
    night that she went missing. And that is
  • 00:09:44
    the last photo we have of Amy. And then
  • 00:09:46
    like I stated, the cruise ship line they
  • 00:09:48
    were on was Royal Caribbean. Royal
  • 00:09:50
    Caribbean downplayed this entire
  • 00:09:52
    circumstance. They waited hours to start
  • 00:09:55
    searching for Amy and they waited hours
  • 00:09:57
    to make an announcement that she was
  • 00:09:58
    missing. Security also locked down the
  • 00:10:01
    ship late after hundreds of people
  • 00:10:03
    already disembarked the ship. And just
  • 00:10:04
    the crew members, even in the
  • 00:10:06
    documentary when being interviewed, were
  • 00:10:08
    so callous and dismissive of the entire
  • 00:10:10
    situation. It was almost as if they did
  • 00:10:13
    not care. And when the parents pleaded
  • 00:10:15
    for them not to leave the island that
  • 00:10:17
    they were on, the cruise members said,
  • 00:10:19
    "Well, life goes on. people paid for
  • 00:10:21
    this cruise, so we got to go without
  • 00:10:23
    your daughter. To this day, over 27
  • 00:10:26
    years later, Amy has yet to be found.
  • 00:10:29
    So, here are some possible theories as
  • 00:10:30
    to what happened to Amy while she was on
  • 00:10:32
    this cruise. The first theory is the
  • 00:10:34
    obvious, accidental drowning. So, this
  • 00:10:37
    was dismissed immediately by the family.
  • 00:10:39
    They claimed that Amy was a very strong
  • 00:10:41
    swimmer and she was super athletic, so
  • 00:10:43
    she would have been able to survive the
  • 00:10:45
    currents had she fallen off the ship.
  • 00:10:47
    They also stated that if she willingly
  • 00:10:49
    went into the water, not falling off the
  • 00:10:50
    ship, that wouldn't have been the case
  • 00:10:52
    because she was terrified of night
  • 00:10:53
    swimming. However, with this theory, no
  • 00:10:56
    evidence supports this. And according to
  • 00:10:58
    lots of experts in the Caribbean, they
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    state that had she fallen off the ship,
  • 00:11:02
    she would have definitely washed up on
  • 00:11:04
    shore because of how strong the water
  • 00:11:06
    is, or at least some part of her, a
  • 00:11:08
    article of clothing, a body part,
  • 00:11:10
    something. Another theory is that she
  • 00:11:12
    voluntarily disappeared, that she hopped
  • 00:11:15
    off when the ship opened their doors,
  • 00:11:16
    and she just wanted to get away from her
  • 00:11:18
    family. But once again, this is
  • 00:11:20
    extremely unlikely because she was very
  • 00:11:22
    close to her family and friends. She
  • 00:11:24
    also made promises to a girlfriend she
  • 00:11:26
    had at the time that alluded to the fact
  • 00:11:28
    that she would indeed be back. She had a
  • 00:11:30
    new job to look forward to, a new
  • 00:11:32
    apartment. Her life was just starting,
  • 00:11:34
    and it was starting in the right path.
  • 00:11:36
    So, how likely would it be that she just
  • 00:11:38
    decided to just take off into the
  • 00:11:39
    Caribbean? Another unlikely theory, at
  • 00:11:41
    least in my opinion. And then of course,
  • 00:11:44
    the biggest conspiracy theory is that
  • 00:11:46
    Amy was abducted and or trafficked from
  • 00:11:49
    the crew members odd behavior, missing
  • 00:11:52
    photos of her and alleged sightings of
  • 00:11:55
    Amy in the years to come of her being
  • 00:11:57
    spotted in the Caribbean. Hear this.
  • 00:12:00
    Numerous tourists in the Caribbean have
  • 00:12:02
    reported to seeing a woman that looks
  • 00:12:04
    exactly like Amy while they were in the
  • 00:12:07
    Caribbean. And both times they spotted
  • 00:12:09
    Amy, she was seemingly in the Caribbean
  • 00:12:12
    sex trade. One time she was spotted in
  • 00:12:14
    1999 in an alleged brothel and another
  • 00:12:17
    time in 2005 in a bathroom in the
  • 00:12:20
    Caribbean. The 1999 incident was when a
  • 00:12:23
    Navy officer allegedly spoke to a woman
  • 00:12:26
    who literally said in quote, "My name is
  • 00:12:29
    Amy Bradley. I need help." End quote.
  • 00:12:32
    This was in Curuscow. And right after
  • 00:12:34
    she act like nothing happened when
  • 00:12:36
    people were back around them. However,
  • 00:12:38
    he chose not to say anything because he
  • 00:12:40
    didn't want to lose his ranking in the
  • 00:12:42
    Navy. Absolutely insane. I wouldn't try
  • 00:12:44
    trying to hear somebody out, especially
  • 00:12:46
    in those circumstances. I mean, he said
  • 00:12:48
    the person at the front door had a big
  • 00:12:49
    pew pew and he was not supposed to be
  • 00:12:51
    there while he was serving. Right is
  • 00:12:53
    right and wrong is wrong. And I think he
  • 00:12:55
    should have done the right thing if
  • 00:12:56
    someone literally said, "My name is Amy
  • 00:12:58
    Bradley and she was found missing in the
  • 00:13:00
    Caribbean." Might I say also this was a
  • 00:13:02
    huge story. He claims he did not know at
  • 00:13:04
    the time. But regardless if you didn't
  • 00:13:06
    know, if someone tells you with an
  • 00:13:08
    American accent that my name is so and
  • 00:13:10
    so and I need help, I would think you
  • 00:13:12
    would go and get help or at least try to
  • 00:13:14
    alert someone within the coming days
  • 00:13:16
    when you're back in America or alert the
  • 00:13:18
    authorities in America, something. But
  • 00:13:20
    he did absolutely nothing. And the other
  • 00:13:22
    time I told you was in 2005 when Amy was
  • 00:13:26
    spotted in the bathroom with a woman.
  • 00:13:28
    The woman was on vacation. She went to
  • 00:13:29
    go use the bathroom and she said she
  • 00:13:31
    heard some sketchy men inside the
  • 00:13:33
    bathroom yelling at a woman saying she
  • 00:13:35
    needs to hurry up because she has a job
  • 00:13:37
    to do and she better not try to run
  • 00:13:38
    away. And the woman even asked is it
  • 00:13:41
    okay if she sees the kids after the
  • 00:13:43
    tourist said she spoke to the woman who
  • 00:13:45
    was clearly being held against her will.
  • 00:13:47
    And when she asked the woman what her
  • 00:13:49
    name was, she said her name was Amy. And
  • 00:13:52
    another huge and shocking piece of
  • 00:13:54
    evidence was photos that got sent to
  • 00:13:57
    Amy's family in 2005 anonymously. It was
  • 00:14:00
    a photo that looked almost strikingly
  • 00:14:03
    and scarily similar to Amy, but an Amy
  • 00:14:06
    that didn't look like Amy anymore in
  • 00:14:08
    terms of how she was dressed. It was
  • 00:14:10
    very clearly a photo that was found on a
  • 00:14:12
    sex worker website. The photo looked
  • 00:14:15
    strikingly similar to Amy and even the
  • 00:14:18
    FBI agreed after using their advanced
  • 00:14:20
    technology to see the similarities
  • 00:14:22
    between the two images. However,
  • 00:14:24
    authorities could not track the IP
  • 00:14:26
    address on the website. So, as I stated,
  • 00:14:29
    to this day, Amy is still missing and
  • 00:14:31
    due to the negligence of the cruise ship
  • 00:14:33
    members, she is missing to this day. I
  • 00:14:36
    think if they actually worked a little
  • 00:14:37
    bit harder and did not open those doors
  • 00:14:40
    until they found Amy, she may still be
  • 00:14:42
    here. But unfortunately, she has yet to
  • 00:14:44
    be reunited with her family, and we
  • 00:14:46
    don't even know if she's alive or not.
  • 00:14:48
    Most of these sightings were back in the
  • 00:14:49
    early 2000s, and we are now in 2025. So,
  • 00:14:52
    had she been trafficked, given her age
  • 00:14:55
    now, it's very unlikely that she would
  • 00:14:57
    have been seen as useful to these
  • 00:14:59
    traffickers, and they may have gotten
  • 00:15:01
    rid of her in ways I would not like to
  • 00:15:03
    imagine. But, I'm going to hold on to
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    another woman went missing without a
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    trace. This time on a Disney cruise
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    line, and her name is Rebecca Cororeium.
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    And if you thought things would be
  • 00:16:56
    handled differently on this cruise line,
  • 00:16:58
    trust and believe, you better think
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    again. Rebecca was a 24-year-old Disney
  • 00:17:02
    crew member from the UK. She was working
  • 00:17:04
    as a youth counselor aboard the Disney
  • 00:17:07
    Wonder Cruise Line. She was known to be
  • 00:17:09
    responsible, grounded, and very close to
  • 00:17:12
    her family, and she had big plans after
  • 00:17:14
    she got off this cruise. She previously
  • 00:17:16
    worked with children, absolutely loved
  • 00:17:18
    working children, and planned to
  • 00:17:20
    continue doing so later. However, that
  • 00:17:22
    opportunity never presented itself. So,
  • 00:17:25
    Rebecca went missing the same month Amy
  • 00:17:27
    went missing and nearly the same exact
  • 00:17:30
    days. Amy went missing the early morning
  • 00:17:32
    of March 24th and Rebecca went missing
  • 00:17:34
    the early morning of March 22nd. So, the
  • 00:17:37
    night of March 21st, Rebecca is seen
  • 00:17:40
    socializing and texting her boyfriend,
  • 00:17:42
    who was also a fellow crew member. In
  • 00:17:44
    the wee early morning of March 22nd, at
  • 00:17:47
    5:45 a.m., she's seen on security
  • 00:17:49
    footage in the ship's staff area looking
  • 00:17:51
    distressed and talking on a phone. She
  • 00:17:53
    ends the call, puts her hand on her face
  • 00:17:56
    and is clearly upset, and then she walks
  • 00:17:58
    away. This is the last time anyone saw
  • 00:18:01
    her. Later that day, when Rebecca didn't
  • 00:18:03
    report to her shift, a shipwide search
  • 00:18:05
    began, but nothing was found. Her key
  • 00:18:08
    card, ID, and personal items were still
  • 00:18:11
    in her cabin. So, that led many to
  • 00:18:13
    believe she wasn't planning on leaving
  • 00:18:15
    anywhere. But her flip-flops were found
  • 00:18:18
    near the crew pool, which Disney
  • 00:18:20
    suggested meant that she fell overboard.
  • 00:18:22
    But there are major problems with this
  • 00:18:24
    theory. Number one, the security footage
  • 00:18:27
    is conveniently vague. She's clearly
  • 00:18:29
    visibly distressed, but Disney never
  • 00:18:32
    released full footage or context. We
  • 00:18:34
    never found out who she was talking to,
  • 00:18:36
    why she was upset, or what exactly were
  • 00:18:39
    they discussing. There were no answers
  • 00:18:40
    given. As for the flip-flop story, that
  • 00:18:43
    made absolutely no sense. Her flip-flops
  • 00:18:45
    were allegedly found by the pool, but
  • 00:18:47
    they weren't her size. They weren't even
  • 00:18:49
    the brand she wore, almost as if they
  • 00:18:52
    were planted there. So many found that
  • 00:18:54
    to be quite odd. Number three, the third
  • 00:18:56
    red flag. Disney controlled the
  • 00:18:58
    investigation. The ship was registered
  • 00:19:01
    in the Bahamas. So Disney was able to
  • 00:19:03
    bring one singular Bahamian police
  • 00:19:06
    officer, and that was the officer that
  • 00:19:08
    investigated the circumstances of what
  • 00:19:10
    happened. He spent one day on board and
  • 00:19:12
    interviewed zero crew members. How are
  • 00:19:15
    you not interviewing crew members,
  • 00:19:17
    especially when her boyfriend was a crew
  • 00:19:19
    member? The fourth red flag was that her
  • 00:19:21
    family expressed that they felt
  • 00:19:23
    dismissed. Rebecca's parents said Disney
  • 00:19:25
    gave them rehearsed statements, delayed
  • 00:19:28
    responses, and refused to answer basic
  • 00:19:30
    questions. They were told she probably
  • 00:19:32
    fell overboard, but the ship had very
  • 00:19:35
    high railings. And not only that,
  • 00:19:37
    Rebecca was reportedly very athletic,
  • 00:19:39
    which made her very unlikely to just
  • 00:19:41
    slip and fall off a ship. And then the
  • 00:19:43
    fifth red flag was that witnesses
  • 00:19:45
    statements were dismissed. Some
  • 00:19:47
    passengers claimed that they saw a woman
  • 00:19:50
    that looked very closely to Rebecca
  • 00:19:52
    arguing with the man near a restricted
  • 00:19:54
    area on the cruise ship. And they stated
  • 00:19:56
    this was shortly before she disappeared.
  • 00:19:58
    Others say they saw a young woman being
  • 00:20:01
    escorted by the crew members and that
  • 00:20:03
    this woman looked very distressed. And
  • 00:20:05
    as you guys probably thought, yes,
  • 00:20:07
    Disney denied it all. And to this day,
  • 00:20:10
    Rebecca is still missing. It has now
  • 00:20:12
    been 13 years and we have not seen a
  • 00:20:15
    trace of Rebecca. But here are some
  • 00:20:16
    theories that people have come up with
  • 00:20:18
    on why and how she disappeared while
  • 00:20:21
    working on a Disney cruise ship. Number
  • 00:20:23
    one, of course, the accidental fall.
  • 00:20:25
    This is what Disney stated, but there
  • 00:20:26
    isn't far enough evidence to implicate
  • 00:20:28
    this. Then we have the unaliving theory.
  • 00:20:31
    Many people have speculated that she may
  • 00:20:33
    have unalived herself due to the state
  • 00:20:35
    that she was in. She was clearly in a
  • 00:20:37
    state of distress and very upset from
  • 00:20:38
    the footage that we saw. However, there
  • 00:20:40
    is no history of mental illness in her
  • 00:20:42
    family and her family said that this was
  • 00:20:44
    very unlikely. They don't believe that
  • 00:20:46
    she would have done that and they want
  • 00:20:48
    people to stop alluding to that fact.
  • 00:20:50
    And then lastly, what many people do
  • 00:20:52
    believe, foul play was involved. Many
  • 00:20:54
    believe she either witnessed something
  • 00:20:56
    she should not have or was harmed by
  • 00:20:58
    someone on board. Most likely a fellow
  • 00:21:01
    crew member, maybe the boyfriend. But
  • 00:21:03
    like I stated to this day, we still do
  • 00:21:06
    not know what happened to Rebecca,
  • 00:21:08
    another woman that vanished in thin air
  • 00:21:10
    while on a cruise ship. Clearly not safe
  • 00:21:12
    if you're a passenger or a worker.
  • 00:21:14
    Rebecca vanished under a system built to
  • 00:21:16
    protect the cruise ship line and not
  • 00:21:18
    people's lives. And y'all, that is not
  • 00:21:20
    the last story we're going to speak
  • 00:21:21
    about. Now, we're going to be discussing
  • 00:21:23
    the story of George Smith IV. George
  • 00:21:26
    Smith was a 26-year-old from Connecticut
  • 00:21:28
    and had just married his wife, Jennifer
  • 00:21:30
    Haggle. The cruise was their honeymoon,
  • 00:21:32
    a Mediterranean voyage that they had
  • 00:21:34
    dreamed of for many years. And George
  • 00:21:37
    was described to be charismatic,
  • 00:21:38
    outgoing, good-looking, and was said to
  • 00:21:41
    be very well-liked on board. But of
  • 00:21:44
    course, let's get into the timeline of
  • 00:21:45
    events when it came to George's
  • 00:21:47
    disappearance. So, the evening of July
  • 00:21:49
    4th, George and Jennifer were partying
  • 00:21:51
    with other passengers and some crew.
  • 00:21:54
    They were said to be drinking heavily at
  • 00:21:55
    the ship's casino and later invited
  • 00:21:58
    others back to their room. Then we get
  • 00:22:00
    into the wee hours of the morning. And
  • 00:22:02
    as I'm sure it's very obvious, I think
  • 00:22:04
    we need to stop walking around cruise
  • 00:22:06
    ships past midnight because everyone is
  • 00:22:08
    seemingly disappearing very, very early
  • 00:22:10
    in the morning. So around 4:00 a.m.,
  • 00:22:12
    passengers in nearby rooms reportedly
  • 00:22:14
    heard a thud and yelling. There were
  • 00:22:16
    loud noises, almost as if there was a
  • 00:22:18
    commotion happening. George's fianceé,
  • 00:22:20
    Jennifer, was found passed out in the
  • 00:22:22
    hallway, but George was just gone. And
  • 00:22:25
    most shockingly, blood was found smeared
  • 00:22:28
    on the awning below his balcony. And
  • 00:22:30
    then later that day, a large blood stain
  • 00:22:33
    was discovered on the side of the ship
  • 00:22:35
    and George was never seen again. So,
  • 00:22:38
    another crew story and some red flags
  • 00:22:40
    with this case. So, number one, the
  • 00:22:42
    blood evidence was ignored and was also
  • 00:22:44
    removed very quickly. The blood trail
  • 00:22:47
    very clearly indicated that something
  • 00:22:49
    violent had happened that night, but
  • 00:22:51
    cruise ship staff cleaned up parts of it
  • 00:22:53
    before authorities even arrived. And not
  • 00:22:55
    only that, y'all get this. The FBI did
  • 00:22:59
    not board the ship until 5 days later.
  • 00:23:02
    You know how much evidence is gone
  • 00:23:04
    within 5 days? Like, are you for real?
  • 00:23:07
    But that's cruise ships for you. Number
  • 00:23:09
    two, in terms of evidence disappearing,
  • 00:23:11
    George's cabin was accessed after he
  • 00:23:13
    vanished. There are reports that some
  • 00:23:15
    crew members or even just some nosy
  • 00:23:17
    guest were entering in and out of
  • 00:23:19
    George's room. Once again, this is
  • 00:23:21
    contaminating evidence or allowed
  • 00:23:23
    individuals to tamper with evidence.
  • 00:23:25
    Another very obvious red flag, but when
  • 00:23:28
    it comes to cruises, like I said, the
  • 00:23:29
    rules seemed to be very blurred. Another
  • 00:23:32
    third red flag was that there were a
  • 00:23:33
    bunch of conflicting stories. Three men
  • 00:23:35
    seen partying with George gave three
  • 00:23:37
    different stories, and these were known
  • 00:23:40
    and thought to be primary suspects. I
  • 00:23:42
    mean, they were one of the last ones
  • 00:23:44
    seen with him, but no charges were filed
  • 00:23:46
    on either of them. The fourth red flag
  • 00:23:48
    was that surveillance footage was never
  • 00:23:50
    released. Despite this being literally a
  • 00:23:52
    massive cruise ship, key footage that
  • 00:23:54
    would have given us a lot of answers as
  • 00:23:56
    to what happened to George and even his
  • 00:23:58
    wife, who was found laid out in the
  • 00:24:00
    hallway, was seemingly lost, or was said
  • 00:24:02
    to be unavailable. Once again, cruise
  • 00:24:05
    ship lines making up their own rules as
  • 00:24:07
    they go because once again, when you're
  • 00:24:09
    out at sea, it's basically a lawless
  • 00:24:11
    territory. And then the fifth red flag,
  • 00:24:13
    y'all may have been asking about the
  • 00:24:14
    wife. Okay, I know I sure was. Jennifer
  • 00:24:17
    was heavily criticized and was believed
  • 00:24:19
    to have been the one that harmed her
  • 00:24:20
    husband. As I stated, Jennifer was found
  • 00:24:22
    drunk and disoriented and some suspected
  • 00:24:26
    foul play, but that was quickly cleared
  • 00:24:27
    on her end. And she eventually settled
  • 00:24:30
    with the Royal Caribbean reportedly in
  • 00:24:32
    exchange for signing an NDA. So, she
  • 00:24:35
    wasn't able to give out any information
  • 00:24:37
    as to what happened that night or any
  • 00:24:39
    new information that she found. So, the
  • 00:24:41
    entire case is very sketchy and honestly
  • 00:24:44
    damn right creepy. So, of course,
  • 00:24:46
    there's a multitude of theories as with
  • 00:24:48
    every case. The first one is that he
  • 00:24:50
    accidentally fell off because he was
  • 00:24:51
    drunk. Now, this could very well be the
  • 00:24:53
    case, but there was a lot of blood
  • 00:24:55
    found. So, that clearly should have been
  • 00:24:57
    debunked from the beginning. The second
  • 00:24:59
    theory was that he was pushed or thrown
  • 00:25:01
    overboard, which I think may be the most
  • 00:25:03
    believable theory. I mean, based on the
  • 00:25:04
    blood and the timeline, many believe
  • 00:25:06
    that he was assaulted potentially and
  • 00:25:08
    then he was put overboard. probably
  • 00:25:10
    because he was acting or behaving drunk
  • 00:25:12
    and people got annoyed with him or maybe
  • 00:25:14
    owed somebody money. I mean, the three
  • 00:25:16
    men he was hanging out with, they give
  • 00:25:17
    me sketchy vibes. And then the last
  • 00:25:19
    theory was that this was a cover up by
  • 00:25:21
    the cruise. Theories suggest that the
  • 00:25:23
    cruise line prioritized their own
  • 00:25:25
    reputation over getting actual justice,
  • 00:25:28
    which when it comes to these cruise
  • 00:25:30
    lines and all these stories I told you
  • 00:25:31
    wouldn't be too farfetched. George
  • 00:25:34
    didn't vanish quietly. There was blood.
  • 00:25:37
    There was commotion. There was noise.
  • 00:25:39
    There were reports. There were
  • 00:25:40
    witnesses. But just like Amy and
  • 00:25:42
    Rebecca, the people in power moved
  • 00:25:44
    quickly, not to find the truth, but to
  • 00:25:46
    cover their own asses. Because clearly
  • 00:25:48
    on a cruise ship, the truth is always
  • 00:25:51
    bad for business. And 20 years later,
  • 00:25:53
    there still was no body found, no new
  • 00:25:56
    evidence. So, George's family still have
  • 00:25:58
    not received the closure that I know
  • 00:25:59
    they so desperately want in need. So, as
  • 00:26:01
    we can see, cruise ships notoriously
  • 00:26:04
    take a while to alert authorities when
  • 00:26:05
    someone has gone missing or if something
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    has gone ary. Security cameras often
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    don't catch the incident that happened
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    at hand. And allegedly, there may be
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    some trafficking going on on these
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    cruise ships. That's all operated by the
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    cruise line. And when we're talking
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    about international waters, we're
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    So ships registered in countries like
  • 00:27:48
    Panama, Liberia, and the Bahamas are
  • 00:27:51
    called flags of convenience. Flag of
  • 00:27:53
    convenience refers to a business
  • 00:27:55
    practice where a ship's owner registers
  • 00:27:57
    their vessel in a country other than
  • 00:27:59
    their own, often to take advantage of
  • 00:28:01
    lower cost and less stringent
  • 00:28:03
    regulations. So, in doing this, this
  • 00:28:05
    limits FBI and US jurisdictions, even if
  • 00:28:08
    you're an American passenger. The
  • 00:28:09
    company gets to decide when they want to
  • 00:28:11
    report crimes, and victims are often
  • 00:28:13
    told, "There is nothing we can do." Very
  • 00:28:16
    similar to Amy Bradley's case when her
  • 00:28:18
    family alerted the crew members that
  • 00:28:19
    there was something going on, their
  • 00:28:21
    daughter was missing. So, even if your
  • 00:28:22
    cruise line is based in Miami, the ship
  • 00:28:25
    might technically be a Bahamas flagged
  • 00:28:27
    vessel, which means it falls under
  • 00:28:30
    Bahamas law and not US law. More
  • 00:28:32
    specifically, when it's in the
  • 00:28:34
    international waters. So, how exactly
  • 00:28:37
    does this affect crime at sea or affect
  • 00:28:39
    you if you were on a cruise ship? Let's
  • 00:28:41
    say you're assaulted or your partner
  • 00:28:42
    goes missing or there's some suspicious
  • 00:28:45
    death. You would expect the FBI or local
  • 00:28:47
    investigators to investigate what had
  • 00:28:49
    happened. Well, guess what? wrong.
  • 00:28:51
    Unless the victim or suspect is
  • 00:28:53
    American, the crime occurred within 12
  • 00:28:55
    nautical miles of the US, or the crew
  • 00:28:58
    started and ended in the US, the US has
  • 00:29:01
    limited jurisdiction. So, the country
  • 00:29:03
    who investigates is the country that the
  • 00:29:05
    ship is registered in. And very often,
  • 00:29:07
    they don't have the resources, legal
  • 00:29:10
    infrastructure, or incentive to do a
  • 00:29:12
    full investigation. And sometimes, a lot
  • 00:29:15
    of times, no investigation happens at
  • 00:29:17
    all. So basically, once that ship pulls
  • 00:29:19
    away from that US port, you're not just
  • 00:29:21
    on vacation anymore. You're literally in
  • 00:29:23
    a legal loophole the size of the ocean.
  • 00:29:25
    I mean, think of George. After George
  • 00:29:27
    went missing, the cruise ship just
  • 00:29:28
    cleaned up the blood and said that he
  • 00:29:30
    fell overboard. Royal Caribbean didn't
  • 00:29:32
    call the FBI right away. I mean, they
  • 00:29:34
    waited 5 days, nearly a week, and they
  • 00:29:36
    even let passengers off the ship and
  • 00:29:37
    acted as if nothing happened. Why, you
  • 00:29:40
    might ask? Because the ship was
  • 00:29:41
    registered in the Bahamas. So, Royal
  • 00:29:44
    Caribbean was not legally obligated to
  • 00:29:46
    alert the FBI until they wanted to. And
  • 00:29:49
    once again, the Royal Caribbean is what
  • 00:29:51
    Amy was on as well. So, take this in
  • 00:29:53
    mind when you're going on cruise ships,
  • 00:29:55
    okay? Cruise companies have full
  • 00:29:56
    discretion on when to report a crime,
  • 00:29:58
    whether to preserve or destroy evidence,
  • 00:30:00
    or whether to notify local authorities.
  • 00:30:03
    They're not actual law enforcement, but
  • 00:30:05
    they're gatekeepers on to how and when
  • 00:30:07
    they report crimes. This creates a
  • 00:30:09
    massive conflict of interest because
  • 00:30:11
    they're more worried about PR than
  • 00:30:12
    getting justice for their cruise members
  • 00:30:14
    on board. Cruise members and passengers,
  • 00:30:16
    should I say. According to the US
  • 00:30:18
    Department of Transportation data,
  • 00:30:20
    cruise lines only have to report certain
  • 00:30:22
    crimes like sexual assault, homicide, or
  • 00:30:25
    missing persons. But that's just a
  • 00:30:27
    fraction of what actually happens on
  • 00:30:29
    board. And internal investigations can
  • 00:30:31
    be buried, manipulated, or resolved
  • 00:30:34
    inhouse with NDAs and money. And here's
  • 00:30:36
    the crazy part. There's no centralized
  • 00:30:39
    transparent system on tracking crimes
  • 00:30:41
    that happen on board. So, we don't
  • 00:30:43
    really know all the crimes that actually
  • 00:30:45
    happen. And also, according to the US
  • 00:30:47
    Department of Transportation, cruises
  • 00:30:49
    may feel like safe and family-friendly
  • 00:30:51
    getaways. But get this, the data tells a
  • 00:30:54
    completely different story. Also,
  • 00:30:56
    according to the US Department of
  • 00:30:57
    Transportation, over half of all crimes
  • 00:31:00
    reported on cruises are sexual assault.
  • 00:31:03
    And the vast majority of victims, women
  • 00:31:05
    and girls, with a large chunk of them
  • 00:31:08
    being under the age of 18. The
  • 00:31:10
    perpetrators are often fellow
  • 00:31:12
    passengers. But also, there have been
  • 00:31:14
    cases where it has been crew members,
  • 00:31:16
    like allegedly with Amy Bradley. And
  • 00:31:18
    mind you, the crew members are people
  • 00:31:20
    that live on that ship. So, they know
  • 00:31:22
    that ship like the back of their hand.
  • 00:31:24
    They know exactly where the hidden
  • 00:31:25
    cameras are and where the secret ways to
  • 00:31:27
    go are. And when it comes specifically
  • 00:31:29
    to sexual assault, a lot of these crimes
  • 00:31:31
    go unreported. And that's due to lack of
  • 00:31:33
    medical care on board. I mean, rape kits
  • 00:31:36
    may not be available or they're not
  • 00:31:38
    properly preserved. Evidence gets lost
  • 00:31:40
    quickly or isn't saved at all. And most
  • 00:31:43
    survivors are never told their legal
  • 00:31:44
    rights, especially if that ship is
  • 00:31:46
    outside of the US jurisdiction. And
  • 00:31:49
    there have been some reports of some
  • 00:31:50
    victims even being blamed, being told in
  • 00:31:53
    quote not to ruin the vacation for
  • 00:31:55
    others, or once again, they're given
  • 00:31:57
    NDAs and hush money. Cruises are the
  • 00:32:00
    only vacation where you can get
  • 00:32:01
    assaulted, go missing, or be found dead
  • 00:32:04
    and your case never gets investigated.
  • 00:32:06
    Because once again, at sea, corporations
  • 00:32:09
    are making the rules. And for them,
  • 00:32:11
    since it does not affect them, silence
  • 00:32:13
    is always better than justice. Oh, and
  • 00:32:15
    also when it comes to sexual assault, I
  • 00:32:17
    also want to add that 60% of those
  • 00:32:19
    sexual assaults are committed by crew
  • 00:32:21
    members. So, it's more than half that is
  • 00:32:23
    done by them, the people that know the
  • 00:32:25
    boat like the back of their hand. And
  • 00:32:26
    what's also terrifying about these
  • 00:32:28
    cruise ships when it comes to medical
  • 00:32:30
    issues is that typically cruise ships
  • 00:32:32
    only have one doctor. So people have
  • 00:32:34
    died from delayed treatments. Medical
  • 00:32:36
    rooms aren't equipped for serious
  • 00:32:37
    situations. So they're really equipped
  • 00:32:39
    for if you got a boo boo or maybe you
  • 00:32:41
    need a cast or you rolled your ankle,
  • 00:32:43
    not if you literally got stabbed while
  • 00:32:44
    you're on board. And charges for basic
  • 00:32:46
    care on the cruise ship can be in the
  • 00:32:48
    thousands. Y'all know cruise ships are
  • 00:32:50
    cheap. I've been on one. Y'all see them
  • 00:32:51
    drinking packages. They are hoarding the
  • 00:32:54
    liquor. Okay. Cruises are marketed as
  • 00:32:56
    escapes from reality, but for many
  • 00:32:58
    people, it became their nightmare. When
  • 00:33:01
    you're on a cruise, you're not in
  • 00:33:02
    America any longer. You're in their
  • 00:33:04
    world. Okay? That cruise ship is now
  • 00:33:07
    your world, and it operates how they
  • 00:33:09
    want it to operate. So, I say that all
  • 00:33:10
    to say, cuz I've been on a cruise
  • 00:33:12
    before, but be safe, be careful, don't
  • 00:33:14
    ever wander off alone, especially as a
  • 00:33:16
    woman. Stay in groups because cruises
  • 00:33:19
    can very much so be deadly. And we see
  • 00:33:21
    that all the time, especially in these
  • 00:33:23
    cases that I shared today. So, with
  • 00:33:24
    knowing all this information, would you
  • 00:33:26
    guys get on a cruise? Let me know in the
  • 00:33:28
    comments down below. Let's get this
  • 00:33:29
    discussion going. But you guys, that is
  • 00:33:31
    the end of today's video. Thank you so
  • 00:33:33
    much for watching. If you guys like this
  • 00:33:35
    video, don't forget to like, comment,
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    subscribe, and share. I know this was a
  • 00:33:38
    lengthy one, but we all love a good deep
  • 00:33:40
    dive. Okay, like I stated, would you
  • 00:33:42
    guys go on a cruise ship? Have you gone
  • 00:33:44
    on one? Have you had a horror story on a
  • 00:33:46
    cruise ship? What do you think about
  • 00:33:47
    these cases? Do you believe these cases
  • 00:33:48
    are true? Do you believe the cruise? Do
  • 00:33:50
    you believe the people? What do you
  • 00:33:51
    think happened? Let's get the discussion
  • 00:33:52
    going on the comments down below. Thank
  • 00:33:54
    you guys so much for your love and
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    support. Don't forget to check out
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