1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:10,000 Tonight on Unsolved Mysteries. 2 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:13,400 This woman believes she is under siege by the devil. 3 00:00:13,400 --> 00:00:15,800 She sought to help a project hope, 4 00:00:15,800 --> 00:00:17,840 a group including medical professionals 5 00:00:17,840 --> 00:00:20,600 who arranged this exorcism for her. 6 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:25,080 Can this controversial ritual really help? 7 00:00:25,080 --> 00:00:30,000 1998 was a bad year for Las Vegas millionaire Ted Binion. 8 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:32,640 He was forced out of the casino he owned. 9 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:36,520 He heard allegations that his girlfriend was unfaithful. 10 00:00:36,520 --> 00:00:39,960 Then there was his drug overdose. 11 00:00:39,960 --> 00:00:42,080 Was it an accident or murder? 12 00:00:45,040 --> 00:00:49,080 A Caribbean cruise, soft breezes, warm sun, 13 00:00:49,080 --> 00:00:51,280 a little shipboard romance. 14 00:00:51,280 --> 00:00:54,840 But what if one of your group vanished without a trace? 15 00:00:54,840 --> 00:00:58,680 That's precisely what happened to 23-year-old Amy Bradley 16 00:00:58,680 --> 00:01:03,000 and her family fears foul play. 17 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:05,960 Can nightmares come true? 18 00:01:05,960 --> 00:01:07,920 When Tom right dreamt that his mother was 19 00:01:07,920 --> 00:01:09,920 attacked while transporting a prisoner, 20 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:12,600 he wished he'd said something to her. 21 00:01:12,600 --> 00:01:17,320 But in an odd way, his dream may have saved her life. 22 00:01:17,320 --> 00:01:21,320 Join me for another intriguing addition, Unsolved Mysteries. 23 00:01:54,840 --> 00:01:59,840 The Exorcist 24 00:02:07,840 --> 00:02:10,600 Remember the movie The Exorcist? 25 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:13,160 If you saw it, you will probably never forget the scenes 26 00:02:13,160 --> 00:02:15,640 of a little girl who was possessed by the devil 27 00:02:15,640 --> 00:02:18,480 and the ordeal of her exorcism. 28 00:02:18,480 --> 00:02:19,920 That was fiction. 29 00:02:19,920 --> 00:02:23,920 But in fact, exorcisms are performed even today. 30 00:02:23,920 --> 00:02:26,400 And as you will see, they are nearly as frightening 31 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:30,240 and disturbing as the movie, perhaps even more. 32 00:02:30,240 --> 00:02:32,200 Oh my god, I am hardly sorry. 33 00:02:32,200 --> 00:02:33,100 Be still. 34 00:02:33,100 --> 00:02:34,680 Be still, devil. 35 00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:36,760 Listen to the prayers. 36 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:38,760 I hate your prayers. 37 00:02:38,760 --> 00:02:41,560 This is not a reenactment. 38 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:45,320 I won't give her all my love ever too long. 39 00:02:45,320 --> 00:02:49,280 The people conducting it say it is an actual exorcism. 40 00:02:49,280 --> 00:02:53,240 It defies conventional psychiatric approaches. 41 00:02:53,360 --> 00:02:55,360 I am a bitch writer. 42 00:02:55,360 --> 00:03:02,200 A 29-year-old woman whom we are calling Cathy 43 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:04,680 is convinced that she is possessed by demons. 44 00:03:07,920 --> 00:03:10,720 Cathy has undergone years of traditional medical 45 00:03:10,720 --> 00:03:12,720 and psychiatric treatment. 46 00:03:12,720 --> 00:03:14,000 She says nothing helped. 47 00:03:16,520 --> 00:03:18,400 So she turned to a seven-member group 48 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:21,440 based in Hartford, Connecticut called Hope, 49 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:25,720 the Hartford Office of Paranormal Exploration. 50 00:03:25,720 --> 00:03:31,760 By the time I got to the point of contacting the Hope Foundation, 51 00:03:31,760 --> 00:03:34,680 I was willing to do anything. 52 00:03:34,680 --> 00:03:36,840 I had been through the ringer. 53 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:38,080 I had been in hospitals. 54 00:03:38,080 --> 00:03:42,480 I had people pray over me. 55 00:03:42,480 --> 00:03:47,120 I had pretty much done everything. 56 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:50,480 The Hope Foundation claims to have organized and overseen 57 00:03:50,480 --> 00:03:55,160 nearly 100 exorcisms since its founding just a year ago. 58 00:03:55,160 --> 00:03:58,760 Clients are first interviewed to determine whether exorcisms 59 00:03:58,760 --> 00:04:00,680 would be beneficial as treatment. 60 00:04:00,680 --> 00:04:06,760 So could you begin by telling us when all of this started? 61 00:04:06,760 --> 00:04:09,160 Probably in my teens. 62 00:04:09,160 --> 00:04:12,320 Dr. Joseph Klemick is an internist and the director 63 00:04:12,320 --> 00:04:15,400 of the Department of Medicine at Hartford Hospital. 64 00:04:15,400 --> 00:04:18,840 He co-founded Hope and knows their very existence 65 00:04:18,840 --> 00:04:20,720 might seem controversial. 66 00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:23,240 You can't explain everything with science. 67 00:04:23,240 --> 00:04:26,560 Everything is not black and white. 68 00:04:26,560 --> 00:04:29,280 Everything is not in a scientific textbook. 69 00:04:29,280 --> 00:04:32,640 And in my 26 years of medicine, I've 70 00:04:32,640 --> 00:04:36,640 seen things and experienced things for which there 71 00:04:36,640 --> 00:04:38,560 is no explanation. 72 00:04:38,560 --> 00:04:41,640 The Hope team also includes, among others, 73 00:04:41,640 --> 00:04:45,920 a social worker, a psychic, and a registered nurse. 74 00:04:45,920 --> 00:04:48,200 We want to help the clients that are already 75 00:04:48,200 --> 00:04:50,360 beset by demonic entities. 76 00:04:50,360 --> 00:04:51,200 That's what we want. 77 00:04:51,200 --> 00:04:53,280 We want them to know that we're here 78 00:04:53,280 --> 00:04:55,280 and that we can help them. 79 00:04:55,280 --> 00:04:58,920 Once again, this is not a reenactment. 80 00:04:58,920 --> 00:05:00,600 Have there been tragedies in the family? 81 00:05:03,760 --> 00:05:04,400 She's going out. 82 00:05:09,440 --> 00:05:10,920 I killed her. 83 00:05:10,920 --> 00:05:14,840 And I killed her. 84 00:05:14,840 --> 00:05:16,760 I killed her, Aunt. 85 00:05:16,760 --> 00:05:18,000 Kathy, we're right here. 86 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:19,920 We're holding on to you. 87 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:22,160 I do believe that some of the people 88 00:05:22,160 --> 00:05:25,600 that we have been working with are possessed 89 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:35,840 by an evil, demonic spirit that harasses them, devalues them, 90 00:05:35,840 --> 00:05:41,000 physically abuses them, spiritually abuses them. 91 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:45,680 And we can get rid of it. 92 00:05:45,720 --> 00:05:50,080 And we have done that in a number of our cases. 93 00:05:50,080 --> 00:05:51,960 Most in the psychiatric community 94 00:05:51,960 --> 00:05:54,800 turn a critical eye to the Hope group. 95 00:05:54,800 --> 00:05:57,960 Dr. Wayne Sandler is a psychiatrist and an associate 96 00:05:57,960 --> 00:06:01,240 professor of psychiatry at UCLA. 97 00:06:01,240 --> 00:06:04,080 He believes that the Hope organization perpetuates 98 00:06:04,080 --> 00:06:08,480 a myth when it says that patients are possessed by the devil. 99 00:06:08,480 --> 00:06:12,560 These people believe that exorcism is the treatment. 100 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:16,040 I see these disorders in a very different way. 101 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:18,640 The psychiatric community doesn't believe in possession 102 00:06:18,640 --> 00:06:22,200 and clearly believes that there is some psychotic process going 103 00:06:22,200 --> 00:06:25,040 on where there are delusional believing 104 00:06:25,040 --> 00:06:27,760 that they are possessed by some other personality. 105 00:06:27,760 --> 00:06:29,960 And clearly, there are other forms of treatment 106 00:06:29,960 --> 00:06:31,160 to try to help these people. 107 00:06:36,920 --> 00:06:38,280 Just push it away. 108 00:06:38,280 --> 00:06:39,880 That's good, girl. 109 00:06:39,880 --> 00:06:41,840 That's good. 110 00:06:41,840 --> 00:06:43,760 Is it mental illness? 111 00:06:43,760 --> 00:06:46,280 Or can a person indeed become possessed 112 00:06:46,280 --> 00:06:48,880 as the members of Hope believe? 113 00:06:48,880 --> 00:06:52,640 They say the process begins with an infestation, the point 114 00:06:52,640 --> 00:06:54,800 at which demons invade a person's life. 115 00:06:57,400 --> 00:07:01,640 A woman we shall call Jane believes two evil entities, 116 00:07:01,640 --> 00:07:06,720 a male and a female, took over when she used a crystal pendulum. 117 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:10,880 Jane was learning the techniques of hypnotherapy. 118 00:07:10,880 --> 00:07:15,480 I want you to watch the pendulum move back and forth. 119 00:07:15,480 --> 00:07:18,880 Breath is going in and out. 120 00:07:22,480 --> 00:07:28,160 I picked the pendulum up one evening to practice it. 121 00:07:28,160 --> 00:07:32,800 And the pendulum began to move on its own. 122 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:36,840 I realized at that point that something was around me 123 00:07:36,840 --> 00:07:38,520 and was trying to communicate with me. 124 00:07:41,880 --> 00:07:45,560 Jane says that her demons began to poison her every thought 125 00:07:45,560 --> 00:07:46,760 and action. 126 00:07:46,760 --> 00:07:49,520 The actual first symptoms was in hearing voices. 127 00:07:49,520 --> 00:07:53,560 And the voices began to accompany 128 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:55,840 the movement of the pendulum. 129 00:07:55,840 --> 00:07:58,240 It began to dictate to me how to live my life 130 00:07:58,240 --> 00:08:00,240 in a very unpleasant way. 131 00:08:00,240 --> 00:08:03,960 I was told what I could eat, when I could eat, 132 00:08:03,960 --> 00:08:05,080 with whom I could eat. 133 00:08:05,080 --> 00:08:07,200 I was told how to wear my hair. 134 00:08:07,200 --> 00:08:09,880 I was told with whom I could converse. 135 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:12,920 It became very clear to me what something demonic 136 00:08:12,920 --> 00:08:16,080 was occurring in my life. 137 00:08:16,080 --> 00:08:21,880 All of these activities, pendulums, Ouija boards, tarot cards, 138 00:08:21,880 --> 00:08:25,920 channeling are all doors that people open. 139 00:08:25,920 --> 00:08:29,440 And what people don't understand, and this is very important, 140 00:08:29,440 --> 00:08:34,040 is that it's not your intent, but it's your activity 141 00:08:34,040 --> 00:08:36,800 that will open the door and let these demonic entities 142 00:08:36,800 --> 00:08:39,040 into your life. 143 00:08:39,080 --> 00:08:42,400 The Hope Group says that after the infestation phase, 144 00:08:42,400 --> 00:08:46,000 the symptoms of possession become more extreme. 145 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:48,080 Kathy claims that many demons began 146 00:08:48,080 --> 00:08:50,880 to take over when she was a straight A student in high 147 00:08:50,880 --> 00:08:53,120 school. 148 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:55,040 But when she went away to college, 149 00:08:55,040 --> 00:08:58,880 she felt they became uncontrollable. 150 00:08:58,880 --> 00:09:03,120 I just remember my freshman year looking in the mirror one day 151 00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:08,520 and just thinking, I don't recognize who I'm looking at 152 00:09:08,520 --> 00:09:09,560 or what I'm looking at. 153 00:09:12,400 --> 00:09:15,800 And it was a darkness that I saw through my eyes 154 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:17,320 that I had never seen before. 155 00:09:22,240 --> 00:09:24,960 Strange things were happening. 156 00:09:24,960 --> 00:09:27,080 I ran outside with only a towel on, 157 00:09:27,080 --> 00:09:29,200 which was completely out of character for me. 158 00:09:30,080 --> 00:09:33,480 Basically, that's when the paramedics were called. 159 00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:34,520 The police were called. 160 00:09:34,520 --> 00:09:36,960 And I was taken to the hospital, because they thought 161 00:09:36,960 --> 00:09:40,560 I was suffering from psychiatric disorders. 162 00:09:40,560 --> 00:09:42,980 People would like to believe that it's not them, 163 00:09:42,980 --> 00:09:44,440 and it's the devil, and it's a possession, 164 00:09:44,440 --> 00:09:48,520 but it really is more a psychotic process. 165 00:09:48,520 --> 00:09:52,080 Some of these problems could be consistent with a psychotic 166 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:56,120 disorder that may be a psychological disorder, 167 00:09:56,120 --> 00:09:58,720 consistent with a psychotic disorder that 168 00:09:58,720 --> 00:10:02,600 may be a biochemical imbalance that could be genetically 169 00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:06,400 linked or can be triggered by certain life traumas. 170 00:10:06,400 --> 00:10:10,280 And you would need to evaluate that. 171 00:10:10,280 --> 00:10:11,960 Kathy claims that over the years, 172 00:10:11,960 --> 00:10:13,600 she has been diagnosed as suffering 173 00:10:13,600 --> 00:10:18,280 from depression, anxiety, and schizoaffective disorder. 174 00:10:18,280 --> 00:10:21,760 She tried traditional medical and psychiatric treatments, 175 00:10:21,760 --> 00:10:24,400 but she believes they didn't work. 176 00:10:24,400 --> 00:10:26,920 I began to hear voices in my head, 177 00:10:26,920 --> 00:10:28,280 and I thought, well, maybe this is 178 00:10:28,280 --> 00:10:31,880 part of a psychiatric disorder. 179 00:10:31,880 --> 00:10:33,640 When a little farther down the line, 180 00:10:33,640 --> 00:10:37,720 the voices started coming through me in a very evil way. 181 00:10:37,720 --> 00:10:41,120 That's when I knew this is not something in my mind. 182 00:10:41,120 --> 00:10:44,920 This is something that is beyond my understanding. 183 00:10:44,920 --> 00:10:48,720 And that's when I began to seek spiritual help. 184 00:10:48,720 --> 00:10:51,040 The Hope Group advised Kathy to undergo 185 00:10:51,040 --> 00:10:53,920 a series of exorcisms. 186 00:10:53,960 --> 00:10:59,200 What you are about to witness is her second exorcism. 187 00:10:59,200 --> 00:11:02,680 Bishop Robert McKenna is in charge of the procedure. 188 00:11:02,680 --> 00:11:05,600 He is an ordained priest in an order of Catholicism 189 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:08,640 that is not part of the Roman Catholic Church. 190 00:11:08,640 --> 00:11:13,560 He claims to have performed 200 other exorcisms. 191 00:11:13,560 --> 00:11:18,200 Before the exorcists performs the exorcism, 192 00:11:18,200 --> 00:11:19,480 he has to prepare himself. 193 00:11:19,600 --> 00:11:25,920 The bishop will fast for three days. 194 00:11:25,920 --> 00:11:30,040 In fact, in the old literature, it's called the Black Fast. 195 00:11:30,040 --> 00:11:32,640 He also says a number of prayers to prepare himself 196 00:11:32,640 --> 00:11:36,160 for the battle that he's about to engage. 197 00:11:36,160 --> 00:11:38,160 What keeps you in there? 198 00:11:38,160 --> 00:11:41,760 Tell me your name. 199 00:11:41,760 --> 00:11:43,360 Name of God answering my question. 200 00:11:43,640 --> 00:11:48,360 During the exorcism, he uses a number of sacramentals. 201 00:11:48,360 --> 00:11:51,680 Sacramentals are objects in the Catholic Church 202 00:11:51,680 --> 00:11:53,360 that have been made holy. 203 00:11:53,360 --> 00:11:55,360 And holy water is one of them. 204 00:11:55,360 --> 00:11:58,920 Holy water is sprinkled on the person. 205 00:11:58,920 --> 00:12:01,120 It's also sprinkled in the environment. 206 00:12:01,120 --> 00:12:03,920 And anything evil hates it. 207 00:12:03,920 --> 00:12:05,200 Be still, Jebel. 208 00:12:05,200 --> 00:12:06,760 Now listen to the prayers. 209 00:12:06,760 --> 00:12:08,200 Be still. 210 00:12:08,200 --> 00:12:11,120 Keep your foul mouth shut and listen to the prayers. 211 00:12:11,120 --> 00:12:14,840 Kathy was fully aware of the changes coming over her 212 00:12:14,840 --> 00:12:17,120 during the exorcism. 213 00:12:17,120 --> 00:12:19,840 I can feel the strength come through me 214 00:12:19,840 --> 00:12:21,400 that is not my own strength. 215 00:12:21,400 --> 00:12:24,600 From whatever supernatural force this is fighting, 216 00:12:24,600 --> 00:12:26,760 whoever is trying to help me. 217 00:12:26,760 --> 00:12:29,840 We were going to be this strong this time, didn't you? 218 00:12:29,840 --> 00:12:30,840 You didn't know? 219 00:12:30,840 --> 00:12:31,840 You didn't know? 220 00:12:31,840 --> 00:12:32,840 You didn't know? 221 00:12:32,840 --> 00:12:33,840 You didn't know? 222 00:12:33,840 --> 00:12:34,840 You didn't know? 223 00:12:34,840 --> 00:12:35,840 You didn't know? 224 00:12:35,840 --> 00:12:36,840 You didn't know? 225 00:12:36,840 --> 00:12:37,840 You didn't know? 226 00:12:37,840 --> 00:12:38,840 You didn't know? 227 00:12:38,840 --> 00:12:39,840 You didn't know? 228 00:12:39,840 --> 00:12:40,840 You didn't know? 229 00:12:41,560 --> 00:12:42,560 You didn't know? 230 00:12:42,560 --> 00:12:43,560 You didn't know? 231 00:12:43,560 --> 00:12:44,560 We're still here. 232 00:12:44,560 --> 00:12:45,560 We're still here. 233 00:12:45,560 --> 00:12:48,600 It was the first time I've ever seen anything like that. 234 00:12:48,600 --> 00:12:54,840 The growling, the tongue lashing out, just a sense of pure hatred. 235 00:12:54,840 --> 00:12:56,840 She has a heart! 236 00:12:56,840 --> 00:13:03,200 I've dealt with people who are drug induced, drunk, mentally ill, 237 00:13:03,200 --> 00:13:08,360 and never during the screaming and fighting that they put up had I had the feeling of 238 00:13:08,360 --> 00:13:12,880 pure hatred that she was releasing during this actressism. 239 00:13:12,880 --> 00:13:14,880 This is our domain! 240 00:13:14,880 --> 00:13:17,880 I'm freaking out my mind. 241 00:13:17,880 --> 00:13:18,880 No! 242 00:13:18,880 --> 00:13:21,680 Say the apostles creed with me, devil. 243 00:13:21,680 --> 00:13:23,880 Say the apostles creed with me. 244 00:13:23,880 --> 00:13:24,880 I believe in God. 245 00:13:24,880 --> 00:13:25,880 No! 246 00:13:25,880 --> 00:13:26,880 Yes, say it. 247 00:13:26,880 --> 00:13:27,880 No! 248 00:13:27,880 --> 00:13:28,880 Yes! 249 00:13:28,880 --> 00:13:29,880 The name of God repeated after me. 250 00:13:29,880 --> 00:13:30,880 No! 251 00:13:30,880 --> 00:13:31,880 I believe in God. 252 00:13:31,880 --> 00:13:32,880 No! 253 00:13:32,880 --> 00:13:33,880 I believe in God! 254 00:13:33,880 --> 00:13:34,880 The Father Almighty. 255 00:13:34,880 --> 00:13:35,880 The Father Almighty! 256 00:13:35,880 --> 00:13:36,880 The Creator of heaven and earth. 257 00:13:36,880 --> 00:13:41,880 And in Jesus Christ, there's only Son, the Lord. 258 00:13:41,880 --> 00:13:42,880 Say it. 259 00:13:42,880 --> 00:13:44,880 Say it, the name of God. 260 00:13:44,880 --> 00:13:45,880 God won't forgive me. 261 00:13:45,880 --> 00:13:46,880 Because you won't repent. 262 00:13:46,880 --> 00:13:48,880 That's why He won't forgive you. 263 00:13:48,880 --> 00:13:50,880 Repent for your sins, devil. 264 00:13:50,880 --> 00:13:53,880 Say with me the act of contrition. 265 00:13:53,880 --> 00:13:55,880 Oh my God, I am hardly sorry. 266 00:13:55,880 --> 00:13:57,880 Oh my God, I am. 267 00:13:57,880 --> 00:13:59,880 For having offended thee. 268 00:13:59,880 --> 00:14:02,880 Thank you. 269 00:14:02,880 --> 00:14:05,880 Come on out of there. 270 00:14:05,880 --> 00:14:10,880 They put up a good struggle, but I know they're going. 271 00:14:10,880 --> 00:14:12,880 There were some that laughed. 272 00:14:12,880 --> 00:14:14,880 I could feel them. 273 00:14:14,880 --> 00:14:16,880 I could feel them leave. 274 00:14:16,880 --> 00:14:20,880 An hour later, the dramatic episode for Kathy has ended. 275 00:14:20,880 --> 00:14:23,880 The Hope Foundation and the priest have recommended that she 276 00:14:23,880 --> 00:14:28,880 participate in at least one more exorcism until she feels her 277 00:14:28,880 --> 00:14:30,880 demons are completely gone. 278 00:14:30,880 --> 00:14:37,880 It's very, very difficult to name the exact time when a person 279 00:14:37,880 --> 00:14:39,880 has been cured of a demonic entity. 280 00:14:39,880 --> 00:14:41,880 It is a process that takes months. 281 00:14:41,880 --> 00:14:43,880 It does not happen overnight. 282 00:14:43,880 --> 00:14:47,880 We all say to our clients, when you get out of the chair after 283 00:14:47,880 --> 00:14:52,880 an exorcism, do not expect to be cured. 284 00:14:52,880 --> 00:14:54,880 There's definitely some improvement. 285 00:14:54,880 --> 00:14:57,880 Something that Bishop said to me. 286 00:14:57,880 --> 00:14:59,880 He said as hard as it is. 287 00:14:59,880 --> 00:15:05,880 He said this is in God's timing, not ours. 288 00:15:05,880 --> 00:15:09,880 Kathy may feel better at first, but according to Dr. Sandler, 289 00:15:09,880 --> 00:15:14,880 the effect can be short-lived and ultimately harmful. 290 00:15:14,880 --> 00:15:17,880 My professional opinion of this is that these people are 291 00:15:17,880 --> 00:15:21,880 suffering from some form of mental illness and do need 292 00:15:21,880 --> 00:15:23,880 traditional treatment. 293 00:15:23,880 --> 00:15:26,880 Personally, you know, it's very difficult from a scientific 294 00:15:26,880 --> 00:15:31,880 standpoint and professional standpoint to accept this as a 295 00:15:31,880 --> 00:15:33,880 means of a cure. 296 00:15:33,880 --> 00:15:36,880 Since we taped Kathy's exorcism, she reports that she's 297 00:15:36,880 --> 00:15:40,880 continuing to improve and has a job for the first time in 12 298 00:15:40,880 --> 00:15:41,880 years. 299 00:15:41,880 --> 00:15:44,880 She has not undergone another exorcism. 300 00:15:44,880 --> 00:15:48,880 And while most medical experts do not recommend exorcism as a 301 00:15:48,880 --> 00:15:52,880 treatment for any kind of illness or disorder, Kathy and the 302 00:15:52,880 --> 00:15:56,880 people at the Hope Foundation believe that in certain cases 303 00:15:56,880 --> 00:16:01,880 exorcism can be a useful treatment. 304 00:16:01,880 --> 00:16:05,880 Next, a Las Vegas dancer finds a dead body of her millionaire 305 00:16:05,880 --> 00:16:08,880 boyfriend the day after he reportedly instructed his 306 00:16:08,880 --> 00:16:17,880 attorney to write her out of his will. 307 00:16:17,880 --> 00:16:19,880 Las Vegas, Nevada. 308 00:16:19,880 --> 00:16:23,880 Each year, millions of people spend more than $57 billion in a 309 00:16:23,880 --> 00:16:26,880 frenzy of gambling fever. 310 00:16:26,880 --> 00:16:28,880 The stakes are high. 311 00:16:28,880 --> 00:16:31,880 Temptation can sometimes turn sinister. 312 00:16:31,880 --> 00:16:33,880 I need somebody to help me. 313 00:16:33,880 --> 00:16:34,880 Ted Binion? 314 00:16:34,880 --> 00:16:37,880 September 17, 1998. 315 00:16:37,880 --> 00:16:41,880 26-year-old Sandy Murphy called 911. 316 00:16:41,880 --> 00:16:43,880 Well, he's just not breathing. 317 00:16:43,880 --> 00:16:44,880 I don't know. 318 00:16:44,880 --> 00:16:46,880 But it was too late. 319 00:16:46,880 --> 00:16:49,880 Her boyfriend, Ted Binion, was dead. 320 00:16:49,880 --> 00:16:53,880 A heroin addict apparently overdosed on drugs. 321 00:16:53,880 --> 00:16:59,880 At first glance, it had all the marks of accident or suicide. 322 00:16:59,880 --> 00:17:03,880 Then, disquieting rumors began to circulate. 323 00:17:03,880 --> 00:17:07,880 A discrepancy between the time Binion died and the time Sandy 324 00:17:07,880 --> 00:17:09,880 Murphy called 911. 325 00:17:09,880 --> 00:17:14,880 Binion may have died as much as nine hours earlier. 326 00:17:14,880 --> 00:17:18,880 That made everyone start to wonder, was Ted Binion's 327 00:17:18,880 --> 00:17:24,880 death an accidental overdose, suicide, or was it foul play? 328 00:17:24,880 --> 00:17:28,880 It is a mystery as intriguing as a glitter city itself. 329 00:17:28,880 --> 00:17:32,880 It involves a millionaire gambler, a sexy young showgirl, 330 00:17:32,880 --> 00:17:39,880 a treasure trove buried in the desert, and a question of murder. 331 00:17:39,880 --> 00:17:43,880 Ted Binion was a multimillionaire, an icon of the Las Vegas 332 00:17:43,880 --> 00:17:46,880 strip, and a prominent member of the family that owned one 333 00:17:46,880 --> 00:17:50,880 of gambling's most famous casinos, a casino that bore 334 00:17:50,880 --> 00:17:54,880 their own name, Binion's Horseshoe. 335 00:17:54,880 --> 00:17:57,880 In its heyday, Binion's Horseshoe was unlike any other casino 336 00:17:57,880 --> 00:17:58,880 in Las Vegas. 337 00:17:58,880 --> 00:18:01,880 It was literally the place you went when you wanted to place 338 00:18:01,880 --> 00:18:05,880 that sky's the limit wager. 339 00:18:05,880 --> 00:18:08,880 Ted was a part owner of Binion's Horseshoe at a time when it was 340 00:18:08,880 --> 00:18:13,880 the most successful casino in Las Vegas. 341 00:18:13,880 --> 00:18:15,880 He liked the atmosphere. 342 00:18:15,880 --> 00:18:17,880 He really had passion for that job. 343 00:18:17,880 --> 00:18:20,880 He liked what he did. 344 00:18:20,880 --> 00:18:23,880 But times changed in Las Vegas. 345 00:18:23,880 --> 00:18:27,880 Casinos turned corporate, and Ted Binion's wild ways started 346 00:18:27,880 --> 00:18:31,880 getting him in trouble with the Nevada State Gaming Commission. 347 00:18:31,880 --> 00:18:34,880 Number one, he had the heroin problem. 348 00:18:34,880 --> 00:18:37,880 He also liked to hang out at adult nightclubs. 349 00:18:37,880 --> 00:18:41,880 You'd just have to pal around with wise guys, and you just 350 00:18:41,880 --> 00:18:44,880 don't do that in Las Vegas these days and expect to keep your 351 00:18:44,880 --> 00:18:47,880 license. 352 00:18:47,880 --> 00:18:51,880 In March of 1998, the Gaming Commission revoked his license, 353 00:18:51,880 --> 00:18:54,880 and Binion was forced to sell his share of the Horseshoe to his 354 00:18:54,880 --> 00:18:56,880 sister. 355 00:18:56,880 --> 00:18:59,880 He was shut out of the place he loved most, the world where he 356 00:18:59,880 --> 00:19:01,880 belonged. 357 00:19:01,880 --> 00:19:05,880 Nevertheless, few people believed Ted Binion saw suicide as an 358 00:19:05,880 --> 00:19:06,880 option. 359 00:19:06,880 --> 00:19:10,880 Everybody I have spoken to has indicated Ted loved life, and 360 00:19:10,880 --> 00:19:15,880 despite his problems, despite his heroin addiction, and wanted 361 00:19:15,880 --> 00:19:18,880 to continue living and had all kinds of other goals that he 362 00:19:18,880 --> 00:19:22,880 wanted to pursue in life. 363 00:19:22,880 --> 00:19:26,880 Many believe an accidental overdose was also questionable. 364 00:19:26,880 --> 00:19:29,880 Poxecology reports reveal heroin and the prescription drug 365 00:19:29,880 --> 00:19:30,880 Xanax. 366 00:19:30,880 --> 00:19:34,880 According to some, it was an improbable combination for Ted 367 00:19:34,880 --> 00:19:37,880 Binion. 368 00:19:37,880 --> 00:19:41,880 Ted only took Xanax to get himself off of heroin. 369 00:19:41,880 --> 00:19:44,880 He would not have taken both at the same time, and then we 370 00:19:44,880 --> 00:19:48,880 find out through the corner that there was a large amount of 371 00:19:48,880 --> 00:19:51,880 heroin in the contents of his stomach. 372 00:19:51,880 --> 00:19:54,880 That's curious again, because Ted was known to smoke heroin, 373 00:19:54,880 --> 00:19:57,880 not ingest it. 374 00:19:57,880 --> 00:19:59,880 And what about murder? 375 00:19:59,880 --> 00:20:01,880 At the time of his death, Ted Binion was living with his 376 00:20:01,880 --> 00:20:06,880 girlfriend, Sandy Murphy, a woman half his age. 377 00:20:06,880 --> 00:20:09,880 Their May-December romance had been going on for about three 378 00:20:09,880 --> 00:20:10,880 years. 379 00:20:10,880 --> 00:20:13,880 They had reportedly met while she was dancing topless at a 380 00:20:13,880 --> 00:20:16,880 Vegas strip club. 381 00:20:16,880 --> 00:20:20,880 She was then known as Sandy the Irish Venus Murphy. 382 00:20:20,880 --> 00:20:22,880 They really had a stormy relationship. 383 00:20:22,880 --> 00:20:24,880 It was kind of a love-hate relationship over the years. 384 00:20:24,880 --> 00:20:27,880 They were always fighting off and on, and yet there were times 385 00:20:27,880 --> 00:20:30,880 when he would say he loved her, and then there were times when 386 00:20:30,880 --> 00:20:34,880 he couldn't stand her and want her out of the house. 387 00:20:34,880 --> 00:20:38,880 The day Ted Binion died, everything seemed normal. 388 00:20:38,880 --> 00:20:42,880 About 9 a.m., however, Sandy Murphy reportedly called their 389 00:20:42,880 --> 00:20:43,880 housekeeper. 390 00:20:43,880 --> 00:20:46,880 Listen, I don't think we're going to need you to come in today. 391 00:20:46,880 --> 00:20:48,880 Oh, I know. 392 00:20:48,880 --> 00:20:51,880 But Ted, he's just not feeling real well, and things are 393 00:20:51,880 --> 00:20:55,880 crazy, so we're not going to need you to come in. 394 00:20:55,880 --> 00:20:57,880 Is Ted there? 395 00:20:57,880 --> 00:21:01,880 Later, about noon, Barbara Brown, Ted's friend and real 396 00:21:01,880 --> 00:21:04,880 estate agent tried to reach him by phone. 397 00:21:04,880 --> 00:21:09,880 She says Sandy told her he was very ill, even vomiting. 398 00:21:09,880 --> 00:21:12,880 I was really surprised with this. 399 00:21:12,880 --> 00:21:14,880 I said, well, do you want me to come over and help you? 400 00:21:14,880 --> 00:21:17,880 And she said, oh, God, no, don't come over here. 401 00:21:17,880 --> 00:21:19,880 And he doesn't want anyone to see him. 402 00:21:19,880 --> 00:21:21,880 He's lost so much weight lately. 403 00:21:21,880 --> 00:21:23,880 And I said, well, that's strange. 404 00:21:23,880 --> 00:21:25,880 I talk to him every night, and we have an appointment tomorrow 405 00:21:25,880 --> 00:21:26,880 at 1. 406 00:21:26,880 --> 00:21:27,880 I'll come over. 407 00:21:27,880 --> 00:21:29,880 I can be there in under 20 minutes. 408 00:21:29,880 --> 00:21:31,880 She clearly did not want me over there, 409 00:21:31,880 --> 00:21:33,880 and the call really distressed me. 410 00:21:33,880 --> 00:21:35,880 Are you sure? 411 00:21:35,880 --> 00:21:38,880 Barbara Brown says she called back twice more that afternoon, 412 00:21:38,880 --> 00:21:43,880 at 2 and again at 3.40, but there was no answer. 413 00:21:43,880 --> 00:21:46,880 And then I got the call from a friend of mine who said, 414 00:21:46,880 --> 00:21:47,880 Barbara, have you heard the news? 415 00:21:47,880 --> 00:21:49,880 Ted is dead. 416 00:21:49,880 --> 00:21:54,880 And I was just, I had to pull off the road. 417 00:21:54,880 --> 00:21:56,880 Alligations soon surfaced. 418 00:21:56,880 --> 00:22:01,880 Shortly before Ted Binyon died, he had certain suspicions. 419 00:22:01,880 --> 00:22:05,880 The first thing that we learned was that he called a private 420 00:22:05,880 --> 00:22:08,880 investigator in Las Vegas, someone who had done work for him 421 00:22:08,880 --> 00:22:13,880 previously, and asked the investigator to follow Sandy 422 00:22:13,880 --> 00:22:15,880 around town. 423 00:22:15,880 --> 00:22:20,880 The implication was that he thought she was cheating on him. 424 00:22:20,880 --> 00:22:23,880 The man Ted Binyon reportedly suspected was one of his 425 00:22:23,880 --> 00:22:26,880 business associates, Rick Tabish. 426 00:22:26,880 --> 00:22:29,880 According to Las Vegas newspaper, Sandy Murphy had allegedly 427 00:22:29,880 --> 00:22:33,880 been seen with Tabish at a Beverly Hills hotel the weekend 428 00:22:33,880 --> 00:22:36,880 before Ted Binyon died. 429 00:22:36,880 --> 00:22:40,880 Also the day before Ted died, he telephoned his lawyer, 430 00:22:40,880 --> 00:22:43,880 Jim Brown, who was handling his estate. 431 00:22:43,880 --> 00:22:51,880 And he instructed Brown to cut Sandy out of his will. 432 00:22:52,880 --> 00:22:55,880 Less than 36 hours after Ted Binyon was reported dead, 433 00:22:55,880 --> 00:22:59,880 Sheriff's deputies in Paramp, Nevada, 60 miles west of Las 434 00:22:59,880 --> 00:23:04,880 Vegas, made an unusual discovery in the middle of the night. 435 00:23:04,880 --> 00:23:10,880 Rick Tabish loading a truck on Binyon's property. 436 00:23:10,880 --> 00:23:12,880 What are you guys doing out here? 437 00:23:12,880 --> 00:23:13,880 Nothing. 438 00:23:13,880 --> 00:23:15,880 Just moving a little dirt. 439 00:23:15,880 --> 00:23:16,880 Moving a little dirt? 440 00:23:16,880 --> 00:23:17,880 Yeah. 441 00:23:17,880 --> 00:23:19,880 But it wasn't a little dirt. 442 00:23:19,880 --> 00:23:21,880 It was a lot of silver. 443 00:23:21,880 --> 00:23:22,880 Just a load of dirt, huh? 444 00:23:22,880 --> 00:23:24,880 Several tons of silver in coins, ingots, 445 00:23:24,880 --> 00:23:28,880 even solid silver bricks. 446 00:23:28,880 --> 00:23:32,880 Silver valued at roughly $4 million. 447 00:23:32,880 --> 00:23:35,880 This was silver that Ted himself had buried and hired 448 00:23:35,880 --> 00:23:38,880 some friends to build it an underground vault 449 00:23:38,880 --> 00:23:41,880 and put it in there. 450 00:23:41,880 --> 00:23:45,880 Only a few people knew the exact location of the silver vault. 451 00:23:45,880 --> 00:23:48,880 One of them was Rick Tabish. 452 00:23:48,880 --> 00:23:50,880 I put the vault in for Ted Binyon. 453 00:23:50,880 --> 00:23:51,880 He was my friend. 454 00:23:51,880 --> 00:23:53,880 He told me if anything ever happened to him, 455 00:23:53,880 --> 00:23:55,880 I was to take this, turn it into cash, 456 00:23:55,880 --> 00:23:58,880 and put it in a trust fund for his daughter, Bonnie. 457 00:23:58,880 --> 00:23:59,880 Really? 458 00:23:59,880 --> 00:24:01,880 Why don't we put the cuffs on these three guys 459 00:24:01,880 --> 00:24:02,880 and get them out of here? 460 00:24:02,880 --> 00:24:06,880 Nye County Sheriff's deputies didn't buy his story. 461 00:24:06,880 --> 00:24:10,880 I think that Rick Tabish is either one of the bigger victims 462 00:24:10,880 --> 00:24:12,880 of circumstance of this decade, 463 00:24:12,880 --> 00:24:15,880 or he's got some explaining to do. 464 00:24:15,880 --> 00:24:19,880 And people who know him and people who don't care for him now 465 00:24:19,880 --> 00:24:22,880 wonder about his motivations, for sure. 466 00:24:22,880 --> 00:24:24,880 Sandy, are you OK? 467 00:24:24,880 --> 00:24:28,880 As the investigation continued, more questions. 468 00:24:28,880 --> 00:24:30,880 News reports suggest that when Barbara Brown 469 00:24:30,880 --> 00:24:35,880 first called Ted Binyon at noon, he was already dead. 470 00:24:35,880 --> 00:24:39,880 There's reason to believe that Ted may have died in the morning, 471 00:24:39,880 --> 00:24:43,880 sometime after 5.30 a.m. and noon. 472 00:24:43,880 --> 00:24:47,880 And it may be nailed further, the coroner is working on that. 473 00:24:47,880 --> 00:24:50,880 The reality is that if a person dies at one time 474 00:24:50,880 --> 00:24:53,880 and his death is reported at another time, 475 00:24:53,880 --> 00:24:55,880 and there's a many hour gap there, 476 00:24:55,880 --> 00:24:59,880 that's an issue that a grand jury might look at sometime. 477 00:25:01,880 --> 00:25:03,880 News leaks and public speculation 478 00:25:03,880 --> 00:25:07,880 convinced the Binyon family to hire private investigator Tom Dillard. 479 00:25:07,880 --> 00:25:11,880 Dillard claims that Sandy Murphy took a phone call from Rick Tabish 480 00:25:11,880 --> 00:25:16,880 8 minutes before she called 911 to report Ted Binyon's death. 481 00:25:17,880 --> 00:25:22,880 I can't comment on aspects of an ongoing investigation, 482 00:25:22,880 --> 00:25:28,880 but based upon my experience and based upon the interviews I've conducted, 483 00:25:28,880 --> 00:25:32,880 I personally believe that Ted Binyon's death was a homicide. 484 00:25:34,880 --> 00:25:37,880 Ted Binyon was buried with all the pomp and circumstance 485 00:25:37,880 --> 00:25:40,880 appropriate to a Las Vegas high roller. 486 00:25:40,880 --> 00:25:43,880 Even the mourners were typically Vegas, 487 00:25:43,880 --> 00:25:47,880 judges and politicians side by side with hookers and loan sharks. 488 00:25:47,880 --> 00:25:50,880 In the end, though, the final question, 489 00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:53,880 how did Ted Binyon die? 490 00:25:55,880 --> 00:25:58,880 In March, the Clark County Coroner ruled that Ted Binyon's death 491 00:25:58,880 --> 00:26:01,880 was not an accidental overdose or suicide. 492 00:26:01,880 --> 00:26:05,880 They declared that fatal doses of heroin and prescription drugs 493 00:26:05,880 --> 00:26:08,880 were administered by someone other than Binyon, 494 00:26:08,880 --> 00:26:11,880 and they reclassified the case as a homicide. 495 00:26:11,880 --> 00:26:35,880 Music 496 00:26:36,880 --> 00:26:40,880 Coming up, a Caribbean dream cruise turns into a nightmare 497 00:26:40,880 --> 00:26:42,880 when a young woman vanishes. 498 00:26:49,880 --> 00:26:51,880 Pleasure cruises. 499 00:26:51,880 --> 00:26:55,880 On the surface they look like a perfectly safe way to take a vacation, 500 00:26:55,880 --> 00:26:58,880 but appearances are not always what they seem. 501 00:26:58,880 --> 00:27:00,880 According to the New York Times, 502 00:27:00,880 --> 00:27:04,880 beneath the carefree party atmosphere lies a little known secret, 503 00:27:04,880 --> 00:27:06,880 sexual assaults. 504 00:27:07,880 --> 00:27:10,880 Other allegations include thefts and drug smuggling. 505 00:27:10,880 --> 00:27:15,880 Some claim crime occurs more regularly than cruise lines would care to admit. 506 00:27:15,880 --> 00:27:18,880 During the cruise in March 1998, 507 00:27:18,880 --> 00:27:22,880 a 23-year-old woman from Virginia vanished at sea. 508 00:27:22,880 --> 00:27:25,880 Was she a victim of foul play? 509 00:27:25,880 --> 00:27:27,880 You decide. 510 00:27:29,880 --> 00:27:32,880 Amy Bradley was an all-American girl. 511 00:27:32,880 --> 00:27:35,880 She attended college on a basketball scholarship. 512 00:27:35,880 --> 00:27:39,880 She was pretty, outgoing, and made friends wherever she went. 513 00:27:39,880 --> 00:27:42,880 But when her parents won a trip to the Caribbean 514 00:27:42,880 --> 00:27:44,880 aboard the cruise ship Rhapsody of the Seas, 515 00:27:44,880 --> 00:27:47,880 they had to convince Amy to join them. 516 00:27:47,880 --> 00:27:49,880 You want to cruise around? 517 00:27:49,880 --> 00:27:51,880 She was afraid of the ocean. 518 00:27:51,880 --> 00:27:55,880 She was reluctant about going up to the rail, 519 00:27:55,880 --> 00:27:58,880 and it was kind of like, ugh, that kind of a feeling. 520 00:27:58,880 --> 00:28:00,880 There you go. 521 00:28:00,880 --> 00:28:02,880 But her dad and her brother both said, 522 00:28:02,880 --> 00:28:05,880 come on here and we'll hold on to you. 523 00:28:05,880 --> 00:28:07,880 Congratulations. 524 00:28:07,880 --> 00:28:09,880 Oh my God, it is so far to the front. 525 00:28:09,880 --> 00:28:11,880 Bravo, Amy. 526 00:28:11,880 --> 00:28:16,880 But despite her fears, Amy soon began to enjoy the ship's party atmosphere. 527 00:28:18,880 --> 00:28:21,880 On the night of March 24th, their third at sea, 528 00:28:21,880 --> 00:28:25,880 Amy and her brother Brad partied late at the ship's nightclub. 529 00:28:25,880 --> 00:28:30,880 At 3.40 a.m., Brad returned to the family's cabin. 530 00:28:31,880 --> 00:28:34,880 Not long after, Amy joined him. 531 00:28:34,880 --> 00:28:36,880 Amy? 532 00:28:36,880 --> 00:28:38,880 Sweetheart, could you turn that light off for me please? 533 00:28:38,880 --> 00:28:39,880 Sure. 534 00:28:39,880 --> 00:28:40,880 Thanks. 535 00:28:43,880 --> 00:28:44,880 Hey. 536 00:28:44,880 --> 00:28:48,880 She said she hadn't been feeling too well because of the motion 537 00:28:48,880 --> 00:28:52,880 of the boat since we left Aruba that evening. 538 00:28:52,880 --> 00:28:56,880 So she said she was going to just stay out there and get some fresh air. 539 00:28:56,880 --> 00:28:59,880 On Amy's dad, Ron Bradley woke up. 540 00:28:59,880 --> 00:29:03,880 Brad had gone to bed and Amy was asleep on the balcony. 541 00:29:03,880 --> 00:29:08,880 I could see Amy's legs from her hips down. 542 00:29:08,880 --> 00:29:11,880 She looks like she's resting comfortably. 543 00:29:11,880 --> 00:29:15,880 And, um, does back off to sleep. 544 00:29:15,880 --> 00:29:18,880 The balcony door was closed because if it hadn't been closed, 545 00:29:18,880 --> 00:29:21,880 I would have got it up and closed it. 546 00:29:21,880 --> 00:29:27,880 Then just 30 minutes later, their dream vacation turned into a nightmare. 547 00:29:28,880 --> 00:29:31,880 About 6 o'clock, something awoke me again. 548 00:29:31,880 --> 00:29:35,880 Got up, looked at it on the balcony, and the balcony door was open 549 00:29:35,880 --> 00:29:40,880 about 14, 16 inches, and Amy wasn't on the deck. 550 00:29:40,880 --> 00:29:45,880 And I had a little funny feeling at that time because it was unlike her 551 00:29:45,880 --> 00:29:47,880 to be up that early in the morning. 552 00:29:47,880 --> 00:29:49,880 Amy! 553 00:29:54,880 --> 00:29:56,880 Amy! 554 00:29:57,880 --> 00:29:59,880 Amy! 555 00:30:01,880 --> 00:30:04,880 Excuse me. We need some help. 556 00:30:04,880 --> 00:30:07,880 I'd like to have a page for my daughter is missing. 557 00:30:07,880 --> 00:30:12,880 According to Amy's family, the ship's crew was at first reluctant to page Amy. 558 00:30:12,880 --> 00:30:14,880 It was too early in the morning. 559 00:30:14,880 --> 00:30:18,880 To make matters worse, the ship had just docked in the port of Curacao. 560 00:30:18,880 --> 00:30:21,880 Unless it's a medical emergency, we do not page. 561 00:30:21,880 --> 00:30:24,880 I got very, very panicked and frightened. 562 00:30:24,880 --> 00:30:27,880 I asked them to please don't put the gangplank down. 563 00:30:27,880 --> 00:30:30,880 You need to lock the ship up. You need to back the ship off of the dock. 564 00:30:30,880 --> 00:30:34,880 Don't let anybody off of this boat. Somebody's got my dog. 565 00:30:38,880 --> 00:30:40,880 The Bradleys claim a 10 minutes to wait. 566 00:30:40,880 --> 00:30:44,880 The first page for Amy was broadcast throughout the ship. 567 00:30:44,880 --> 00:30:46,880 Amy Bradley, please contact us. 568 00:30:46,880 --> 00:30:51,880 By that time, most of the passengers had disembarked in Curacao. 569 00:30:51,880 --> 00:30:57,880 I became more and more frantic because I knew that if she was in a position to hear the announcement, 570 00:30:57,880 --> 00:30:59,880 she would come immediately to us. 571 00:30:59,880 --> 00:31:04,880 And then I had thoughts that maybe somebody had her in a room and she heard it and couldn't get to us. 572 00:31:05,880 --> 00:31:07,880 The nightmare got worse. 573 00:31:07,880 --> 00:31:11,880 Eventually, the captain ordered a room-to-room search of the 900-foot ship. 574 00:31:11,880 --> 00:31:17,880 Ship officials claim they combed through all 10 decks, 999 rooms. 575 00:31:17,880 --> 00:31:19,880 No trace of Amy was found. 576 00:31:20,880 --> 00:31:24,880 A three-day ocean search by the Royal Dutch Marines turned up nothing. 577 00:31:24,880 --> 00:31:30,880 Officials concluded that Amy may have accidentally fallen overboard or even jumped. 578 00:31:32,880 --> 00:31:35,880 I don't think that she could have fallen over. 579 00:31:35,880 --> 00:31:39,880 She didn't go near the railing, especially by herself. 580 00:31:39,880 --> 00:31:43,880 And maybe when I was out there, she would kind of lean up and look over. 581 00:31:43,880 --> 00:31:47,880 She would never put her hands on the rail or rest on it. 582 00:31:47,880 --> 00:31:51,880 She was just happier standing towards the back. 583 00:31:52,880 --> 00:31:55,880 This is one of the last photos taken of Amy. 584 00:31:55,880 --> 00:31:57,880 What could have happened to her? 585 00:31:57,880 --> 00:32:01,880 The Bradleys began to piece together Amy's last hours on board ship. 586 00:32:03,880 --> 00:32:07,880 They believed she left the balcony sometime between 5.30 and 6.00 a.m. 587 00:32:07,880 --> 00:32:10,880 They know she changed her clothes. 588 00:32:10,880 --> 00:32:12,880 They know she took her cigarettes. 589 00:32:12,880 --> 00:32:15,880 What they don't know was where she was going. 590 00:32:15,880 --> 00:32:18,880 And then, intriguing new information. 591 00:32:20,880 --> 00:32:22,880 A young woman who met Amy on the cruise 592 00:32:22,880 --> 00:32:25,880 is convinced she saw Amy in the early morning hours 593 00:32:25,880 --> 00:32:28,880 with a bass player from the ship's band. 594 00:32:29,880 --> 00:32:35,880 I saw Amy and the band member walk over and up to the next deck, up above us. 595 00:32:35,880 --> 00:32:39,880 And about 10 minutes later, he came walking around by himself. 596 00:32:40,880 --> 00:32:45,880 Others claimed they had previously seen the bass player flirting with Amy. 597 00:32:47,880 --> 00:32:50,880 She said that when they were dancing at the disco, 598 00:32:50,880 --> 00:32:55,880 he tried to dance a little too close and she had to tell him to back off a little bit. 599 00:32:57,880 --> 00:33:02,880 That morning, only the Bradley family and the ship's security knew Amy was missing. 600 00:33:02,880 --> 00:33:05,880 But according to Amy's brother, so did the bass player. 601 00:33:05,880 --> 00:33:08,880 Hey Brad, sorry to hear about your sister. 602 00:33:08,880 --> 00:33:10,880 I feel badly. 603 00:33:10,880 --> 00:33:12,880 That's a really odd thing to say. 604 00:33:12,880 --> 00:33:18,880 That early in the stages of this thing, you know, nobody knew except for us, 605 00:33:18,880 --> 00:33:21,880 or my family and I, and security. 606 00:33:21,880 --> 00:33:23,880 That something may be wrong. 607 00:33:24,880 --> 00:33:29,880 But authorities could find no evidence the musician was involved with Amy's disappearance. 608 00:33:30,880 --> 00:33:33,880 Could Amy have left the ship without telling her family? 609 00:33:34,880 --> 00:33:36,880 Her parents don't think so. 610 00:33:36,880 --> 00:33:39,880 They believe she was forced to leave. 611 00:33:39,880 --> 00:33:43,880 There's rumor and legend surrounding slavery in the Southern Caribbean. 612 00:33:43,880 --> 00:33:59,880 It's not uncommon knowledge in the maritime community that young white women are considered to be very desirable to foreign procurers. 613 00:33:59,880 --> 00:34:01,880 Amy would have been a trophy. 614 00:34:01,880 --> 00:34:10,880 Amy would have been someone that I believe could have been picked out and fingered to move off of that ship. 615 00:34:11,880 --> 00:34:14,880 She could have been held and hidden. 616 00:34:14,880 --> 00:34:20,880 She could have been possibly drugged, taken from that ship. 617 00:34:21,880 --> 00:34:26,880 I have strong belief that she is alive and she's trying to get back to us. 618 00:34:26,880 --> 00:34:34,880 And I just pray that one day we'll get a phone call and we'll get some information from someone that will lead us to her. 619 00:34:36,880 --> 00:34:43,880 While the Bradleys, the crews had come to an end, they left the ship hoping someday they would find Amy. 620 00:34:44,880 --> 00:34:50,880 How in the world can anybody ever give up looking for their child? 621 00:34:50,880 --> 00:34:52,880 Never in my lifetime. 622 00:34:52,880 --> 00:34:55,880 Not until I put my hands on her and we get her hunting. 623 00:34:57,880 --> 00:35:05,880 Officials of Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines insist that Amy either left the ship voluntarily or was a victim of an unfortunate accident. 624 00:35:05,880 --> 00:35:12,880 Her parents disagree and are offering a $250,000 reward for information about their daughter's whereabouts. 625 00:35:12,880 --> 00:35:18,880 They're hoping that someone watching tonight was on board the Rhapsody of the Seas and may have seen something. 626 00:35:18,880 --> 00:35:27,880 Next, a devoted son dreams that his mother's in a life or death struggle with a prison inmate. 627 00:35:27,880 --> 00:35:31,880 Was it just a nightmare or a premonition? 628 00:35:40,880 --> 00:35:42,880 I could see my mother's squad car. 629 00:35:43,880 --> 00:35:45,880 There was a struggle. 630 00:35:46,880 --> 00:35:51,880 I saw the person take my mother's gun. 631 00:35:51,880 --> 00:35:53,880 It was a woman. 632 00:35:55,880 --> 00:36:00,880 I remember the gun moving back and forth. 633 00:36:00,880 --> 00:36:05,880 It looked like my mother really wasn't winning the struggle. 634 00:36:05,880 --> 00:36:07,880 She needed help. 635 00:36:07,880 --> 00:36:09,880 What? 636 00:36:12,880 --> 00:36:22,880 That was the most disturbing thing about the whole dream was the fact that I didn't know who was shot and why. 637 00:36:23,880 --> 00:36:31,880 The only thing I could think of at that point was that there was a possibility that my mother might have been taken away from me. 638 00:36:32,880 --> 00:36:40,880 On September 16, 1995, Thomas Wright had a nightmare about his mother, a deputy sheriff. 639 00:36:40,880 --> 00:36:44,880 It was so troubling that he sat in bed and prayed for her. 640 00:36:46,880 --> 00:36:51,880 Thomas's mother, Doris Smith, had raised three children single-handedly. 641 00:36:51,880 --> 00:36:54,880 She was a grandmother of seven. 642 00:36:54,880 --> 00:37:01,880 The bond she shared with her eldest child, Thomas, had always been an extraordinarily strong one. 643 00:37:01,880 --> 00:37:08,880 A lot of different things have just really brought us close to where we're just best friends, really. 644 00:37:08,880 --> 00:37:13,880 And we can feel each other's hurts anytime. 645 00:37:13,880 --> 00:37:17,880 And I didn't know until later why I had the dream. 646 00:37:18,880 --> 00:37:21,880 Can nightmares come true? 647 00:37:21,880 --> 00:37:24,880 Tom Wright certainly hoped not. 648 00:37:24,880 --> 00:37:26,880 Can a prayer be answered? 649 00:37:26,880 --> 00:37:30,880 Amazingly, he would find out the very next day. 650 00:37:39,880 --> 00:37:43,880 Doris had been in law enforcement in Missouri for three years. 651 00:37:43,880 --> 00:37:48,880 She enjoyed breaking up her routine by transporting inmates from one jail to another. 652 00:37:48,880 --> 00:37:53,880 On this Sunday, she would be taking a prisoner to a facility four hours away. 653 00:37:54,880 --> 00:37:58,880 The inmate was serving a one-year sentence for writing bad checks. 654 00:38:00,880 --> 00:38:04,880 They were traveling Highway 54 near La Donia, Missouri. 655 00:38:04,880 --> 00:38:08,880 Events would unfold just as they had in Thomas's nightmare. 656 00:38:09,880 --> 00:38:16,880 As the car was driving on the highway, I could see my mother talking to the woman who was in back. 657 00:38:17,880 --> 00:38:22,880 It was almost as if I was sitting in the front seat, but I really wasn't there. 658 00:38:22,880 --> 00:38:25,880 I could see everything that was going on. 659 00:38:25,880 --> 00:38:30,880 Remarkably, even the details from Thomas's dream were accurate. 660 00:38:30,880 --> 00:38:34,880 At 6 p.m., the squad car stopped. 661 00:38:34,880 --> 00:38:38,880 And then, chaos. 662 00:38:47,880 --> 00:38:51,880 The convict had managed to slip her thin hands out of the handcuffs. 663 00:38:51,880 --> 00:38:56,880 Doris had to fight for her gun and her life. 664 00:38:58,880 --> 00:39:03,880 And I could see my mother's expression. 665 00:39:04,880 --> 00:39:10,880 It was almost as if the life had just gone from her face. 666 00:39:10,880 --> 00:39:13,880 She needed help. 667 00:39:14,880 --> 00:39:18,880 Straightjacketed by her seatbelt, Doris was losing. 668 00:39:18,880 --> 00:39:22,880 That's when reality diverged from Thomas's dream. 669 00:39:25,880 --> 00:39:30,880 Out of nowhere, two men wearing shorts and light T-shirts suddenly appeared. 670 00:39:31,880 --> 00:39:35,880 They managed to distract Doris' attacker. 671 00:39:35,880 --> 00:39:38,880 She relinquished her hold on the gun. 672 00:39:42,880 --> 00:39:46,880 Was it just coincidence that the Good Samaritans happened by? 673 00:39:46,880 --> 00:39:50,880 Or was some mysterious force at work? 674 00:39:51,880 --> 00:39:55,880 If I wouldn't have prayed, what would have been the outcome of the events? 675 00:39:55,880 --> 00:39:59,880 With those two men, would they have been there to help her? 676 00:40:01,880 --> 00:40:05,880 I really think they're really responsible for saving my mother's life. 677 00:40:07,880 --> 00:40:12,880 By the time Doris regained her composure, the Good Samaritans had driven off. 678 00:40:12,880 --> 00:40:17,880 She never had a chance to express her gratitude for their heroism. 679 00:40:17,880 --> 00:40:21,880 I was absolutely convinced that I would die that day. 680 00:40:22,880 --> 00:40:25,880 I looked for the men that were there, I wanted to talk to them, 681 00:40:25,880 --> 00:40:30,880 wanted to get their names, wanted to thank them for what they had done for me. 682 00:40:30,880 --> 00:40:38,880 I want them to know because of their courage and their willingness to help another person. 683 00:40:38,880 --> 00:40:41,880 I'm still here today. 684 00:40:42,880 --> 00:40:46,880 Thomas and his mother want to thank the people who came to Doris' rescue. 685 00:40:46,880 --> 00:40:49,880 But there are a few clues. 686 00:40:49,880 --> 00:40:52,880 A bystander took this photo of the men's vehicle. 687 00:40:52,880 --> 00:40:58,880 A dark blue Chevy CK pickup truck with tinted windows and an extended cab. 688 00:40:58,880 --> 00:41:01,880 It was towing a blue and white boat. 689 00:41:02,880 --> 00:41:05,880 The two men were driving near Ladonia in northeast Missouri 690 00:41:05,880 --> 00:41:08,880 when they jumped out of their truck to help Doris. 691 00:41:08,880 --> 00:41:14,880 It was Monday, September 17th, 1995, on Highway 19, about 50 miles from Mark Twain Lake. 692 00:41:19,880 --> 00:41:27,880 Join me next time for another fascinating hour of Unsolved Mysteries.